Graduation Ceremony
CCC Graduation Ceremony
Congratulations, Class of 2025!
2025 CCC Commencement Ceremony
Contra Costa College is excited to share this momentous occasion with you on Friday, May 23, 2025. We are incredibly proud of your achievements and look forward to celebrating your success.
Please check back here for more information about the Spring 2025 graduation ceremony.
Event Details
Friday, May 23, 2025
The Stadium opens starting at 3:00pm
Students will receive an email to redeem digital tickets through Eventbrite starting April 28.
Each student can share up to 4 tickets with friends and family via Eventbrite. To be admitted into the stadium, please print or save the provided QR code. Additional tickets can be requested, subject to availability, starting May 8.
10:00 a.m. – Mandatory rehearsal. (Graduates Only)
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Graduates to arrive at check in location to receive their ceremony name card and tassels. (Graduates Only)
3:00 p.m. – Comet Stadium gates open for families, friends, and guests.
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. – Graduates check-in and assemble in the gymnasium, dressed in cap and gown, ready to form the procession line. Graduates must check-in at the registration table to complete a “Name Card.” High heels are not permitted on the field; those wearing high heels will be provided with “flip flops” for the ceremony.
3:30 – 3:55 p.m. – Graduates form two lines in the gymnasium and begin the procession into the stadium.
4:00 p.m. – Commencement Ceremony begins.
- Speeches by the college President, Faculty Keynote, and Graduate Keynote will address the graduating class.
- Graduates will line up and proceed with their name card to the card reader, then to the dignitaries to receive their diploma cover and have a professional photo taken. Graduates will then return to their seats.
- Once all names are read, the ceremony will conclude, followed by a recessional.
- Stage officials, followed by faculty and then graduates, will exit the stadium.
- Guests will exit the stadium.
Graduates will receive printed programs as they enter the field. Guests will have access to a digital program, ensuring everyone can follow along with the ceremony.
- Spiked or high heel shoes are not permitted. Graduates will not be allowed to enter the stadium with heels, as they can damage the turf and track. For safety reasons, please wear low or flat shoes.
- Balloons will not be allowed in the stadium. Any guests attempting to enter the stadium with balloons will be asked to return balloons to vehicles.
- Noisemakers are not allowed.
- Children will not be allowed in the processional line with graduates. Children must not be left unattended. If children will be attending, please arrange for them to be with guests during the ceremony.
- All mobile devices should be silenced to avoid any disruptions during the ceremony.
- Alcoholic beverages and smoking will not be permitted in the venue. This is a smoke-free, drug-free event.
- No drones will be permitted. Operators flying drones without permission from the college may result in being escorted off the campus.
- Pets are not permitted on campus, except for service animals.
Graduates should park in lots 6 (except ADA) and then line up in the gym.
There will be designated ADA seats available at the bottom of the stadium bleechers for guests with mobility limits, such as wheelchair users or people uncomfortable with stairs. Please have your guests ask a greeter or campus Police Services to direct them to designated seating.
A portion of Parking Lot 1 and Lot 7 will be designated for handicap parking/ADA access to stadium. There will also be a shuttle service from other parking lots to the stadium starting one hour before the ceremony begins and continuing through the ceremony.
Sign language interpreters will be working throughout the ceremony.
If you or your guests have questions about accommodations, please contact Disability Services at 510.215.3969 or by email at: dsps@contracosta.edu at least 10 days prior to the day of the ceremony.
Due to the large number of guests in attendance, parking lots closer to the stadium will be congested. Please encourage your guests to arrive one hour prior to the start of the ceremony (3:00 pm).
There is no charge/permit required for parking. Guest parking is available in parking lots #1, #2 and along Castro Drive and Moraga Drive.
Additional will also be available in lots #9, #10, #14, #15, #16, #17 and along Campus Drive.
Diplomas are mailed late-July to the student’s physical address on file at Admissions and Records. If your address has changed, please contact our Admissions and Records office as soon as possible at admissions@contracosta.edu.
For more information or questions regarding Commencement contact Student Services at studentservices@contracosta.edu.
Commencement Items for Sale
The bookstore is selling graduation regalia now in the store and online at www.contracostabooks.com
Cap and Gown Sales:
- April 29 – May 16, 2024; 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- May 17 2024; 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Package price: $55.00 + tax (Cash or debit/credit card accepted)
* Honor graduates will receive a medallion included in cap and gown package for 3.5 GPA or better in all college course work (all institutions). Must be listed as “Honor”. If honor graduates do not participate in the ceremony, the medallion will be available starting May 20, 2024 depending on supply.
Professional photography will be provided by GradImages during the ceremony. Each graduate will be photographed twice, as they shake hands with the college President or other designated official and as they pose with diploma cover before returning to their seat.
Proofs will be emailed with an option to purchase for those graduates providing a valid email address and submitting the requested information. You may also opt-out of this offer if you choose not to purchase photos. Graduates may pre-register with GradImages before the ceremony.
GradImages will provide a ‘Reader Card’ for each graduate to complete and bring with them to the ceremony. Reader Cards can be found in the cap and gown packages. Please fill out the card completely and write legibly spelling your name phonetically for the reader if necessary. You must have this card to present to the reader for your name to be called during the ceremony.
Please visit GradImages for more information.