We make sure as many Commencement Weekend activities as possible are accessible to all who wish to attend. Beginning Monday, April 1, requests for accessible parking, seating, and individual services may be submitted. The deadline to submit the form is Friday, May 10, 5 pm ET. We encourage you to make your requests early to aid us in the planning for the weekend.
While every effort will be made to provide accommodations requested after May 10, they cannot be guaranteed.
Parking
For individual school/college convocation ceremonies, handicapped parking is available in all parking lots throughout the Charles River Campus on a first-come, first-served basis (no parking permit needed) to students and guests who are attending individual school and college ceremonies and other Commencement events.
Seating
Accessible seating is available during all commencement convocations. If you requested accessible seating on the Accommodations Request Form, further information and instructions will be sent to you in May.
Individual Accommodation
CART (Speech to Text) will be live streamed at the below venues. You can access these captions live using your personal phone or tablet. URLs to receive the CART broadcast are below as well as provided at the Convocation venue when you arrive for the ceremony.
• Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Avenue, go.bu.edu/arena
Wheelchair Rentals
While we can’t provide wheelchairs, a number of local providers offer rentals. We recommend the following:
Belmont Medical Supply • 185 Belmont St., Belmont, MA • 617-484-3888
Gary Drug Company • 59 Charles St., Boston, MA • 617-227-0023
Sullivan’s Medical Supply • 1 Corinth St., Roslindale, MA • 617-325-0013
Service Animals
In accordance with federal and state laws, individually trained Service Dogs are permitted to accompany a partner with a disability in all university facilities where Commencement convocations, ceremonies, or activities are taking place.
Emotional Support Animals (ESA) are not permitted in university facilities where Commencement convocations, ceremonies, or activities are taking place.
Please direct questions to access@bu.edu.