Graduation Ceremony

Summer and Fall 2024 graduates and Spring 2025 candidates (who have petitioned for an associate degree by the Friday, March 7, 2025 deadline) may participate in the Thursday, May 22, 2025 ceremony. 

Students who meet the above requirements were emailed directly on Friday, April 18, 2025, with information on Commencement, the time of their assigned ceremony, and a link to RSVP. 

One graduate will be selected as the student speaker for each ceremony. An email will be sent to graduates about the Student Speaker Tryouts opportunity. Please consider sharing your story and celebrating with your fellow graduates as our student speaker! 

If you are interested in speaker tryouts, please contact Student Life Supervisor Tony Humphreys for additional details at Tony.Humphreys@flc.losrios.edu.

Please Note: The student speakers have been selected for the 2025 Commencement ceremonies. Thank you to those who tried out!

Historically final exams have been scheduled until 9:00 to 10:00 pm on the last day of classes. Faculty have been asked to work with graduates to accommodate an alternate date and time to take the test. This should be the same practice for this year’s two commencement ceremonies. Graduates are encouraged to make plans with their instructors.

Yes- the ceremonies will be live-streamed via YouTube for those who are unable to attend in person! Click on the button below for your graduate's respective ceremony.

View 3:00 pm Ceremony Live-Stream

View 6:30 pm Ceremony Live-Stream

Yes. Registration is mandatory in order to participate. All graduates will be emailed a link to an online registration form for their specific ceremony time. The deadline to RSVP is Friday, May 2, 2025, by 11:59 pm.

• RSVP for Ceremony One - 3:00 pm
  

  Public Service, Health, and Education (PSHE) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Graduates

• RSVP for Ceremony Two - 6:30 pm
  

  Business and Management (BUS) and Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (LASS) Graduates

If you cannot attend the assigned ceremony time you received via email for your meta-major, please contact us at commencement@flc.losrios.edu.

Number of Tickets

Each graduate who has RSVP’d to participate in one of the Commencement ceremonies can receive three guest tickets to attend their assigned ceremony. Note: Tickets are required for guests. Graduates participating in the ceremony do not need a ticket.

Ticket Pick-Up

Tickets will be available for pick up in the Welcome and Student Success Center at the main campus in Aspen Hall/FL1 starting Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 10:00 am.

First Day for Pick Up:
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Additional Pick-Up Days:
For additional pick up times, please visit the Welcome and Student Success Center webpage for hours.

Note: The last day to pick up tickets in the Welcome and Student Success Center is Wednesday, May 21, 2025. After this date, tickets can be picked up at the Harris Center Ticket Office Will Call on Thursday, May 22, 2025, starting at 12:00 pm.

Additional Tickets

Graduates may request extra tickets on a space available basis by completing the Additional Ticket Request form. After we confirm the number of tickets requested during registration, students will receive an email from commencement@flc.losrios.edu on Monday, May 19, 2025, notifying them if their request for additional tickets can be accommodated.

If there are any remaining tickets after the close of business on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, they will be available at the Harris Center Ticket Office Will Call on a first-come, first-served basis, starting at 12:00 pm on May 22, 2025.

More Information

• Tickets are free of charge and cannot be bought or sold.
• Children under the age of three who will sit on a guardian's lap during the ceremony do not require a ticket.
• The ticket must have a valid barcode to gain entry.
• Each ceremony has its own specific ticket. Guests cannot use a ticket for one ceremony to enter another ceremony.
• Commencement will be livestreamed for those that cannot attend.

In order to participate in the ceremony, all graduates must be in full regalia. You must purchase your cap and gown in advance at the FLC Bookstore. The bundle price (cap, gown, and tassel) is $43.00. The cap, tassel, and gown (teal mortarboard, teal and black tassel, and teal robe) are then yours to keep and are the required attire for the ceremony.

You have the option to purchase regalia in person in the FLC Bookstore at the main campus on the lower level of the Falcon's Roost (please see FLC Bookstore website for updated hours) or purchase online . If you purchase online, make sure to give yourself enough time for shipping.

Note: Graduates who walk in the ceremony will receive a complimentary diploma cover.

Regalia Decoration

• Students may decorate their caps. All decorations must be appropriate and respectful for the occasion.
• Students may wear tassels, stoles, or cords representing other student programs/affiliations that they are involved in, such as Phi Theta Kappa, Veterans, EOPS, student government, athletics, etc, as well as other Los Rios cultural celebrations they participated in.
• Students may wear leis.

I can't afford regalia. What should I do?

The Falcon Cares' Gowns for Grads program supports students in need with free access to graduation caps and gowns. Caps and gowns are provided through the generosity of donors and recent FLC graduates; availability may be limited. Contact Alina Kravchuk at kravcha@flc.losrios.edu.

Ceremony One (Starting at 3:00 pm)

Graduates: Graduates need to check in between 1:30 to 2:15 pm at the Harris Center near the Black Box (view map). You must be in the Harris Center Black Box by 2:30 pm to participate in the run-through prior to the ceremony.

Guests: Doors to Harris Center's Stage 1 (view map) will open at 2:00 pm for guests.

Ceremony Two (Starting at 6:30 pm)

Graduates: Graduates need to check in between 5:00 to 5:45 pm at the Harris Center near the Black Box (view map). You must be in the Harris Center Black Box by 6:00 pm to participate in the run-through prior to the ceremony.

Guests: Doors to Harris Center's Stage 1 (view map) will open at 5:30 pm for guests.

Parking is free on the day of Commencement — a semester or daily parking permit is not required. All graduates and guests should park in student parking. Be sure to follow all other parking rules, such as only parking in handicapped spots if you have the appropriately issued placard and no parking in fire or loading zones, as these violations could result in a ticket.

Yes- Folsom Lake College's Classified Senate will be selling snacks and water to guests before each Commencement Ceremony in the Harris Center lobby. A variety of chips, cookies, and water will be available for $1 each (cash only, please). 

In addition, all graduates will be provided with free snacks during Ceremony Check-in in the Black Box.

Yes! There will be:

• Live stream coverage of the ceremonies will be available (URLs to come).
• Ultimate Exposures will take professional photos during the ceremonies. Graduates will receive information on how to order.
• There will also be an FLC-branded backdrop set up outside the Harris Center lobby for graduates to take their own photographs before and after the ceremonies.

Summer and Fall 2024 graduates

Diplomas have already been distributed to all 2024 graduates. You will receive a diploma cover when your name is read and you cross the stage at the ceremony. Note: Diploma covers are only given to graduates who participate in the ceremony.

Spring 2025 degree candidates

You will not receive your diploma at the commencement ceremony; however, you will receive a diploma cover. After grades for the Spring 2025 semester are submitted, degrees will be posted by early September. Diplomas should be mailed/ready for pick up in early November. Please be sure to notify the Evaluations Department at flc-evaluations@flc.losrios.edu of any change of address.

Diploma Covers

Please Note: Diploma covers are only available to those students who participate in a Commencement Ceremony.

For safety, sustainability, and security reasons, certain items are prohibited in the Harris Center for the Arts, such as, but not limited to the following:

• Flowers
• Balloons (mylar and latex)
• Silly string
• Confetti and glitter
• Any noise-making devices (i.e., air horns, whistles, drums, plastic horns, etc.)
• Alcoholic beverages
• Weapons and dangerous devices of any kind

Folsom Lake College is committed to maintaining a drug, alcohol, smoke, vape, and tobacco-free campus. Please see the college's Alcohol, Drug, and Smoking Policies.

Students participating must adhere to the Student Standards of Conduct. For the safety of everyone participating, students who violate these standards, including those found to be in the possession of or under the influence of alcohol or drugs, will not be allowed to participate in the Commencement ceremonies. Los Rios Police will also be on site.