Your Commencement Timeline

Your Commencement Timeline for the  June, 2020 Porter College Commencement Ceremony. 

Note: this timeline will be ammended as the Commencement schedule is developed.

• Oct. 25, 2019 (Fall Graduates):  Last day to apply to graduate with the Registrars office w/out a late fee ($75.00).
• Feb. 7, 2020 (Winter Graduates):  Last day to apply to graduate with the Registrars office w/out a late fee ($75.00).
• Mar. 13, 2020:  Registration Opens at 12n (on-line process).
• Apr. 24, 2020 (Spring Graduates):
  • Last day to apply to graduate with the Registrars office w/out late a fee ($75.00).
  • Non-Affiliate registration closes (campus wide) at 11:30 pm.  NOTE:  Non-affiliate registration for the Porter College ceremony will close MUCH EARLIER because we can accept only a very small number of non-affiliates who are not members of the Transfer Community at Porter (Transfer Students who lived at Porter College at least their first year attending UCSC).
• May 4, 2020:  "On-Time" registration closes at 11:30 pm.
• May 15, 2020:  Tickets available to be claimed (on-line process).
• June 1, 2020:  First Day to pickup Commencement Parking Permits at the Porter Activities Office
• June 8, 2020:  Last day to claim tickets (closes 11:30 pm)
• June 12, 2020 - 4:00 pm:  Commencement Parking Permit pickup ends.
• June 13, 2020
  • 4:30 pm:  Commenement Parking for Porter Ceremony opens
  • 4:45 pm:  Grad Check in opens
  • 5:00 pm:  Ceremony venue opens
  • 5:45 pm:  Procession of Graduates begins
  • 6:00 pm:  Ceremony begins.

Commencement fees & costs

• Non-Affiliate Fee:  $50.00 assessed only to students who are not Porter College Affiliates and also not members of the Transfer Community at Porter College*.
• Cap & Gown rental:  Optional, costs per Bay Tree Bookstore

*New Transfer Student in residence at Porter College during the 2017-18, 2018-19, or current academic year