Graduate Info

2025 Commencement
Celebrating LaGuardia’s 53rd Graduating Class
Friday, June 20, 2025

Queens College Quad
Rain or Shine

Want to represent the Class of 2024?

The application for Class Representative is now open!

Deadline to apply is May 13.

Order Your Academic Regalia

Academic Regalia is required for graduates to participate in Commencement.

Graduating students may order their cap and gown online.

  • The deadline to order for on-campus pick up is April 25, 2025. 
  • The deadline for home delivery orders is May 9, 2025.  

Commencement Day Details

Graduates: Please arrive at 7:30 a.m. completely robed in gown, stole, cap and tassel at Gate 1 or the Main Gate on Kissena Blvd and report to your assigned Assembly Area—details coming soon.

Guests arriving with you must wear their wristband and may proceed to the Quad.

The processional will begin promptly at 9 a.m. Graduates and guests that arrive after the processional has begun must wait until it is completed to be seated.

If you or any of your guests need accessibility accommodations, please contact Jhony Nelson at JHONYN@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Assembly Area A — Student Union Building

  • English Department
  • Liberal Arts
  • Humanities Department
  • Health Sciences Department
  • Business & Technology Department

Assembly Area B — Kiely Hall

  • Natural Sciences Department
  • Education & Language Acquisition Department
  • Math, Engineering and Computer Science Department
  • Social Science Department

Guest Tickets

Graduates will receive a total of four wristbands that serve as tickets for Commencement; one wristband for themselves, and three guest wristbands. All graduates and guests must wear their wristband for entry to Queens College.

Wristbands will be distributed in the M-Building Gym during cap and gown pick-up. Additional tickets may be requested at that time; Campus Life will notify students regarding the status of their request no later than June 13, 2024.

If you or any member of your family need accommodations, please contact Jhony Nelson at JHONYN@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Outdoor Heat Safety Tips:

  • Avoid strenuous physical activity.
  • Drink plenty of water, even if you are not thirsty.
  • Wear light, loose-fitting clothes.
  • Put a hat on to protect your face and head.
  • Use sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher.
  • Avoid drinks with alcohol, caffeine or sugar.

Adapted from NYCEM.

Are You Graduating at the End of this Semester?

Students must add Intent to Graduate (GRD000) to their profile on CUNYfirst during the 12-week session before they intend to graduate.

The deadline to apply for Spring 2025 graduation has passed.

Directions to Queens College

From Long Island:
Take the LIE (495) westbound and watch for Queens College signs. For the main gate, get off at Exit 24 (Kissena Boulevard). Make a left at the light onto Kissena Boulevard. For on-campus parking, get off at Exit 23 (Main St), turn left onto Main Street and make another left onto LIE service road.

From Manhattan:
Take the LIE eastbound (495) and watch for Queens College signs. Get off at Exit 24 (Kissena Boulevard). For main gate, continue down the service road until the first traffic light and make a right onto Kissena Boulevard.

Visit MTA triplanner

From Manhattan:

7 Train to Flushing/Main Street: On Main Street look for the Queens College Shuttle or take the Q25, Q25-34, Q34 or Q17 bus along Kissena Blvd to the campus.

M, R, E and F trains to Forest Hills/71st-Continental: (E, F run express) Use the “North side – 70 Ave. and 108 St” exit. Take the Q64 bus to Kissena Boulevard (one block south of the campus).

From Queens & Brooklyn:

F Train to Parsons Boulevard: On Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, take the Queens College Shuttle. On Jamaica Avenue and 160th Street or Hillside Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, take the Q25, Q25-34, or Q34 bus. From Hillside Avenue and either 169th or 179th Street, take the Q17 bus to Kissena Boulevard.

E, J, and Z Trains
On Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, take the Queens College Shuttle or from Jamaica Avenue and 160th Street or Hillside Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, take the Q25, Q25-34, or Q34 bus to campus. From Hillside Avenue and either 169th or 179th Street, take the Q17 bus to the campus.

Flushing Station: On Main Street look for the Queens College Shuttle or take the Q25, Q25-34, Q34 or Q17 bus along Kissena Blvd to the campus.

Jamaica Station: (all trains except Port Washington branch). On Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, look for the Queens College Shuttle ; or from Jamaica Avenue and 160th Street or Hillside Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, take the Q25, Q25-34, or Q34 bus to the campus. From Hillside Avenue and either 169th or 179th Street, take the Q17 bus to the campus.

Q17 Runs from Main Street, Flushing (#7 subway and LIRR stations), to the 165th Street terminal in Jamaica (passing the IND 179th Street station). Travels along Kissena Boulevard, LIE service road, 188th Street, and Hillside Avenue. Stops at Kissena and the LIE, two blocks from the main gate.

Q20A/B Runs along Parsons Boulevard, then Union Street, switching to Main Street at Northern Boulevard. Line continues on Main Street until Horace Harding Expressway (LIE), looping along Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue before reversing course. Passes Queens Hall in both directions.

Q25-34 Runs from Main Street, Flushing (#7 subway and LIRR stations), along Kissena (stops at the main gate) and Parsons Boulevards to Jamaica Avenue and 160th Street (BMT and IND).

Q44 Runs from West Farms Square, Bronx (IRT) to Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica (LIRR station). Stops at Main Street and Melbourne Avenue, two blocks west of campus.

Q64 Runs from Continental Avenue, Forest Hills (IND), along Jewel Avenue to 164th Street. Stops one block from campus.

Q88 Runs from Springfield Boulevard and Union Turnpike along Springfield to 73rd Avenue; along (or west on) 73rd Avenue to 188th Street; along 188th Street to the LIE; along the LIE service road to Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard. Stops at Kissena Boulevard and the LIE, two blocks from the main gate.

QM4 Connects midtown Manhattan to Electchester, Queens. Runs between Third Avenue/East 56th Street in Manhattan, and 164th Street/Horace Harding Expressway (LIE) in Queens.

Pick-Up Your Academic Regalia

On-campus pick-up is taking place June 3, 4 and 5. RSVP here.

A limited number of caps and gowns will be available for purchase in-person during pick-up days.

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