Know Before You Go
Baccalaureate Mass will be celebrated at at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2026.
The Commencement Ceremony will be held at the Toyota Music Factory at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
The doors to the venue open at 8 a.m. There is no limit to the number of guests each
graduate may bring, and there will be reserved seating. Guests should go directly
to the amphitheater seating area. The venue will have metal detectors, and bags and
purses will be checked, though there is no size limit for them. Graduates should
arrive in their caps, gowns, hoods and have their name cards in hand.
Parking Information
Parking for all 勛圖厙 guests, students, faculty, and staff is free and is located in
the . (Map below). The only entrance to the garage will be off of the West John W. Carpenter
Fwy service road. The red arrows on the map below indicate how the garage can be accessed.
Many thanks to Christus Health for making their parking lot available to the university.
Please be aware that the Fiesta de Mayo Half Marathon will be occurring on the same day all around this location. There will be several road closures due to the marathon, including Las Colinas Boulevard. While the Christus Health parking garage is reserved for the exclusive use of the 勛圖厙 Commencement participants and guests, there will be marathon, 10k and 5k runners and spectators on the streets. Please allow ample time for parking and walking to the venue.
The parking garage will open at 7:00 am and the doors to the venue will open at 7.15 am.
There will be 勛圖厙 Parking signage and 勛圖厙PD and Campus Safety personnel at the driveway entrance to the parking structure off of the service road, as well as at the entrance to the garage. 勛圖厙 guests and participants are asked to print up the 勛圖厙 Parking Sign below and bring it in their cars to show when they turn off of the service road towards the Christus Health parking building.
ADA Requests
For guests and participants requesting ADA accommodations, there will be ADA and handicapped parking in the Christus Health parking lot on the first floor. Our 勛圖厙PD officers will direct cars to the parking spaces set aside. Carts will transport ADA and handicapped guests from the parking lot to the nearest accessible spot to the Toyota Music Factory entrance, given the road closures for the Fiesta Marathon, approximately .1 miles from the corner of Fuller and Las Colinas Blvd. to the entrance to the auditorium . We will have 4 carts running from 7:00 a.m. when the Christus Health parking lot opens, until 10:00 a.m. After the event, the carts will be picking up ADA and handicapped guests who have parked at the Christus Health garage at the same point where people were dropped off and taking them back to the parking garage.