The College of Miami introduced a restrict of six visitor tickets per graduating scholar for the Spring 2025 graduation ceremony on Might 9.
“The choice to restrict ticket allocations to 6 per graduating scholar was made after cautious consideration of a number of elements, together with venue capability, public well being pointers and the challenges we confronted throughout earlier ceremonies to verify everybody would have a seat,” the Workplace of Graduation mentioned in an announcement.
“This yr’s ticket restrict is meant to assist us guarantee a secure, snug, and memorable ceremony for everybody, whereas avoiding the overcrowding points that occurred in latest ceremonies.”
The College has beforehand enforced visitor limits, most notably in the course of the pandemic. Extra not too long ago, a ticketing system had been launched in Fall 2024 to deal with overcrowding in the course of the earlier spring commencements.
Some college students welcome the choice with open minds. Sarai Henry, a psychology main, prefers the ticket quantity to be capped.
“It makes folks actually take into consideration who they need there on such a big day,” Henry mentioned.
Senior broadcast journalism main Max Keller famous that whereas he felt the choice was cheap, he understood the way it would possibly trigger issues.
“I can see how that may be limiting for larger households, however I don’t know if there’s one other resolution,” mentioned Keller.
As well as, the College additionally confirmed that college students who want to attend a good friend’s commencement should additionally buy a ticket.
“For a scholar to attend one other scholar’s graduation ceremony, they need to safe a visitor ticket from the graduating scholar’s visitor allotment. All visitors are required to have a ticket to attend the ceremony, and visitor tickets could be transferred to a different scholar,” the Workplace of Graduation defined.
Because the spring 2025 ceremony approaches, college students are inspired to plan forward to make sure their households can attend.