Families and Guests
Get tickets
For May graduates, graduation ceremony tickets are required for family and friends. Tickets will be distributed at Grad Finale. If you cannot attend Grad Finale, graduates can pick up tickets from the Alumni House between 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. the day following Grad Finale through the morning of graduation. For the May Commencement, all guests need an entry ticket. If they bring children, each child (including babies) must also have a ticket.
Commemorative merchandise
The USCA bookstore, located in the Student Activities Center, has several university-branded and graduation items available for purchase, including diploma frames, desk lamps, desk sets, letter sorters, bookends, desk boxes, paperweights, alumni coffee mugs, alumni decals, and USCA clothing.
Merchandise can also be purchased online at https://www.bkstr.com/uscaikenstore.
Children and Babies
Due to limited capacity and licensing restrictions at the USCA Childcare Center, the university cannot provide childcare services during the graduation ceremony. If tickets are required to attend the graduation ceremony, children must also have a ticket.
Baby strollers may not be taken into the arena area of the Convocation Center since there is little space on the arena floor and because they create a hazard for other guests trying to reach their seats.
Can't attend the ceremony? Watch it online!
Family and friends who cannot attend can still participate by watching a livestream of the entire ceremony. By the evening of commencement, a link to the broadcast will be on the home page of the site. This livestream will begin about 15 minutes before the start of the ceremony.
Send a Letter or Message to Your Graduate
Family members who cannot attend may send their graduates a special letter or message through our Office of Parent and Family Relations.
Unfortunately, we cannot deliver items other than letters or cards. Please include your graduate's first and last name and middle initial and submit it to the Office of Parents and Family Relations before the date of graduation. If they are participating in the ceremony, we will make sure it is delivered on the day of graduation. Submissions after that date are not guaranteed to be delivered.
Families can email the message to [email protected] or send via U.S. Postal Service to:
Parent and Family Relations
Office of Student Life
Your Student's Name
USCA
650 Trolley Line Rd.
Graniteville, SC 29829
Family Celebration Brunch
10:30 a.m. the morning of graduation
The Celebration Brunch provides graduates, parents, family, and USC Aiken Faculty in the Convocation Center to celebrate this special day. The brunch will allow families and guests to view the Convocation Center, meet faculty and staff, and provide many photo opportunities.
Graduates receive a free Brunch ticket. Additional tickets are $15 per person ($5 for children ages 2-10). These tickets must be purchased from the Alumni Relations Office in the Alumni House.
Please purchase family tickets in advance using any of the below methods:
- Mail a check payable to Aiken Partnership and return the form to Alumni Relations - 471 University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801.
- Please enclose the Senior/Family Celebration Brunch form
- Purchase your brunch tickets at the Alumni House on the USC Aiken campus; the address is 471 University Parkway, Aiken, South Carolina, 29801.
- Call the Office of Alumni Relations at 803-641-3480