Graduation: Class of 2025
GRADUATION CEREMONY
Date: Monday, May 19th, 2025, 7 p.m.
Location: CU Events Center, 950 Regent Dr., Boulder CO 80309
- All guests are welcome to attend the Graduation Ceremony. No tickets are required.
- A Livestream Link via YouTube will be provided. The recording will also be available at this link after the ceremony; it will not expire.
GRADUATION ATTENDEE INFORMATION
Directions and Parking
- On your smartphone, search "CU Events Center" OR
- Get To US-36 & Colorado Avenue
- Turn west onto Colorado Avenue
- Turn left Regent Drive (first stoplight)
- The CU Events Center is on your left
- Parking at the CU Events Center is free.
- A Parking Map will be provided
- Accessible Parking is located in 440 West
When to Arrive
- Speakers and musicians arrive at 5:15 p.m. for Soundcheck
- Graduates arrive at 6:00 p.m.
- Main doors open at 6:00 p.m. Allow extra time for entry into the venue
- Ceremony begins promptly at 7:00 p.m. We estimate the ceremony to end around 9:00 p.m.
How to Enter
- GRADUATES/SPEAKERS/MUSICIANS will enter on the North side of the CU Events Center (CUEC), near the Loading Dock. There you will go through Security, and then directly into the Practice Gym.
- FAMILIES AND GUESTS will use the Northwest Entrance. There is a set of stairs leading to that entrance. If needed, there is an ADA accessible entrance located at street level on Regent Drive, also located on the NW corner.
Admission Policies
- The CU Events Center complies with all TSA and Homeland Security prohibited items lists.
- Anyone entering the Events Center will go through Security screening, including the Graduates.
-CU Event Center Clear Bag Policy: Please click the links below to access and review the Clear Bag Policy for the venue. A reminder that this policy will be enforced at entrances by CU Staff.
Permitted items:
- Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12”x6”x12”
- Non-alcoholic beverages in factory-sealed plastic container, 51 oz or smaller
- Empty non-disposable plastic water bottles, 51 oz or smaller
- Umbrella strollers
- Cameras
- Binoculars
- Bags or containers larger than 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 inches are prohibited. No bags permitted at all including backpacks, diaper bags, and other similar bags, unless they meet the clear bag standards.
- New this year - So that no one in the audience has an obstructed view, no HUGE custom big head cutouts or posters will be allowed, unless it is the actual size of a face, no larger than 8 ½” x 11”
In addition, prohibited items include:
- Glitter or Confetti Cannons
- Artificial noise makers such as whistles, air horns, thunderstix
- Coolers of any size or style
- Firearms of any type
- Selfie/GoPro sticks, flags on poles, other types of sticks
- Fireworks, drones or laser pointers
- Non-factory sealed beverages or filled liquid containers
- Alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs. Smoking or vaping is not allowed on campus or in parking lots
- Glass or metal bottles, cans or vases
- Full size strollers
- Umbrellas of any size
- Any type of ball, frisbee or balloon
- You will be requested to return prohibited items to your vehicle.
- Lockers will be available by the entrances for an additional fee. Lockers are cashless.
- There will be cashless concessions and flower sales.
Where to Sit
- Graduates will be seated together on the main floor in front of the stage.
- Arena-style seating will comfortably accommodate all of our guests; tickets are not required.
- Limited mobility seating is available in the first two rows and wheelchair seating is available in the ADA cutouts behind Sections 8, 9, 10, 15 & 21 on the Concourse level. CU Event Staff will be available to assist with seating needs.
- View the seating map.
After the Ceremony
At the conclusion of the ceremony, graduates will recess out of the venue the same way they entered. Please plan on a location to meet your graduate once they exit the venue prior to the ceremony, as there will be NO floor photography or meeting graduates on the venue floor.
CEREMONY BEHAVIOR AND DRESS
The graduation ceremony is designed to honor graduates and their accomplishments. Graduates are expected to behave with dignity and show respect for themselves, their school, and their family and friends. It is a time for families to be proud. To maintain the dignity of the ceremony without deflating the joy of the celebration, the dress and behavior code include these stipulations:
Students will be lined up as they arrive and they may gather with their friends. They will process as a class into the venue.
Students are to wear caps and gowns over street clothes. Students will be excluded from the line if inappropriately dressed.
Mortarboards are worn with the point on the forehead. Tassels begin on the right.
District approved cords and stoles may be worn. NO decorations or adornments are allowed on caps or gowns. No corsages, boutonnieres or leis.
Any student who is in possession or under the influence of alcohol or other illegal substances will not be allowed to participate in the ceremony.
Guests are requested to refrain from whistling or shouting for any one student. This allows everyone in attendance the ability to hear the name of each graduate. No artificial noise makers of any kind are allowed.
GradImages: Photos at Graduation
Broomfield High School has partnered with GradImages to provide photography services during the ceremony. Each graduate will have their photo taken on stage and once again after they exit the stage. Register online at https://www.gradimages.com/Registration
Class of 2025 Information
Class Symbols
- Class Color: Blue
- Class Flower: Lily
- Class Motto: Our lives are before us, our pasts are behind us, but our memories are forever with us.
- Class Song: Vienna by Billy Joel