Commencement Information

The Xfinity Center (originally the Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly Great Woods) is an outdoor Amphitheatre located in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The venue opened during the summer of 1986 with a capacity of 12,000. It was expanded in 1994 to 19,900; 7,000 reserved seats, 7,000 open-air seats and 5,900 general admission seats. In 2010, the Xfinity Center was named Top Grossing Amphitheater by Billboard. 

• Security Screening: Everyone entering the Xfinity Center is subject to a security screening. When coming through the gates, please be prepared for security to use metal detectors and/or a physical pat down for our search procedures as well as all bags within our bag policy to be searched by security. If you have a medical reason for not wanting to be searched via metal detectors, please ask for a supervisor. More information can be found here: https://www.livenation.com/venueguidelines/.
  
  
• Bag Policy: Only clear plastic, vinyl or PVC tote bags no larger than 12” x 6” x 12” and/or small clutch bags no larger than 6”x9” are permitted into the venue. No other bags of any type will be allowed. All bags are subject to search upon entry. Guests have the right to refuse a bag search and the venue has the right to refuse entry. If you have any items that are not allowed into the venue, guests have the option to bring them back to their car.
  
  
• Water Policy: Guests are welcome to bring factory sealed bottled water (up to one gallon) or an empty reusable plastic bottle with them to the venue. There are filling stations located outside restroom facilities for those bringing reusable water bottles. The Xfinity Center will also have bottled water on sale at the concession food truck area closest to guest seating.

In order to participate in Commencement, a student needs to meet all of the following criteria:

• Be within four (4) credits of degree completion
• Have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better*
• Be in good financial standing with the College. Please be aware that all Curry bills must be paid in full in order to participate in Commencement and to receive your degree.
• Have not participated in any previous year's Commencement ceremony related to the same degree

*Master's degree candidates must have completed all degree requirements and have a GPA of 3.0 or better.

Students who have any questions regarding eligibility to participate in Commencement should contact their academic advisor.

A professional photographer will be present for both the School of Nursing Pinning and Recognition ceremony and the Commencement ceremony to capture the moment students are pinned and/or awarded their diplomas. Full-color proofs of the photos will be emailed to students at no charge approximately one week after Commencement.

Personal videotaping of the ceremonies, as a whole and/or isolated segments, will not be accommodated due to space limitations and to respect the viewing needs of the seated audience.

Friends and families will also have the opportunity to view video recordings of both ceremonies and the Sunday Commencement ceremony will be streamed live at curry.edu/commencement23.

Service animals are permitted inside the venue during events. Only registered working animals are permitted.

Beautiful bouquets of roses will be available on-site at the 2023 Commencement ceremony at Xfinity Center. Our booth will be located just inside the entrance to the venue.

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If family and guests will be coming from out of town for Commencement activities and need local lodging accommodations, please see our list of area hotels* for contact information and reservations near the Curry campus.  Note that there may be more options closer to the Xfinity Center site not included on our list, if preferred. Please be advised that hotels fill up quickly for the Commencement season and we encourage you to reserve a room now before they are all booked.

*Please Note: There are Taylor Swift concerts at Gillette Stadium scheduled for the same weekend as Commencement (May 19-21) so local hotel rooms may be booking faster than normal.

Parking: Xfinity Center - Sunday Commencement Ceremony

Free, ample parking is available at the Xfinity Center and accessible parking is available for those who have an appropriate handicapped placard. The Parking area is large, and guests should plan accordingly to allow enough time to walk from their parking space to the ceremony location. Guests may be dropped off at the gate while another guest parks. Wheelchairs will be available at the gate to assist those with varying abilities get to their seats.

Directions to Xfinity Center

Xfinity Center (previously Comcast Center, Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts aka Great Woods) is located at the junction of Routes 140 and 495 South (within minutes of I-95). From Boston: Take I-95 South to exit 7A-140 South, follow for 3 1/2 miles. From Worcester: Take 495 South, to exit 11. From Providence: take I-95 North, to exit 6A-495 South, to exit 11. From Cape Cod: Take 495 North, to exit 10-123, follow 123 West to 140 North. 

Parking: Curry College Milton Campus - Saturday Events

On campus parking spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests are encouraged to arrive prior to events they are attending as parking is limited at the Student Center.

Curry College Campus Information

Important Details for Graduating Students (5/18/23)

Commencement Updates: Traditional Undergraduate Students

Commencement Updates: Continuing and Graduate Students