Honors & Honor Cords

Congratulations on this important accomplishment. For information regarding Latin Honor Cord distribution, please check the Honors & Honor Cords section of the website. 

General Information

Commencement is the ceremony celebrating the conferral of degrees. Also known as a graduation ceremony. 

  • Your friends, you will line-up the morning of with your friends regardless of their last name or school. 
  • Marching order has no impact on where you will sit. 

There will not be a graduation practice ceremony. 

  • No, Ithaca College allows all December 2024 through December 2025 students to participate in the May 2025 Commencement ceremony.  
  • If you do not want to attend the May 2025 ceremony you can say no, I am not attending on the Marching Order website. 
  • There will be an opportunity for December graduates to attend the December graduation ceremony. 

Additional Questions?

Commencement is a campus-wide event involving multiple departments and people. In order to ensure your question gets to the right person, please contact our Commencement email address.