2023 CONVOCATION FAQS

Commencement is the university-wide event honoring all graduates. BYU’s 2023 commencement ceremony will take place in the Marriott Center on Thursday, April 27, at 10:00 am.

Convocation is the ceremony in which individual graduates are recognized by name, walk across the stage, and receive congratulations from administrators in their department or college. Because of the size of our college and number of graduates, the College of Fine Arts and Communications will hold three separate convocation ceremonies on Friday, April 28, 2023. See below for information specific to your convocation ceremony.

Because of the size of our college and number of graduates, the College of Fine Arts and Communications will hold three separate convocation ceremonies. All three CFAC convocations will take place on Friday, April 28, in the new Music Building Concert Hall, according to the following schedule:

Please refer to BYU’s commencement page and convocation page for further information.

College of Fine Arts and Communications December 2022 graduates, and finalized applicants for April 2023, June 2023, or August 2023. 

Promptly contact the College of Fine Arts and Communications Advisement Center by calling 801-422-3777 or by coming to our 1190 WCCB office location during business hours to schedule an appointment with your academic advisor to determine if it is still possible to apply and graduate.

Due to strict seating limitations, CFAC graduates hoping to be joined by a spouse, sibling, or parent graduating from another College must come into the Fine Arts and Communications Advisement Center as soon as possible (1190 WCCB) to make a request. Please note that additional tickets and in-person seating may not be available for non-CFAC graduates participating in a CFAC convocation ceremony, and only overflow seating is guaranteed for additional guests. Non-CFAC graduates will be recognized by name on stage, but their major and degree will not be acknowledged. You may choose to check with the other college to see if walking with them would be more accommodating for you and your guests.

The following viewing options are available to make the College of Fine Arts and Communications convocation ceremonies accessible for as many graduates’ guests as possible:

1. Attend live in the new Music Building. Limited, e-ticketed seating is available in the Concert Hall and additional overflow seating will be available in adjacent venues.
2. Online streaming:  http://convocation.byu.edu or via a banner on the College of Fine Arts and Communications website https://cfac.byu.edu/ 

• Guests of graduates from the Department of Art and Department of Design will not need tickets to attend in-person.
• Guests of graduates from the School of Communications, the Department of Dance, the School of Music, and the Department of Theatre and Media Arts will need tickets in order to attend in person. Ticketing information can be found below and in an email that will be sent to graduates on March 22.

9:00am Convocation: School of Communications
If you are graduating from the School of Communications, you will be eligible to claim 3 tickets for your guests to attend the 9am convocation ceremony in the Concert Hall. Here’s how to claim your tickets:

• Watch for an email on March 22 from the College of Fine Arts and Communications Advisement Center (cfacadvise@byu.edu) on March 22nd. It will contain a unique promotional code that you will need to enter in the ticket portal site in order to claim your 3 tickets. Note: the promotional code itself is NOT your ticket.
• Claim your tickets beginning on March 29. Go to this site on or after March 29 and enter the promotional code you received in your email. Follow the instructions on the site to redeem the e-tickets for your guests.

12:00pm Convocation: Art and Design
Guests of graduates from the Department of Art and the Department of Design will not need tickets in order to attend the 12pm convocation ceremony in the Concert Hall. However, we ask you to be thoughtful and considerate of the limited seating in the Music Building Concert Hall when deciding who to invite to attend in-person.

3:00pm Convocation: Music, Dance, and Theatre and Media Arts
If you are graduating from the School of Communications, you will be eligible to claim 4 tickets for your guests to attend the 9am convocation ceremony in the Concert Hall. Here’s how to claim your tickets:

• Watch for an email on March 22 from the College of Fine Arts and Communications Advisement Center (cfacadvise@byu.edu) on March 22nd. It will contain a unique promotional code that you will need to enter in the ticket portal site in order to claim your 4 tickets. Note: the promotional code itself is NOT your ticket.
• Claim your tickets beginning on March 30. Go to this site on or after March 30 and enter the promotional code you received in your email. Follow the instructions on the site to redeem the e-tickets for your guests.

Due to the number of graduates and guests anticipated for our ticketed convocation ceremonies, it will not be possible to purchase additional guest tickets beyond those allotted for each graduate. However, ample seating with HD live stream will be available in adjacent venues within the music building to accommodate guests without tickets.

Non-ticketed guests may also opt to wait in the standby queue for any in-person seats that are unclaimed just prior to the beginning of the ceremony.

In-person guests at College of Fine Arts and Communications convocation ceremonies can view and download a PDF of the convocation program here when it becomes available, or via QR codes that will be posted throughout the venue. Additionally, graduates will receive two printed commemorative programs during the convocation ceremony itself.

We’re celebrating College of Fine Arts and Communications graduating seniors on our college Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts. We will also be posting stories and additional materials at convocation.byu.edu.

You may also participate by submitting a story, video or photo that celebrates your time at BYU and we will feature it on our social media pages. Please follow this link to submit your story or use the hashtag #CFACGRAD and tag @byucfac when you post to social media.

For questions regarding graduation/convocation in general, please direct your inquiries to cfacadvise@byu.edu.