Graduation 2025
Our ceremony will begin at 4:00pm on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at Weingart Stadium, East Los Angeles College. Please note that the ceremony now begins at 4:00pm.
Theme
The most rewarding moments come after weathering life’s toughest storms.
Student Speaker Auditions
Auditions are open only to East Los Angeles College students graduating and participating in the 2025 graduation ceremony on June 10. Auditions will be held in Building F5, Room 209, on May 8, 2025, at 12:00pm.
Prepare a 3-minute original speech based on this year's graduation theme: "The most rewarding moments come after weathering life’s toughest storms." Please bring 7 copies of your speech to the audition. The deadline to sign up to audition is May 6, 2025.
Before the Ceremony
RSVP to participate and walk in the ceremony.
Students can apply for graduation by making a video or telephone appointment to meet with a counselor. During the appointment, the counselor will evaluate all student records and determine if all necessary requirements have been, or are in the process of being, met.
Students should have a graduation petition processed in the semester in which their last required coursework is being completed. If the student’s last required coursework will be taken in the summer term, students may participate in the college’s graduation ceremony but will not be able to apply for graduation until the summer term. The counseling department processes graduation petitions in all terms except for the winter intersession.
The deadline to submit a spring graduation petition is June 9, 2025.
Note: Submit before May 9, 2025 (extended deadline) for your name to be included in the printed program at the graduation ceremony.
ELAC College Store will be selling Cap & Gown packages starting April 1, 2025. Students may buy in person or online.
You may invite as many guests as you would like. Seating is available on a first-come first-serve basis and is limited to stadium capacity. We cannot guarantee the availability of seats. No tickets are required.
Your guests should refrain from using any air horns, noise makers, or whistles when your name is called. We would like guests to hear everyone’s name.
Balloons are allowed. If any of your guests are bringing balloons, please let them know they will need to sit at the top of the bleachers to not block anyone’s view.
Day of the Ceremony
June 10, 2025
Travel to the ELAC campus at 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754. Parking is free. All parking lots will be available to graduates and guests. Parking Structure 3 (Avenida Cesar Chavez) tends to fill up quickly. To avoid the crowds, we recommend parking in Parking Structure 4 (Floral Dr/Collegian Ave) or the Stadium Lot (Floral Dr/Bleakwood Ave).
Show up early for breakfast and join us in the cafeteria (Student Center, Building F5, Room 101). All graduating students welcomed, but not required to attend.
Line up behind Building E7. Rehearsal is strongly recommended for all graduates, but not required. You do not need to wear your regalia during rehearsal. Medals will only be handed out during rehearsal.
All graduates must wear a black cap and gown. The ELAC Bookstore closes at 7:15 p.m. for those who need to purchase graduation regalia. If you would like to decorate your cap, you can do so. Place your tassel on the right side. Prior to going up and walking across the stage, the president will ask all graduates to switch tassels to the left.
Stop by the Student Activities Office (F5-212) to pick up your dean’s/president’s honor cord. Please bring a copy of your unofficial transcripts to show proof.
Wear comfortable shoes. No stilettos! Please wear either wedges or shoes with wide heels to avoid falling in the grass.
Collect and fill out your name card in the E3 Quad.
Join one of the two lines behind Building E7 (you must collect your name card before line-up).
Follow directions from Marshals to Weingart stadium.
Only graduating candidates are permitted in the graduates’ seating area, on stage during the diploma presentation, and in the academic procession. Children should be seated with family members on the stands and not allowed on graduates' seating area. If you have small children, please arrange for childcare. Service dogs are permitted on stage. However, emotional support animals will not be allowed on stage with you.
Livestream
Our ceremony will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.
By attending or participating in this event, you are giving your consent to be videotaped and you agree to allow the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)/ East Los Angeles College (ELAC) and other educational institutions to use your likeness in advertisements and promotions that support education without change or reservation.