For the Graduate

Once your graduation application has been processed, your graduation card will be available at the Records Office of Enrollment Services (LC-277) beginning Monday, May 16. Graduates are required to sign the graduation card verifying their degree/certificate and honors. Photo identification is required.

Cap, gown, honor cord and graduation announcements are now available at the Paper Tree Bookstore. Purchase these items as soon as you verify your graduate card at Enrollment Services.

Students will wear cap & gown through the entire ceremony. Your cap and gown should be purchased by noon, Wednesday, June 1, to assure your gown is the correct size.

Military Service Cords
We want to provide recognition to Green River’s graduates, faculty, staff and administrators for their military service to our country. A red, white, and blue military service cord will be available for sale ($11.00) at the PaperTree bookstore for graduates, faculty, staff and administrators who meet the eligibility requirements and wish to participate in the graduation ceremony.

Eligibility:
Any graduating student, faculty, staff and administrator who are presently serving or who served in the military service.

Any graduating student who has been accepted into a military service delayed entry program.

Contact Michael Harris
Enrollments Services
(253) 833-9111 ext.2503
or stop by the Enrollment Services office located on the second floor - LC-277.

There will be no ceremony rehearsal at the Kent ShoWare Center. Instead, there will be two Graduation Information Sessions scheduled for all graduates. Important information about the ceremony will be discussed including graduation cards, processional and diploma ceremony and general venue information.

Your commencement ceremony will be more fun for you if you know what is going on … plan to attend one of the two sessions:

Date and Times:
Wednesday, June 8 (Study Day)

• 11:00 a.m. to noon
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Location:
Green River Main Campus
Lindbloom Center (LC), Main Dining Area

• Doors will open for you and your guests at 5:00 p.m.
• Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is plenty of available seating. No tickets will be required.
• Remember to bring your cap and gown!
• Guests with disabilities are not required to make prior arrangements for seating. Kent ShoWare staff will assist guest to designated seating.
• Graduates should enter on the NORTH end of the venue by 6:00 p.m. to pick-up graduation cards, get instructions and dress in cap and gown
• Guests are required to enter at the main entrance of the Kent ShoWare Center on the SOUTH end facing James Street.
• All personal items should be left at home, locked in your vehicle or given to a guest prior to entering the north end of the Kent ShoWare Center.
• The processional line-up begins at 6:30 p.m.
• The ceremony will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.
• Graduates will be required to remain seated through the end of the ceremony to respect the accomplishments of all graduates.
• The Kent ShoWare Center is a non-smoking facility.

Graduate portraits will be taken at the Kent ShoWare Center by Darel Roa Photography:

• View/Download a brochure [PDF 72KB]
• E-mail Darel Roa Photography

Shuttle bus transportation is provided for 155 Green River students on a first come, ticket-only basis from Student Life located on the second floor in the Lindbloom Student Center. Buses will depart from the AD Building Traffic Circle at 5:00 p.m. and return to campus after the event. Student ID is required.

• Call 253-833-9111 ext. 2400 for additional information. 
• Deadline to reserve bus tickets is Wed., June 8.

Kent ShoWare Center features free parking onsite, and in several lots within close walking distance. Parking spaces at the onsite parking lot are limited and are filled on a first come, first served basis, therefore arriving early is advised.

Parking Restrictions

As a courtesy to Kent Station’s patrons, please do not leave your vehicle at Kent Station during the commencement ceremony.