DATE: Thursday, December 10, 2026
GRADUATE SIGN IN: 5 PM
CEREMONY STARTS: 6 PM

Texas Tech University
Frazier Alumni Pavilion
(Across from Jones Stadium)
2680 Drive of Champions
Lubbock, TX 79409

Registration OPENS the first week of Fall Classes on Monday, August 24, at 8 AM.

Registration is $25, and it covers the following:

• Participation in the December 2026 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

• GRADUATE ARRIVAL: Plan to arrive no later than 5 PM in order to get fully checked in, dressed in your Graduation Regalia, and seated before the ceremony starts.

• 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

• SUMMER GRADUATES:  At this time, Raiders Rojos does not host a separate Graduation Convocation for Summer graduates, so these graduates are encouraged to celebrate with us during the May Convocation. We understand you will not have received your cap and gown by May, so you are encouraged to come in Business Casual dress to the event. It is a great time to celebrate with family and obtain your Cultural Serape Stole that you can use in August.

• PARKING: There is Free Parking available across the street from the Pavilion in the Stadium parking lot. Be sure to look at signs, as some parking near the Indoor Track & Field buildings are reserved for staff that are associated with athletics.

• WHERE TO ENTER: Best place to enter is through the main entrance on the north side of the Pavilion facing the Stadium. There will be signs placed on the doors directing guests and graduates where to go.

• 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 Event will not open until 5 PM, so please do not arrive much earlier than that.

• 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 2000, 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 2000 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. In May 2025, it was hosted at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center during a brief break that it could not be on campus, but starting with the December 2025 Convocation, the event has moved back to campus.

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 2000, and has had over 20,000 family members show up to cheer on their graduates and loved ones.