DATE: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
TIME: 6:00 PM

Overton Hotel & Conference Center
2322 Mac Davis Lane
Lubbock, TX 79401
(Across the Street from Jones AT&T Stadium)

Registration is OPEN. Click button above to Register.

Your $25 Registration Fee covers the following:

• Participation in the December 2025 Convocation

• Complimentary Cultural Stole (Presented to you at the Event)

Guests of Graduates can attend the Convocation for FREE.

Graduates are asked to keep their guests to a maximum of 3 per graduate, as the venue has its capacity limits and we want to make sure everyone has a cheer section. Thank you in advance for adhering to this limit.

EVENT FAQs & INFORMATION

• ARRIVAL: Plan to arrive no later than 5 PM on Dec. 10 in order to get fully checked in and into your Graduation Regalia

• DURATION: Event program starts promptly at 6 PM, and will last 75 - 90 minutes depending on the number of graduates in attendance

• ATTIRE: Wear your Graduation Regalia (Cap & Gown). Dress for the event for graduates and guests is Business Casual

• PARKING: There is Free Parking available in the lots surrounding the Conference Center and the Main Hotel

• WHERE TO ENTER: Best place to enter is through the Conference Center entrance, located on the backside of the Hotel. If you enter through the main entrance of the hotel, they can also direct you to where the Conference Center is located

• GUESTS: Graduates are asked to keep their guest list to a maximum of 3 guests per graduate, as seating is limited for the event. There is no cost to guests to attend the convocation, but they should plan to arrive no later than 5:30 PM

• DOORS OPEN: Doors to the Ballrooms will not open until 5 PM

• CHECK IN: Check in at the registration tables upon arrival to pick up your Graduate Info Card with the information you provided at registration. You will need the card for the individual stage recognition, so hold on to it. Before the official program starts, make any edits to the information on the card (if needed), and keep it with you until you hand it to the announcer at the podium on stage

Since 2003, the Convocation has been an annual event that compliments Texas Tech University System's official graduation ceremonies held at the United Supermarkets Arena. The Convocation provides a more intimate occasion for families to honor their Texas Tech graduates. The event welcomes the attendance of any upcoming Texas Tech graduate who would like to participate. From 2003 to 2010, the Graduation Convocation was held in May. In 2011, festivities expanded to twice a year, with the second ceremony taking place in the fall to honor winter graduates.

At the event, participants receive a complimentary cultural stole during the individual recognition portion of the program. As an added honor, graduates may also wear their cultural stole during their official Texas Tech graduation ceremony, along with their college, honors, or academic achievement stoles.

The Convocation has been hosted in a number of locations on campus and in the Lubbock community, but since May 2025, it has been hosted at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center, a venue located directly across the street from Texas Tech University and Jones AT&T Stadium.

In its infancy, the first Graduation Convocation featured 25 graduates and their families, bringing together just under 100 attendees for the celebration. Over time, the annual event has grown steadily and now brings together close to 500 graduates between the spring and fall ceremonies, with another 1,000+ family members sitting in the audience to cheer on their honorees.

Raiders Rojos estimates that it has honored over 10,000 graduates - and counting - since its first event in 2003, and has had over 20,000 family members show up to cheer on their graduates and loved ones.