For Graduates

1. Graduate Registration (Marching Order)

Graduate registration for the USC Price School Satellite Commencement Ceremony is required. Registration is processed through an online website called Marching Order.

Graduates will receive an invitation in their USC email accounts from Marching Order in February 2023. Graduates will register themselves and up to 5 guests, noting any individuals with disabilities who need accommodations.

Graduate ticket: The printed Grad Card is a unique ticket into the USC Price School Ceremony and will be used to announce each graduate’s name as they walk across the stage. Grad Cards will be ready for pick-up in the Price Student Affairs Office between April 27-May 11. A reminder email will be sent to graduates in April.

Any graduate who has indicated fall 2022, spring 2023, and summer 2024 graduation terms will be invited to register through Marching Order.

Graduates can check their STARS Report for their grad terms and update them through My USC OASIS. For questions related to the grad term, please get in touch with your program’s academic advisor. The contact information is below.

Advisor Contact Information

Please contact your program academic advisor or administrator with any questions about your degree requirements for graduation.

Programs	Contact Name	Email	Phone
BS PP; BS USP	Josephine Le	[email protected]	213-740-2172
BS RED	Russ Sommer	[email protected]	213-740-3536
MHA	Jennifer Kim	[email protected]	213-821-0837
EMHA – Online	Shaunna Thomas	[email protected]	213-740-3025
EML	Rosana Padilla	[email protected]	213-740-3415
IPPAM	Ann Abrahamyan [Interim]	[email protected]	213-740-9869
MNLM	Rosana Padilla	[email protected]	213-740-3415
MPA	Lucia Saavedra	[email protected]	213-740-4723
MPA Online	Cole Yamada, Cynthia McDougal	[email protected], [email protected]	213-740-3915, 213-821-9499
MPA Sacramento	Lois Takahashi	[email protected]	916-637-8972
MPP	Suzanne Alexander	[email protected]	213-740-1532
MUP	Karla Barajas	[email protected]	213-740-0529
EMUP (Online)	Terrynce Rucker	[email protected]	213-740-0836
MRED	Russ Sommer	[email protected]	213-740-3536
MS PPDS	Suzanne Alexander	[email protected]	213-740-1532
DPPD	Anna Parks	[email protected]	213-740-8181
PhD	Julie Kim	[email protected]	213-740-1205

Graduates must line up with their Grad Card at 10:15 a.m., or as soon as the USC main ceremony ends. Enter the Shrine Auditorium at the Expo Hall entrance on 32nd Street. Upon arrival, graduates will line up with their program cohort. Additional details are forthcoming.

Graduates must be dressed in a cap and gown to participate in the ceremony. All graduates will go through a metal detector to enter the Shrine Auditorium. The following items are prohibited in the Shrine Auditorium: airhorns, backpacks, and balloons. These items will be confiscated at the door, with no exceptions.

For information on how to order USC custom graduate announcements, please visit the USC Bookstore website.

Rent Regalia

For cap and gown (regalia) rental information, please visit the USC Bookstore website

Rent Regalia. If you rent regalia, please keep your cap and tassel. Your gown and hood should be returned immediately following your ceremony at the drop location near your ceremony or at the USC Bookstore.

Purchase Regalia

For cap and gown (regalia) purchase information, please visit the USC Bookstore website

Grad Packs

Grad Packs are a convenient one stop shop of the most popular graduation items. Most Graduation Packages include USC Custom Gown/Hood Rental with Souvenir Cap & USC Tassel, Announcement Essentials plus a 2023 Keychain Tassel and a Diploma frame. To learn more about Grad Packs, please visit USC Grad Packs.

Special instructions for master’s degree and doctoral students: please be very clear when you inform the staff what degree you are earning, to make sure you get the right color trim on your hood. Please see below and review the color key for regalia for additional details.

Stoles, or sashes, are optional purchases and can be ordered with the USC logo or embroidered university seal, and can be customized with fraternity/sorority crests, graduation year, or other commemorative marks. Stoles can be purchased at the USC Bookstore or online.

Information on how to order a class ring is available on the USC Bookstore website.

Eligible Price undergraduate graduates will receive honor cords from the Price Office of Student Affairs in April. Please note: it is university policy that honor cords are for undergraduate graduates only.

A minimum overall grade point average of 3.5 for cum laude, 3.7 for magna cum laude, and 3.9 for summa cum laude is required for honors cords. Graduates must meet these averages for both residence work attempted, and combined transferred and residence work attempted. Note that the grade point average calculation is truncated, not rounded. University honors are noted on academic transcripts and the diploma.

The USC Registrar’s Office oversees the distribution of university diplomas, in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). To learn more about how your diploma will be distributed to you, please visit Diploma – Office of Academic Records and Registrar.

The El Rodeo – USC’s yearbook is one of the oldest student organizations on campus, publishing since 1899. Through the El Rodeo website, students can order a copy of the year, purchase a dedication, or learn about how to get their portraits taken. Please visit El Rodeo.

Typically, your @usc.edu student account will be disabled six (6) months after your conferred degree date. If you are still using your @usc.edu email account, please note that USC will require you to have DUO 2-factor authentication activated by January 20, 2022. Please visit the USC ITS department page for more information on this requirement, as well as a guide on how to activate DUO 2-factor authentication. For additional information and assistance, please contact the USC ITS department via email or call (213) 740-5555.