Commencement Events Schedule

Friday, May 1, 2026

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony, Avrum Gudelsky Auditorium

  • Check In: 3:00 p.m. at the Library. Please bring your regalia. Be sure to stop at the table to pick up your name card, as this will be used to announce your name and dissertation title when you cross the stage.
  • Doctoral Hooding Ceremony: 4:00 p.m. Due to available space in the Auditorium, a maximum of 3 guests is allowed.
  • The event will be live streamed online and to overflow areas in the Library and the Student Center via the Capitol Technology University YouTube Channel.

Graduating Student & Alumni Reception (for All Graduates and Alumni), McGowan Academic Center

  • 5:30 p.m. Bring your guests and join your classmates, faculty, staff, and fellow alumni for refreshments, fun, and conversation in celebration of your distinct and well-deserved accomplishments.
Saturday, May 2, 2026

Commencement Ceremony for All Graduates

  • Check In: 8:00 a.m. It is imperative that graduates arrive on time to check in. Be sure to bring your regalia. Check-in is located in the Avrum Gudelsky Auditorium. Once you have checked in, you must remain in the auditorium. During check-in you will receive your name card used to announce you on stage. Please verify your information is correct on this card. Do not lose this card. You will hand it to the stage staff as you step on-stage during commencement.
  • Processional Preparation: 8:30 a.m. This time will be used to ensure your cap, gown and hood are fitted properly.
  • Roll Call and Lineup: 9:30 a.m. This will occur in the auditorium. Weather permitting, the lineup will be outside of the building. You will be lined up alphabetically by degree program.
  • Processional Begins: 9:45 a.m. The university marshal will lead the processional followed by the stage guests, trustees, faculty, candidates for undergraduate degrees, master's degrees and doctoral degrees, to the commencement tent. For the recessional back to the front of the university, the stage participants will exit first, and the graduates will follow them.

Special Accommodations

Students and/or guests requiring special assistance at commencement should email deanofstudents@captechu.edu or call the Dean of Students at 240-965-2497 as soon as possible.

Commencement Live Stream Video

For graduates and their families unable to attend the ceremony, it will be broadcast live online. Stream the ceremony live or watch it later at https://www.youtube.com/c/capitoltechnologyuniversity

Celebrate Your Success with Us!

We're celebrating Capitol's Graduate Celebration Day on May 13th by featuring your unforgettable moments—from the campus ceremony or your virtual party!

Want to be featured? Submit your graduation photos by May 9th to join our special social media celebration: https://capl.ink/celebrationday25