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Students in cap and gown

Parking and Transportation

A) Grove Convocation Ceremony begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Designated Parking at:

  • University Place Lots (Old Taylor Road)
  • Residence Hall Lots
  • Meek Lot
  • Residential College Lots

B) School of Law, School of Education and Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) Ceremonies at 11:00 a.m. in The Grove
School of Law Designated Parking at:

  • University Place (Old Taylor Road) Lots
  • Residential College Parking Lots
  • Deaton Residence Hall Parking Lot
  • Hefley Residence Hall Parking Lot

School of Education Designated Parking at:

  • Residential Halls Lots
  • Meek Parking Lot

C) School of Business Administration Ceremony at 11:00 a.m. AND the College of Liberal Arts Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. in the C. M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum
Designated Parking for both ceremonies at:

  • Robert C. Khayat Law Center Parking Lot
  • West Road
  • West Coliseum Parking Lot
  • South Coliseum Parking Lot

D) School of Applied Sciences at 11:00 a.m. and School of Pharmacy at 2:30 p.m. in the Indoor Practice Facility (IPF)
Designated Parking for both ceremonies at:

  • South Parking Lot (Shuttle Service eavailable: tent set up across Manning Way (southeast corner of IPF building near track field.))
  • Hill Drive Parking Lots (To get to Hill Drive, we recommend you enter campus from Highway 6 and take Coliseum Drive to All American and then follow the one-way traffic to Hill Drive.)

Due to construction: Manning Way will be closed from Hill Drive to Gertrude Ford Blvd.

E) School of Engineering at 11:00 a.m. in The Circle and College of Liberals Arts Masters in Fulton Chapel:

School of Engineering Designated Parking at:

  • Meek Lot
  • Bishop/Paris Yates Chapel Lot
  • Dormitory Row West/Johnson Commons

College of Liberal Arts Masters in Fulton Chapel Designated Parking at:

  • Meek Lot
  • Residence Hall Parking Lots

F) Friday, May 10, 2013: 4:00 p.m. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Ceremony and 7:30 p.m. Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
AND
Saturday May 11, 2013: Patterson School of Accountancy at 11:00 a.m. and Meek School of Journalism and New Media at 2:30 p.m. at the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts

Designated Parking at:

  • The Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts
  • East Music Building Lot
  • University Museum

View map(PDF) to locate ADA parking locations.

RV Parking

RV parking will be allowed in the lot across the street from the South Lot, at the corner of Old Taylor Road and Highway 6. No hook-ups are provided in this lot. Other options for RV parking include nearby campgrounds. These include: