Instructions for Graduates
Important Deadlines/ To Do's
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Step
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Date | Action Required |
| Order Regalia | March |
Order or purchase regalia via Herff Jones. (See promo codes; Valid on full regalia purchases only -- excludes rentals). Standard shipping= Expedited shipping= |
| Create a Tassel Account | March | Program Office determines eligiblity to participate in the ceremony. Eliglbile graduates will be emailed the link. |
| RSVP & Claim Tickets | March | Register, claim, and distribute guest tickets via your Tassel Hub (eligible graduates will be emailed the link) |
| Ticket Waitlist Starts | March | Additional tickets will be reviewed for availability and sent via email after the initial ticketing window closes. |
| Attend Student Webinar | March | Attend one of two identical commencement informational webinars held in March 2027. |
| Student Success and Career Advancement | April | Full-time MBA graduates should complete the MBA employment survey to share post-graduation plans. |
| The Big Day! | April 17 | Ceremony begins at 10:30 AM at Alumni Park, Malibu Campus. |
| Return Regalia | April | All rented regalia should be dropped off in the return bins located at Alumni Park following your ceremony OR please use the return shipping label that was included in your original delivery to ship back to Herff Jones. |
| Order Photos (Optional) | April | Please visit Grad Images website www.gradimages.com or call Customer Service Department at (800) 261-2576 or ecc.giservice@gradimages.net |
Order Regalia (Herff Jones)
Graduates are responsible for renting or purchasing a cap, gown, and hood (regalia), from Herff Jones, the preferred vendor of custom Pepperdine regalia. All regalia orders will be shipped directly to the graduate. Please note, orders placed after the website close dates are charged at a premium. Announcements and diploma frames are also available for purchase.
Tassel Hub
Tassel is our official commencement partner. This platform will serve as your personalized hub for graduation—from managing your registration and guest tickets to ensuring your name is read perfectly as you cross the stage.
Name Pronounciation
- Provide your full, preferred name. This is the name that will be read aloud at graduation. Please carefully proofread your name to check for any typos or accidental autocorrections.
- Provide a phonetic spelling of your name.
- If you wish, you may also provide a voice recording of you saying your name to better help the voice actor with the pronunciation.
NOTE: Missing the Tassel Hub deadline means your name recording defaults to the standard pronunciation provided by the platform.
Stage Pass
- From your Tassel Hub, add your stage pass to your mobile Wallet or print it out. This is the QR code you will use to walk across the stage.
Guest Ticketing
- Tickets are required for all guests (age two and over) attending the commencement
ceremony. To efficiently welcome guests onto our Malibu campus, each guest must possess
and display their individual ticket to attend the ceremony.
- Student Allotments: Once registration opens, up to eight (8) tickets will be available to graduates to disseminate to their guests.
- Waitlist: Students who require extra seating may join a waitlist to request additional tickets. Once the initial ticketing window has closed, we will begin reviewing the possibility of fulfilling these requests based on availability. If additional tickets are granted, they will be sent to you in a separate email.
- Livestream: For friends and family unable to attend in person, we encourage you to share the livestream link so they can participate in your big moment from anywhere.
Student Arrival (8:30AM)
- Bring your regalia with you to commencement. CAPS AND GOWNS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ONSITE.
- Head to student check-in near the pond on Alumni Park. At check-in, you will receive your military cord (if ordered in advance) or any honors award. You must have your digital stage pass to cross the stage.
- Visit the robing tent to receive assistance in putting on your regalia.
- Please do not bring purses, backpacks, bags, and other non-essential items to the graduation ceremony, as there will be no place to securely store them.
- Find a seat in the staging area. Grads must sit in their academic program section, but do not have to be in alphabetical order. The line of march will be organized by academic program. Please remain in order as you are ushered to the graduation area. No one may enter the line of march after it leaves the staging area. Watch staff ushers for cues during your march into the graduation area.
- The graduation area may be warm, and there is no shade, so be sure to wear sunscreen.
Stage Crossing
- The Dean will ask the respective candidates to rise.
- Remain standing until the President has conferred your degree, then sit in your chair.
- When instructed by the staff ushers, stand in your row, then march forward to the stage. Take your digital stage pass with you to the stage.
- Enter the stage on the right, present your digital stage pass to be scanned, shake hands with the president, exit to the left, and return to your seat. Be aware of the photographers who will take your picture upon receipt of your diploma cover and when you exit the stage.
Graduation Recessional
- Following the benediction, the platform party will exit, followed by the graduates, and then the faculty.
After Graduation Ceremony
- Before you leave campus, please deposit your rental gown at the Herff Jones table in Alumni Park OR use the return shipping label that was included in your original delivery to ship back to Herff Jones. The cap and tassel are yours to keep, as well as the sash if you purchased it in advance.
- On the lawn in Alumni Park, graduates may take this time to introduce their family and friends to the faculty and administration.
- Please visit Grad Images website www.gradimages.com or call Customer Service Department at (800) 261-2576 or ecc.giservice@gradimages.net
Questions?
For additional event day questions, contact pgbs.commencement@pepperdine.edu