ACE Commencement

Guests of graduates that succesfully registered their attendance are welcome to make travel plans. Those who plan on flying to Fishers should check their email for information on discounted fare options with Southwest Airlines. For more information on accommodations in Fishers, explore VisitHamiltonCounty.com.

We want to ensure our in-person commencement ceremony is accessible to all graduates. ADA parking is provided on a first-come, first served paid basis at the Fishers Event Center. 

If you are attending commencement in person and you or your guests require ADA accommodations inside of the venue, please email [email protected] to let us know. ASL interpreters will be onsite for both ceremonies.

For more information about Fishers Event Center’s accessibility and ADA services, visit their website. 

ACE will not provide honors cords to in person or virtual attendees. If you’d like to purchase honors cords, you can do so on the Jostens site.  

KDP members should have received cords when they joined. If you still need to order KDP cords, you can do so here.  

Registration for both in-person and virtual ceremonies closed on 
Thursday, April 30, 2026.  

Students who are financing their education must be current on all payments to their lenders. 

The cut-off to change commencement attendance was April 30, 2026. We can no longer accommodate any further changes as video production has begun.  

Ed.D. graduates should plan to watch the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony livestream on Saturday, July 25 at 11 am ET, as this ceremony is specifically tailored to doctoral graduates and differs from the other ceremonies.

For all other graduates, we recommend you watch the livestream on Saturday, July 25 at 3 pm ET.  

The ceremonies will also be available on our YouTube page for later viewing.

Yes. The livestream will start in real time, but you can pause it if needed. You can either resume from where you left off or start watching it live again. 

The ceremonies will also be available on our YouTube page for later viewing.

No. Because ACE emails close six months after you complete your program, all commencement information is sent to the personal email address we have on file for you. When registering, please be sure to use your personal email address.

Graduates can only participate in the commencement ceremony created for their graduating class. 

Registration for Commencement 2026 closed on April 30, 2026.

No, tickets will not be required for your guests. To ensure ample seating for each ceremony, we ask that each student bring no more than ten (10) guests. For planning purposes, we ask that you include the number of guests you intend to bring to commencement on the commencement registration form. Guest names are not required.  

There are over 2,000 paid parking spots available at Fishers Event Center. Guests can prepay for parking online or pay during the event. 

Accesible parking is available and all entrances are ADA compliant.

Visit the venue’s website for more details. 

All graduates and guests are expected to abide by Fishers Event Center’s security and bag policies. For more information about the venue’s clear bag policy and prohibited items, visit their website. 

Graduation regalia can be tricky! Reference our step-by-step video guide or written guide to learn how to put your regalia on correctly. 

We will only be recognizing certain programs during certain ceremonies. Therefore, you will only be able to attend the ceremony that corresponds with your degree program.  

Ed.D. graduates will only walk during the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony at 11 am ET. Ed.D. graduates can attend the afternoon ceremony if they would like to, but only as a guest.    

Virtual graduates were offered a chance to submit a headshot within their registration form that would display during the virtual reading of names.

Now that registration has closed, we are no longer accepting headshots. 

Sigma members should have received cords when they joined. If you still need to order Sigma cords, you can do so here.