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Graduation & Commencement Information

Congratulations!

As you prepare for graduation, we are pleased to commend your success as you represent the reason the College exists—to produce well-prepared graduates to enter the world of work or to transfer to a four-year college.

We are so excited for you. Thank you for including Ivy Tech Indianapolis in your academic journey!

December 2025 nursing pinning ceremony

Date: Friday, December 12, 2025

Where: Ivy Tech Conference Center & Culinary Institute, 2820 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208

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April 2026 nursing pinning ceremony

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026

Where: Ivy Tech Conference Center & Culinary Institute, 2820 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208

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april 2026 Commencement

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026

Where: Corteva Coliseum, 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205

Prepare for Graduation

Everything You Need To Know

  • More information forthcoming

     

  • You must run your degree audit and speak with your advisor to ensure you are on track to graduate. For assistance running your audit, attend a virtual Zoom room open session or email indy-graduation@ivytech.edu. 

  • Each student entering their final semester must apply to graduate in MyIvy. Also, submitting your application will ensure your name is included in the virtual ceremony.

    To apply: Log into MyIvy > Tools & Resources > Apply to Graduate

    Follow the instructions on the screen to select your curriculum, name to appear on the diploma, mailing address, and whether you will be attending the commencement ceremony.

  • Ivy Tech Indianapolis provides drop-in, informational Zoom rooms for students who have questions about or need assistance with anything regarding graduating. Areas/items they can assist you with (but are not limited to) include:

    -Running your degree audit
    -Applying to graduate
    -Answering general graduation questions

    To access the room, drop in during scheduled business hours and open dates, and a member
    of the team will be with you as soon as possible.

    Indy Graduation/ Commencement 2025-2026 Zoom Room
    https://ivytech.zoom.us/j/97971922443

    Fall 2025 Potential Grads- Open September 7, 2025- December 18, 2025
    Spring 2026 Potential Grads- Open February 3, 2026- April 23, 2026
    Summer 2026 Potential Grads- Open July 2, 2026- July 30, 2026

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    All questions should be sent to: indy-graduation@ivytech.edu. 

     

  • Ordering information forthcoming
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    Cap Decorating Rules

    Please take into consideration the following rules when decorating your cap for the commencement ceremony.

    Failure to follow these rules will result in the removal of the cap at the ceremony.

    Graduates WILL NOT be allowed to participate in the ceremony without a cap and gown.

     

    • Only the flat, top area of the mortar board may be decorated.
      • There may be nothing hanging down from any of the sides of the cap.
    • Decorations must be flat on the surface of the cap.
      • 3-D creations may be no higher than 1”.
    • The tassel must be able to be moved from one side to the other, as dictated during the ceremony.
    • Graduation caps will be reviewed and approved in advance of the ceremony.

     

    UNACCEPTABLE decorations:

    • Contain any advertisement, symbols, abbreviations, initials, words, slogans, patches, or pictures that:

    Refer to drugs or controlled substances, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons or be of a sexual nature

    and/or denotes an affiliation with gangs which advocate drug use, violence, illegal activity, or

    disruptive behavior which is detrimental to the safety and welfare of other graduates, staff,

    faculty and/or guests.

    • Be obscene, profane, vulgar, or lewd.

    • Include numbers other than the graduation year.

    • Threaten the safety and welfare of any person.

     

    ACCEPTABLE decorations:

    • Thank a parent, grandparent, friend or instructor.

    • Recognize the college, school, program or career.

    • The graduation year.

    • The branch of the military the graduate is affiliated with.

    • The home country’s flag of the graduate.

  • Nursing Pinning Ceremony

    More information forthcoming

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    Other important details:

    • What are grads supposed to wear?
      • Grads will wear their own appropriate, professional business attire.
    • Are kids allowed?
      • Yes children are allowed, but they do require tickets (no matter age) due to the room's fire capacity restrictions.
    • Seating is on a general admission/first-come, first-seated basis.

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  • More information forthcoming

  • More information forthcoming

  • April 2026 Commencement

    Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026

    Where: Corteva Coliseum, 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205

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    Graduate Check-in

    • Graduates can arrive - information forthcoming
    • Proceed to Champions Hall, where you will enter through security and be assisted with check-in by our registration staff.
    • At check-in, you will receive your name card for the reading of your name during the ceremony. That card helps us get you lined up for commencement by school/program. 
    • Honor cords for any of the honor designations will be given to you at check-in.

    Processional Line-Up:

    • This will begin at (time TBD); Once you are lined up, we will ask you to remain in line until we start our procession into the Coliseum. 
    • There will be two lines processing at the same time. Please stay alert and follow directions provided by event marshals.
    • Graduates will go up on stage one row at a time. 
    • You will hand your card to a designated event ambassador as you approach the stage.
    • When your name is read, you will proceed across the stage toward the Chancellor.
    • You will shake with your right hand and hold your diploma cover with your left hand. 
    • There will be photos taken on stage and off stage. 
    • Once finished with the posed, post-stage photo taking, you will return to the row and seat you were previously in.

    Ceremony Details

    • The ceremony will last approximately three (3) hours.

  • To ensure that your name is included in the commencement program (digital version only), you MUST apply to graduate by the deadline of April 1. 

    View the 2025 digital program

  • Information and links forthcoming

  • Click here to view your photo proofs from the 2025 Ivy Tech Indianapolis Commencement Ceremony.

    If you have difficulty ordering or need any assistance, please view the FAQs or call 800-482-0321, or email gradteam@amphelpdesk.com

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    The Grad Team will be on-site with professional photographers to capture you on your big day! They will take individual action photos as you accept your degree (cover)/shake hands, and then there is an opportunity for posed photos as you exit the stage. These photos will be available online to view and order approximately a week after Commencement. 

    Each graduate will receive an essential card upon check-in at Champions Hall. This card must be handed to designated Ivy Tech employees who will scan it before you walk across the stage for your name to be read and posted on the large JumboTron.

    On the back side of these cards, there will be information and a link for registering on The Grad Team's website to order photos.

  • Graduates will receive their diploma in the mail approximately 8 to 12 weeks after the end of the term.

    Official Transcripts may be requested after end of the term in person at the Registrar's Office or via Parchment

  • We invite you to share your success and milestone achievements with friends and family on social media! Please tag Ivy Tech Indy's social media accounts and use #IvyIndyGrad and #IvyTechIndy.

    Facebook

    @IvyTechIndy

    https://www.facebook.com/IvyTechIndy  

     

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    @ivytechindy 

    https://www.instagram.com/ivytechindy/ 

     

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    @IvyTech_Indy

    https://twitter.com/IvyTech_Indy  

       

    LinkedIn

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    https://www.linkedin.com/company/ivy-tech-community-college-indianapolis/

     

    TikTok

    https://www.tiktok.com/@ivytechindy 

  • Did you know some of the resources available to you as an Ivy Tech student don’t stop after graduation? 

    The Ivy Tech Alumni Community provides a lifelong connection between alumni and the College. Alumni are encouraged to get connected, share their stories, and celebrate their success. Our mission is to build connections between alumni and Ivy Tech Community College that result in enduring relationships, lifelong pride, and a system of support across Indiana.

    Our community connects 500,000 alumni from more than 40 Ivy Tech campuses and sites throughout Indiana. The Ivy Tech Alumni Community provides countless opportunities to remain connected to the College and classmates through an expanding list of exclusive benefits, programs, resources, and events both in your community and across the state.

    Learn more >> https://giving.ivytech.edu/alumni/ 

  • Stay connected with Ivy Tech Indianapolis and be the first to know about all the exciting campus news, happenings, and stories by signing up for our quarterly newsletter, Ivy Indy Community Chronicle, and our annual magazine, Ivy Indy. 

    Ivy Indy, our insightful annual magazine, showcases the best campus stories of the year, celebrates the accomplishments of our outstanding students, shares touching "Why I Give" stories from our donors, and highlights our campus's meaningful involvement within our Indianapolis service area. Don't miss out on this exclusive publication!

    Stay up to date with all the happenings at our Indianapolis campus and how to get involved with the Ivy Indy Community Chronicle. This brand-new, quarterly newsletter aims to keep you - our neighbors in Hendricks County, Boone County, and the wider Indianapolis community informed about campus events, public resources, and the inspiring higher education stories emerging from Ivy Tech Indianapolis.

    Here’s to Community!

Common Questions

  • Graduation is when a student completes all requirements of their degree and is awarded a credential. 
  • Commencement is the ceremony that celebrates graduation. 

More information forthcoming

More information forthcoming

 

Once you receive your regalia, please take it out of the bag and hang it up. Please steam it or iron it in advance of the ceremony, so that you look amazing for Commencement and pictures.

  • Before arriving, be sure you have taken your cap and gown out of the bag and either pressed it with an iron or steamed it to get the wrinkles out.
  • You should arrive in your cap and gown over business casual attire with comfortable shoes (no jeans, shorts, or flip-flops). Be mindful of the temperature as you make your clothing decisions. All clothing, even under the regalia, should be appropriate to the situation.

Please note: There is no place to keep personal belongings during the ceremony!

Cap Decorating Rules

Please take into consideration the following rules when decorating your cap for the commencement ceremony.

Failure to follow these rules will result in the removal of the cap at the ceremony.

Graduates WILL NOT be allowed to participate in the ceremony without a cap and gown.

 

  • Only the flat, top area of the mortar board may be decorated.
    • There may be nothing hanging down from any of the sides of the cap.
  • Decorations must be flat on the surface of the cap.
    • 3-D creations may be no higher than 1”.
  • The tassel must be able to be moved from one side to the other, as dictated during the ceremony.
  • Graduation caps will be reviewed and approved in advance of the ceremony.

 

UNACCEPTABLE decorations:

• Contain any advertisement, symbols, abbreviations, initials, words, slogans, patches, or pictures that:

Refer to drugs or controlled substances, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons or be of a sexual nature

and/or denotes an affiliation with gangs which advocate drug use, violence, illegal activity, or

disruptive behavior which is detrimental to the safety and welfare of other graduates, staff,

faculty and/or guests.

• Be obscene, profane, vulgar, or lewd.

• Include numbers other than the graduation year.

• Threaten the safety and welfare of any person.

 

ACCEPTABLE decorations:

• Thank a parent, grandparent, friend or instructor.

• Recognize the college, school, program or career.

• The graduation year.

• The branch of the military the graduate is affiliated with.

• The home country’s flag of the graduate.

  • Graduate Check-in

    • Graduates can arrive as early as [information forthcoming]
    • Proceed to Champions Hall where you will enter through security and be assisted with check-in by our registration staff.
    • At check-in, you will receive your name card for the reading of your name during the ceremony. That card helps us get you lined up for commencement by school/program. 
    • Honor cords for any of the honor designations will be given to you at check-in.

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    Processional Line-Up:

    • This will begin at [information forthcoming] Once you are lined up, we will ask you to remain in line until we start our procession into the Coliseum. 
    • There will be two lines processing in at the same time. Please stay alert and follow directions provided by event marshals.
    • Graduates will go up on stage one row at a time. 
    • You will hand your card to a designated event ambassador as you approach the stage.
    • When your name is read, you will proceed across the stage toward the Chancellor.
    • You will shake with your right hand and hold your diploma cover with your left hand. 
    • There will be photos taken on stage and off stage. 
    • Once finished with the posed, post-stage photo taking, you will return to the row and seat you were previously in.

Graduate Check-in

  • Graduates can [information forthcoming]. 
  • Proceed to Champions Hall, where you will enter through security and be assisted with check-in by our registration staff.
  • At check-in, you will receive your name card for the reading of your name during the ceremony. That card helps us get you lined up for commencement by school/program. 
  • Honor cords for any of the honor designations will be given to you at check-in.

 

Processional Line-Up:

  • This will begin at [information forthcoming]. Once you are lined up, we will ask you to remain in line until we start our procession into the Coliseum. 
  • There will be two lines processing at the same time. Please stay alert and follow directions provided by event marshals.
  • Graduates will go up on stage one row at a time. 
  • You will hand your card to a designated event ambassador as you approach the stage.
  • When your name is read, you will proceed across the stage toward the Chancellor.
  • You will shake with your right hand and hold your diploma cover with your left hand. 
  • There will be photos taken on stage and off stage. 
  • Once finished with the posed, post-stage photo taking, you will return to the row and seat you were previously in.

 

Ceremony Details

  • The ceremony will last approximately three (3) hours.

More information forthcoming

Do not bring purses, bags, or other items that interfere with your ability to walk across the stage, grab/hold your diploma cover, and shake hands. Items of value should not be brought with you.

We recommend you leave everything in the car except what you absolutely need, as there is no place to lock up valuables and you cannot carry bags or purses onto the commencement floor.

Please bring your cell phone as there will be lots of opportunities for fun selfies throughout the day. We will ask you to leave your phone on your chair when you go up to the stage as you will need two hands to receive your degree cover and shake the Chancellor’s hand.

Yes, for extended periods including up and down ramps. If you need accommodations, contact DSS prior to the day of the ceremony at Indianapolis-dss@ivytech.edu

Handicap-accessible seating is available on the ground level of the Coliseum Arena for guests. See a Coliseum usher upon arrival.

Did you know some of the resources available to you as an Ivy Tech student don’t stop after graduation? 

The Ivy Tech Alumni Community provides a lifelong connection between alumni and the College. Alumni are encouraged to get connected, share their stories, and celebrate their success. Our mission is to build connections between alumni and Ivy Tech Community College that result in enduring relationships, lifelong pride, and a system of support across Indiana.

Our community connects 500,000 alumni from more than 40 Ivy Tech campuses and sites throughout Indiana. The Ivy Tech Alumni Community provides countless opportunities to remain connected to the College and classmates through an expanding list of exclusive benefits, programs, resources, and events both in your community and across the state.

Learn more >> https://giving.ivytech.edu/alumni/ 

More information and links forthcoming

Ample seating is available for guests in the arena who have accessible seating needs.  If you are a graduate and you require specific accommodations, please contact Disability Support Services, Indianapolis-dss@ivytech.edu as soon as possible.  A sign language interpreter, as well as live captioning, will be provided for both events. 

More information forthcoming

Click here to view your photo proofs from the 2025 Ivy Tech Indianapolis Commencement Ceremony.

If you have difficulty ordering or need any assistance, please view the FAQs or call 800-482-0321, or email gradteam@amphelpdesk.com

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The Grad Team will be on site with professional photographers to capture you on your big day! They will take individual, action photos as you accept your degree (cover)/shake hands, and then there is an opportunity for posed photos as you exit the stage. These photos will be available online to view and order approximately a week after Commencement. 

Each graduate will receive an essential card upon check-in at Champions Hall. This card must be handed to designated Ivy Tech employees who will scan it before you walk across the stage for your name to be read and posted on the large JumboTron.

On the back side of these cards, there will be information and a link for registering on The Grad Team's website to order photos.

You must meet the deadline of applying to graduate which is April 1. 

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