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Congratulations!

As you prepare for graduation in May, we are pleased to commend your success as you represent the reason the College exists—to produce well-prepared graduates to enter the world of work or to transfer to a four-year college.

We are so excited for you. Thank you for including Ivy Tech Indianapolis in your academic journey!

Grad Fair 2025

May 2025 nursing pinning ceremony

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 (morning - exact time TBA)

Where: Ivy Tech Conference Center & Culinary Institute, 2820 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208

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May 2025 Commencement

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 (2:00 p.m.)

Where: Indiana Farmers Coliseum, 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205

                                                          

Prepare for Graduation

Everything You Need To Know

  • JOIN US!

    Grad Fair 2025

     

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  • You must run your degree audit and speak with your advisor to ensure you are on track to graduate. For assistance running your audit, attend a virtual Zoom room open session or email indy-graduation@ivytech.edu. 

  • Each student entering their final semester must apply to graduate in MyIvy. Also, submitting your application will ensure your name is included in the virtual ceremony.

    To apply: Log into MyIvy > Tools & Resources > Apply to Graduate

    Follow the instructions on the screen to select your curriculum, name to appear on the diploma, mailing address, and whether you will be attending the commencement ceremony.

  • Ivy Tech Indianapolis provides drop-in, informational Zoom rooms for students who have questions about or need assistance with anything regarding graduating.

    Areas/items they can assist you with (but are not limited to) include:

    • Running your degree audit
    • Applying to graduate
    • Answering general graduation questions

    To access the rooms, drop in during scheduled business hours, and a member

    of the team will be with you as soon as possible.

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    Fall Grad Zoom Room-
    Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00am-2:00pm
    Open September 10, 2024- December 12, 2024
    https://ivytech.zoom.us/j/98981961551
    One tap mobile
    +13017158592,,98981961551# US (Washington DC)
    +13126266799,,98981961551# US (Chicago)
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    Spring Grad Zoom Room-
    Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00am-2:00pm
    Open February 4, 2025- April 29th, 2025
    https://ivytech.zoom.us/j/92732737351
    One tap mobile
    +16465189805,,92732737351# US (New York)
    +16513728299,,92732737351# US (Minnesota)
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    Summer Grad Zoom Room-
    Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00am-2:00pm
    Open July 1, 2025- July 31, 2025
    https://ivytech.zoom.us/j/98829888907
    One tap mobile
    +16465189805,,98829888907# US (New York)
    +16513728299,,98829888907# US (Minnesota)

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    All questions should be sent the indy-graduation@ivytech.edu. 

     

  • Where to Order:

    herff.ly/ivytech

    You must have a cap and gown as well as a tassel in order to participate in the ceremony. Students who do not have a cap and gown will not be permitted to participate, so pay close attention to the ordering deadlines. If you require assistance in acquiring your cap and gown, please fill out this form.

    CAP & GOWN DEADLINES:

    Deadline: April 7

    The deadline to order your Cap and Gown online is Monday, April 7, 2025. Orders placed after this date may incur additional fees.

    *Your cap and gown will be shipped to your home address within two (2) weeks.

    View Instructions on How to Order Regalia Online

    View Additional Graduation Packages

    Local Ivy Tech Community College Herff Jones Representative:
    Patrick Cavazos
    317.578.8130
    11216 Fall Creek Rd. Suite 120
    Indianapolis, Indiana 46256
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    Cap Decorating Rules

    Please take into consideration the following rules when decorating your cap for the commencement ceremony.

    Failure to follow these rules will result in the removal of the cap at the ceremony.

    Graduates WILL NOT be allowed to participate in the ceremony without a cap and gown.

     

    • Only the flat, top area of the mortar board may be decorated.
      • There may be nothing hanging down from any of the sides of the cap.
    • Decorations must be flat on the surface of the cap.
      • 3-D creations may be no higher than 1”.
    • The tassel must be able to be moved from one side to the other, as dictated during the ceremony.
    • Graduation caps will be reviewed and approved in advance of the ceremony.

     

    UNACCEPTABLE decorations:

    • Contain any advertisement, symbols, abbreviations, initials, words, slogans, patches, or pictures that:

    Refer to drugs or controlled substances, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons or be of a sexual nature

    and/or denotes an affiliation with gangs which advocate drug use, violence, illegal activity, or

    disruptive behavior which is detrimental to the safety and welfare of other graduates, staff,

    faculty and/or guests.

    • Be obscene, profane, vulgar, or lewd.

    • Include numbers other than the graduation year.

    • Threaten the safety and welfare of any person.

     

    ACCEPTABLE decorations:

    • Thank a parent, grandparent, friend or instructor.

    • Recognize the college, school, program or career.

    • The graduation year.

    • The branch of the military the graduate is affiliated with.

    • The home country’s flag of the graduate.

  • Nursing Pinning Ceremony

    Be on the lookout for updates!

  • Grad Fair/ Guest Ticket Distribution

    Congratulations once again on reaching this milestone on your journey towards graduation and Commencement on Thursday, May 1!

    Below are the dates and times for guest ticket distribution. Students who are walking will NOT need a ticket. 

    Please bring your ID and C# for pick up.  

    *Tickets will be secured through RSVPing yes to walk at commencement through the Tassel website. 

    1. Grad Fair:
      • A fun-filled day awaits you at the Grad Fair! Plus, guest tickets will be distributed for all students registered on Tassel/RSVP'd yes to participating in the Commencement ceremony. You must bring a student ID, driver’s license, or state ID to pick up guest tickets (max of 4).  Only the student can pick up their four (4) guest tickets. The student walking will not need a ticket.
      • Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
      • Time: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
      • Location: North Meridian Campus (NMC 438)
    2. Commencement Ticket Distribution: Guest tickets (max of 4) will only be distributed to students registered on Tassel/RSVP'd yes to participating in the Commencement ceremony. You must bring a student ID, driver’s license, or state ID to pick up guest tickets. The student walking will not need a ticket. Only the student can pick up their guest tickets.
      • Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025 & Monday, April 28, 2025
      • Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
      • Date: Monday, April 28, 2025 - Wednesday, April 30, 2025
      • Lawrence Campus: (Room F137)
      • Indy Campus: (Pick up at the Registrar's Office - 50 W. Fall Creek Pkwy N. Drive)

  • Be on the lookout for updates!

  • May 2025 Commencement

    Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 (2:00 p.m.)

    Where: Indiana Farmers Coliseum, 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205

  • Be on the lookout for updates!

  • Be on the lookout for updates!

  • To ensure that your name is included in the commencement program (digital version only), you MUST apply to graduate by the deadline of April 1. 

    https://online.flippingbook.com/view/345966556/

    2024 Indianapolis Commencement Program

    • For friends and family who cannot attend in person, a live stream of the Nursing Pinning Ceremony and the all-school ceremony will be available. These links can be shared with anyone who wishes to watch the events online. We will also have closed-captioned live streams for those who need it.

    9:30 a.m. Nursing Pinning Ceremony

    2024 Nursing Pinning Ceremony Live Stream

    CC - 9:30 a.m. Nursing Pinning Ceremony

    https://mp.habitatlearn.com/documents/2e5a72b0-8f87-4a1f-a0b1-836eb0efc4a3

    CC - 2024 Nursing Pinning Ceremony Live Stream
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    2 p.m. All-School Ceremony 

    CC - 2 p.m. All-School Ceremony 

    CC - 2024 - All-School Commencement Ceremony 2pm

  • The Grad Team will be on site with professional photographers to capture you on your big day! They will take individual, action photos as you accept your degree (cover)/shake hands, and then there is an opportunity for posed photos as you exit the stage. These photos will be available online to view and order approximately a week after Commencement. 

    Each graduate will receive an essential card upon check-in at Champions Hall. This card must be handed to designated Ivy Tech employees who will scan it before you walk across the stage for your name to be read and posted on the large JumboTron.

    On the back side of these cards, there will be information and a link for registering on The Grad Team's website to order photos.

    Click here to view and order your proofs and candid shots from our commencement ceremony on May 2, 2024. 

    The Grad Team -2024 Commencement photography QR code

  • Graduates will receive their diploma in the mail approximately 8 to 12 weeks after the end of the term.

    Official Transcripts may be requested after end of the term in person at the Registrar's Office or via Parchment

  • We invite you to share your success and milestone achievements with friends and family on social media! Please tag Ivy Tech Indy's social media accounts and use #IvyIndyGrad and #IvyTechIndy.

    Facebook

    @IvyTechIndy

    https://www.facebook.com/IvyTechIndy  

     

    Instagram

    @ivytechindy 

    https://www.instagram.com/ivytechindy/ 

     

    Twitter

    @IvyTech_Indy

    https://twitter.com/IvyTech_Indy  

       

    LinkedIn

    Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/ivy-tech-community-college-indianapolis/

     

    TikTok

    https://www.tiktok.com/@ivytechindy 

  • Did you know some of the resources available to you as an Ivy Tech student don’t stop after graduation? 

    The Ivy Tech Alumni Community provides a lifelong connection between alumni and the College. Alumni are encouraged to get connected, share their stories, and celebrate their success. Our mission is to build connections between alumni and Ivy Tech Community College that result in enduring relationships, lifelong pride, and a system of support across Indiana.

    Our community connects 500,000 alumni from more than 40 Ivy Tech campuses and sites throughout Indiana. The Ivy Tech Alumni Community provides countless opportunities to remain connected to the College and classmates through an expanding list of exclusive benefits, programs, resources, and events both in your community and across the state.

    Learn more >> https://giving.ivytech.edu/alumni/ 

Common Questions

  • Graduation is when a student completes all requirements of their degree and is awarded a credential. 
  • Commencement is the ceremony that celebrates graduation. 

Each graduate receives up to four (4) guest tickets. 

Ticket Distribution

Congratulations once again on reaching this milestone on your journey towards graduation and Commencement on Thursday, May 1!

Below are the dates and times for guest ticket distribution. Students who are walking will NOT need a ticket. 

Please bring your ID and C# for pick up.  

*Tickets will be secured through RSVPing yes to walk at commencement through the Tassel website. 

  1. Grad Fair:
    • A fun-filled day awaits you at the Grad Fair! Plus, guest tickets will be distributed for all students registered on Tassel/RSVP'd yes to participating in the Commencement ceremony. You must bring a student ID, driver’s license, or state ID to pick up guest tickets. The student walking will not need a ticket. Only the student can pick up their guest tickets.
    • Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
    • Time: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
    • Location: North Meridian Campus (NMC 438)
  2. Commencement Ticket Distribution: Guest tickets will only be distributed to students registered on Tassel/RSVP'd yes to participating in the Commencement ceremony. You must bring a student ID, driver’s license, or state ID to pick up guest tickets. The student walking will not need a ticket. Only the student can pick up their guest tickets. 
    • Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025 & Monday, April 28, 2025
    • Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    • Date: Monday, April 28, 2025 - Wednesday, April 30, 2025
    • Lawrence Campus: (Room F137)
    • Indy Campus: (Pick up at the Registrar's Office - 50 W. Fall Creek Pkwy N. Drive)

Cap and gown (also known as regalia) are required to participate in the Commencement Ceremony.  Cap Decoration Rules

Click here to order your cap and gown (and optional items such as Gradpacks, rings, announcements, and frames)

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

Ship to the bookstore (You will pick up your cap and gown from the bookstore prior to commencement)

  • March 15, 2024

Home-ship (Your cap and gown will be shipped to your home address within two (2) weeks, *S/H and tax are not included in the cap and down price.)

  • 1st deadline: April 5, 2024
  • 2nd deadline: April 17, 2024

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Download the below image as a PDF.

Herff Jones - Ivy Tech Indianapolis Graduation Packages 2024

Once you receive your regalia, please take it out of the bag and hang it up. Please steam it or iron it in advance of the ceremony, so that you look amazing for Commencement and pictures.

  • Before arriving, be sure you have taken your cap and gown out of the bag and either pressed it with an iron or steamed it to get the wrinkles out.
  • You should arrive in your cap and gown over business casual attire with comfortable shoes (no jeans, shorts, or flip-flops). Be mindful of the temperature as you make your clothing decisions. All clothing, even under the regalia, should be appropriate to the situation.

Please note: There is no place to keep personal belongings during the ceremony!

Cap Decorating Rules

Please take into consideration the following rules when decorating your cap for the commencement ceremony.

Failure to follow these rules will result in the removal of the cap at the ceremony.

Graduates WILL NOT be allowed to participate in the ceremony without a cap and gown.

 

  • Only the flat, top area of the mortar board may be decorated.
    • There may be nothing hanging down from any of the sides of the cap.
  • Decorations must be flat on the surface of the cap.
    • 3-D creations may be no higher than 1”.
  • The tassel must be able to be moved from one side to the other, as dictated during the ceremony.
  • Graduation caps will be reviewed and approved in advance of the ceremony.

 

UNACCEPTABLE decorations:

• Contain any advertisement, symbols, abbreviations, initials, words, slogans, patches, or pictures that:

Refer to drugs or controlled substances, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons or be of a sexual nature

and/or denotes an affiliation with gangs which advocate drug use, violence, illegal activity, or

disruptive behavior which is detrimental to the safety and welfare of other graduates, staff,

faculty and/or guests.

• Be obscene, profane, vulgar, or lewd.

• Include numbers other than the graduation year.

• Threaten the safety and welfare of any person.

 

ACCEPTABLE decorations:

• Thank a parent, grandparent, friend or instructor.

• Recognize the college, school, program or career.

• The graduation year.

• The branch of the military the graduate is affiliated with.

• The home country’s flag of the graduate.

  • Graduate Check-in

    • Graduates can arrive as early as 12:00 p.m., but NO LATER than 1:00 p.m.
    • Proceed to Champions Hall where you will enter through security and be assisted with check-in by our registration staff.
    • At check-in, you will receive your name card for the reading of your name during the ceremony.That card helps us get you lined up for commencement by school/program. 
    • Honor cords for any of the honor designations will be given to you at check-in.

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    Processional Line-Up:

    • This will begin at 1:00 p.m. Once you are lined up, we will ask you to remain in line until we start our procession into the Coliseum. 
    • There will be two lines processing in at the same time. Please stay alert and follow directions provided by event marshals.
    • Graduates will go up on stage one row at a time. 
    • You will hand your card to a designated event ambassador as you approach the stage.
    • When your name is read, you will proceed across the stage toward the Chancellor.
    • You will shake with your right hand and hold your diploma cover with your left hand. 
    • There will be photos taken on stage and off stage. 
    • Once finished with the posed, post-stage photo taking, you will return to the row and seat you were previously in.

Graduate Check-in

  • Graduates can arrive as early as 12:00 p.m., but NO LATER than 1:00 p.m.
  • Proceed to Champions Hall where you will enter through security and be assisted with check-in by our registration staff.
  • At check-in, you will receive your name card for the reading of your name during the ceremony.That card helps us get you lined up for commencement by school/program. 
  • Honor cords for any of the honor designations will be given to you at check-in.

 

Processional Line-Up:

  • This will begin at 1:00 p.m. Once you are lined up, we will ask you to remain in line until we start our procession into the Coliseum. 
  • There will be two lines processing in at the same time. Please stay alert and follow directions provided by event marshals.
  • Graduates will go up on stage one row at a time. 
  • You will hand your card to a designated event ambassador as you approach the stage.
  • When your name is read, you will proceed across the stage toward the Chancellor.
  • You will shake with your right hand and hold your diploma cover with your left hand. 
  • There will be photos taken on stage and off stage. 
  • Once finished with the posed, post-stage photo taking, you will return to the row and seat you were previously in.

 

Ceremony Details

  • The ceremony will last approximately three (3) hours.

Guests may start arriving at 12:30 p.m.

Do not bring purses, bags, or other items that interfere with your ability to walk across the stage, grab/hold your diploma cover, and shake hands. Items of value should not be brought with you.

We recommend you leave everything in the car except what you absolutely need, as there is no place to lock up valuables and you cannot carry bags or purses onto the commencement floor.

Please bring your cell phone as there will be lots of opportunities for fun selfies throughout the day. We will ask you to leave your phone on your chair when you go up to the stage as you will need two hands to receive your degree cover and shake the Chancellor’s hand.

Yes, for extended periods including up and down ramps. If you need accommodations, contact DSS prior to the day of the ceremony at Indianapolis-dss@ivytech.edu

Handicap-accessible seating is available on the ground level of the Coliseum Arena for guests. See a Coliseum usher upon arrival.

Did you know some of the resources available to you as an Ivy Tech student don’t stop after graduation? 

The Ivy Tech Alumni Community provides a lifelong connection between alumni and the College. Alumni are encouraged to get connected, share their stories, and celebrate their success. Our mission is to build connections between alumni and Ivy Tech Community College that result in enduring relationships, lifelong pride, and a system of support across Indiana.

Our community connects 500,000 alumni from more than 40 Ivy Tech campuses and sites throughout Indiana. The Ivy Tech Alumni Community provides countless opportunities to remain connected to the College and classmates through an expanding list of exclusive benefits, programs, resources, and events both in your community and across the state.

Learn more >> https://giving.ivytech.edu/alumni/ 

Ample seating is available for guests in the arena who have accessible seating needs.  If you are a graduate and you require specific accommodations, please contact Disability Support Services, Indianapolis-dss@ivytech.edu as soon as possible.  A sign language interpreter, as well as live captioning, will be provided for both events. 

  • Parking is complimentary, and you and your guests will not need a pass.
  • Graduates and their guests should enter through Parking Gate 1 or 6 (see attached map) which will direct you to the infield parking area. 
  • You will walk through the tunnel from there to Champions Hall (graduates) and the Coliseum (guests).

2024 Ivy Tech Commencement - IN State Fairgrounds parking map

The Grad Team will be on site with professional photographers to capture you on your big day! They will take individual, action photos as you accept your degree (cover)/shake hands, and then there is an opportunity for posed photos as you exit the stage. These photos will be available online to view and order approximately a week after Commencement. 

Each graduate will receive an essential card upon check-in at Champions Hall. This card must be handed to designated Ivy Tech employees who will scan it before you walk across the stage for your name to be read and posted on the large JumboTron.

On the back side of these cards, there will be information and a link for registering on The Grad Team's website to order photos.

Click here to view and order your proofs and candid shots from our commencement ceremony on May 2, 2024. 

The Grad Team -2024 Commencement photography QR code

You must meet the deadline of applying to graduate which is April 1.