Know Before You Go
Baccalaureate Mass will be celebrated at St. Ann Catholic Church at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2026.
The Commencement Ceremony will be held at the Toyota Music Factory at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
The doors to the venue open at 8 a.m. There is no limit to the number of guests each
graduate may bring, and there will be reserved seating. Guests should go directly
to the amphitheater seating area. The venue will have metal detectors, and bags and
purses will be checked, though there is no size limit for them. Graduates should
arrive in their caps, gowns, hoods and have their name cards in hand.
Parking Information
Parking for all UD guests, students, faculty, and staff is free and is located in
the Christus Health parking garage 5101 N. O’Connor Blvd. (Map below). The only entrance to the garage will be off of the West John W. Carpenter
Fwy service road. The red arrows on the map below indicate how the garage can be accessed.
Many thanks to Christus Health for making their parking lot available to the university.
Please be aware that the Fiesta de Mayo Half Marathon will be occurring on the same day all around this location. There will be several road closures due to the marathon, including Las Colinas Boulevard. While the Christus Health parking garage is reserved for the exclusive use of the University of Dallas Commencement participants and guests, there will be marathon, 10k and 5k runners and spectators on the streets. Please allow ample time for parking and walking to the venue.
The parking garage will open at 7:00 am and the doors to the venue will open at 7.15 am.
There will be UD Parking signage and UDPD and Campus Safety personnel at the driveway entrance to the parking structure off of the service road, as well as at the entrance to the garage. UD guests and participants are asked to print up the UD Parking Sign below and bring it in their cars to show when they turn off of the service road towards the Christus Health parking building.
ADA Requests
To request a disability-related accommodation or wheelchair access information, please contact ADA Office at ada@udallas.edu, preferably at least a week in advance of the event. Please leave your name, contact information, and the number of people who need accommodations. You can also find more information here.