Bags will not be checked. Prohibited items for Tudor Fieldhouse entry are noted below:

• Weapons of any kind
• Pets (Exception: service animals)
• Tobacco products
• Food and Beverages (Exceptions: food for small children or medical issues; factory sealed bottled water)
• Unauthorized banners, signs or flags
• Artificial noisemakers
• Oversized bags, briefcases, coolers, etc. (Exception: diaper bags)
• Laser pointers

Complimentary parking will be available in West Lot 4. For easy access, enter campus at Entrances 17 or 18 on Rice Boulevard at Stadium Drive or Entrance 8 on University Boulevard at Stockton Drive. Guests will be permitted to drop their group off in the drop off zone in front of Tudor Fieldhouse.

Those utilizing riding sharing services should not that the designated pick-up/drop-off area is in front of the George R. Brown Tennis Center on O'Connor Way.

A very limited number of parking spaces have been reserved in the Moody Lot for guests requiring closer parking to the venue. Access to this parking lot will be directly off University Boulevard, between Greenbriar Drive and Entrance 18 at Stockton Drive. Please contact commencement@rice.edu if you anticipate needing access to this lot.

Students should not bring large bags or purses – there will be no place to store these items (personal items should be left with family or friends that may be in attendance)

Students line up will be in Fox Gym.

All ceremonies are indoors, but we recommend checking the weather and possibly bringing an umbrella for the walk to McNair Hall from Tudor Fieldhouse after the ceremonies for our celebration reception. 

For the business school recognition ceremony, student may sit wherever they would like in the graduate seating area. For the university-wide Convocation, students will be lined up by program in alphabetical order.