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Departmental Ceremonies Recommended Parking

To assist you in finding the best available parking for departmental ceremonies, we have recommended parking zones for each event. Please note, the suggested areas are not a guarantee that parking will be available in those locations. Parking throughout the weekend is limited and is first-come, first-served.

Shuttles

Shuttles are provided primarily for those who may have difficulty walking distances. A shuttle arrives approximately every 15-20 minutes during the following times:

• Friday: 4:30-10 p.m.
  • Golf carts

  • At the following locations:

    • Parking Deck on Ukrop Way
    • Kaplan Arena Parking Lot
    • Rear Sadler Center Parking Lot
• Saturday: 7:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Mini-bus shuttles
  • At the following locations: 
    • Parking Deck on Ukrop Way
    • Kaplan Arena Parking Lot
    • Rear Sadler Center Parking Lot
    • James Blair Drive
    • Legacy Circle
    • Phi Beta Kappa Circle

Download the Parking Map

The parking map (pdf) includes a list of suggested parking zones by department along with a map showing zone locations and addresses.

Or, Select a Departmental Ceremony for Recommendations

Find recommended lots convenient to your event. If lots in the recommended zones are full when you arrive, use the Campus Map within the W&M Mobile app (available in early May) to find nearby lots, or download the parking map to find additional parking areas.

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Africana Studies (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

American Studies (Friday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Anthropology (Saturday) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Art & Art History (Saturday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Reception (Friday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern Ceremony & Reception (Thursday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Biology (Saturday) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Business Graduate Open House (Saturday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Business Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremony (Saturday) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Ceremonia Raíces: LatinX Graduation Ceremony (Friday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Chemistry (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Classical Studies (Saturday) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Computational & Applied Mathematics & Statistics (Friday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

Computer Science (Saturday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

Data Science (Saturday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive)

Donning of the Kente (Friday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Economics (Saturday) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive)

Education (Saturday) Zone 5: School of Education (301 Monticello Ave.) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

English (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Environmental Science & Policy (Saturday) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Film & Media Studies (Saturday) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies (Saturday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Geology (Saturday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive)

Global Studies (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Government (Saturday) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

History (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Integrative Conservation (Friday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

International Relations (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Kinesiology (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Lavender Graduation (Friday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Law School Ceremony (Saturday at Kaplan Arena) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Linguistics (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

Marine Science - VIMS (Saturday) VIMS - Raleigh Parking Lot VIMS - Triangle Parking Lot

Mathematics (Saturday) Zone 5: School of Education (301 Monticello Ave.)

Modern Languages (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Music (Saturday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

Neuroscience (Thursday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive)

Phi Beta Kappa Initiation & Reception (Thursday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Philosophy (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Physics (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Psychological Sciences (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

Public Policy (Saturday) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Religious Studies (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

ROTC Commissioning Ceremony (Thursday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Sociology (Saturday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

Spiritual Celebration (Friday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road

St Andrews Joint Degree Programme (Friday) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive) Zone 1: Kaplan Arena (751 Ukrop Way)

Theatre, Speech & Dance (Saturday) Zone 2: Boswell & PBK Lots (626 Jamestown Road) & Rolfe Road Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive)

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Programs (Thursday) Zone 3: Facilities Plant Lot (199 Grigsby Drive) Zone 4: Zable Stadium & James Blair Drive (100 Stadium Drive)