Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

This year's Spring Commencement Exercise will be held Sat., May 8 at 9:00 a.m. at the Marino Casem Stadium.

Gates will open at 6:00 a.m.

Yes. Rehearsal is scheduled for Fri., May 7 at 10 a.m. at the Marino Casem Stadium. All graduates are required to attend.

Yes. The 2021 Spring Commencement Exercise at Alcorn will be a ticketed event.

Yes. The live webcast can be viewed the day of Commencement at www.alcorn.edu.

Yes. Reserved seating is available for wheelchair guests and guests with mobility concerns. Individuals will be directed to this location by Commencement staff. One guest may accompany each guest with mobility concerns.

No. The cap and gown are keepsake items.

Parking locations will be marked.

Platform and VIP guests will park in the VIP section at the stadium.

Golden Class, marshals and commencement staff will park in the reserve section at the stadium.

Graduates and faculty will park in the new parking area located next to the Research and Extension Complex.

Guest parking will be available in the reserve tailgating section at the stadium, the Center for Ecology and Natural Resources, Willie Mae Latham Taylor Park, Extension and Research Complex, Jesse A. Morris Sr./W.C. Boykin Agricultural Science Building and the K.L. Simmons Sr. Technology Building.

Persons with mobility concerns will park:

• At the David L. Whitney HPER Complex if you are planning to sit on the visitor’s side of the stadium
• In Reserved Parking at the Marino Casem stadium if you are planning to sit on the home side of the stadium

Diplomas will be available immediately following the commencement exercise until 12:00 noon at the Whitney Complex. The Office of Student Records and Graduate Studies staff will release diplomas only upon proper presentment of an Alcorn Goldcard, state-issued I.D., or driver’s license. We look forward to serving you as an alumnus of this great institution.