Guest Information
Rogue Community College celebrates its annual commencement in the Marjorie Holzgang Concert Bowl on the Redwood Campus, Grants Pass.
Please plan to arrive by 9:30am to give yourself time to find seating. The ceremony starts promptly at 10:00a.m. and is followed by a reception for graduates and guests in the heart of campus.
This is an outdoor event. Please share the following information with your guests so that they can plan ahead for a comfortable ceremony.
WEATHER: Grants Pass is usually quite warm in mid-June
- Wear light weight clothing
- Wear or bring a hat and sunscreen
- Bring water
- In case of rain; wear rain gear and bring an umbrella
SHUTTLE: JCT will provide free shuttles between the JoCo Fairgrounds and RCC Campus
- Shuttles run from 8:45 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m.
- Free parking is available at the Josephine County Fairgrounds.
- Pick up and drop off locations
- At the main entrance gates of the Fairgrounds
- At the parking lot near the Rogue Bowl
SEATING: The concert bowl is sloped and grassy
- Most people sit on the grass or bring blankets. Chair seating is limited; for best seating, arrive early.
- ADA seating is limited to those with a disability and one attendant. Choose who will accompany your guest with a disability prior to arrival.
- If you or your guest(s) require assistance during the ceremony — including alternate seating arrangements, mobility support, or other accommodations — Please visit this page for further information.
- There is great visibility from the grassy hillsides; bring a mat or pillow.
- Do not bring standard height folding chairs; they are unstable on the hillside and block others’ views of the stage.
- Children must be supervised during the ceremony.
- Exiting from the front of the bowl will be restricted.
- We ask that you stay for the duration of the event to honor all of our graduates. If you must leave early, please do so from the top of the bowl if you are able.
PARKING: There is free parking on the Redwood Campus, though we do fill up.
- Click the link for the Commencement Parking Map of Redwood Campus.
- Limited disability parking is available for those with authorized state issued DMV parking placards. Arrive early for these spaces.
- When disability parking is full, you may drop off your guests with limited mobility at the concert bowl entrance.
- Shuttles are available from outlying parking lots; shuttles are not wheelchair accessible.
- For parking spaces closest to the concert bowl, use the east entrance to the college on Demaray Drive.
SHUTTLE: JCT will provide free shuttles between the JoCo Fairgrounds and RCC Campus
- Free parking is also available at the Josephine County Fairgrounds.
- Pick up and drop off locations
- At the main entrance gates of the Fairgrounds
- At the parking lot near the Rogue Bowl
There will be an American Sign Language interpreter at commencement.