Venue Information

Restrooms are located on both the first and second levels. 

• Women's Restrooms
  • Level 1: Gate E and Gate F
  • Level 2: Sections 201 & 205
• Men's Restrooms
  • Level 1: Gate C and Gate F
  • Level 2: Sections 207 and 221

Concessions are not available during Commencement. Guests are encouraged to bring a water bottle. Water refill stations are available near most restrooms. 

No alcoholic beverages are permitted in Trask Coliseum or Hanover Gym during Commencement. 

If Traveling To Wilmington Via I-40: I-40 becomes US 132/South College Road once the interstate ends. Continue traveling south on South College Road approximately 3 miles. Turn left onto Randall Drive at the traffic light. You are now on the UNCW campus. Take your first right onto Wagoner Drive. Trask Coliseum is located approximately 0.5 miles on your left.

If Traveling To Wilmington via US 74/76: After crossing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, US 74/76 is also called Dawson Street. Continue on Dawson Street approximately 1.5 miles. Dawson Street (US 76E) will bear right and become Oleander Drive. Continue on Oleander Drive approximately 2.5 miles until it intersects with US 132N/South College Road. Turn left onto South College Road. Travel approximately 1 mile north, and then turn right onto Hurst Drive at the traffic light. You are now on the UNCW campus. Take your first left onto Wagoner Drive.Trask coliseum is located on your right.

If traveling from North of Wilmington via US 17: US 17 becomes Market Street in Wilmington. Continue traveling south on Market Street. Go under the overpass at the junction of US 117S/132S, and immediately turn left at the traffic light onto South College Road. Continue traveling on South College Road approximately 1 mile. Turn left onto Randall Drive at the traffic light. You are now on the UNCW campus. Take your first right onto Wagoner Drive. Trask Coliseum is located approximately 0.5 miles on your left.

If Traveling From Wilmington International Airport: As you exit the airport, turn left onto 23rd Street. Turn left onto Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Continue to the US 132/South College Road intersection, and turn right onto South College Road. Travel approximately 2 miles. Turn left onto Randall Drive at the traffic light. You are now on the UNCW campus. Take your first right onto Wagoner Drive. Take your first left onto Wagoner Drive. Trask coliseum is located on your right.

Parking for Commencement is available in the Trask Lot and Trask Lot Extension. Parking is limited, so carpooling is highly recommended. 

Guests with a state-issued Disability Placard can park in the North Corner of the Trask Lot at Wagoner Drive. If you do not have a state-issued Disability Placard, you may drop family members off in front of Trask Coliseum before finding a parking space in the greater lot.

Eaton Plaza and the Hanover Lot are reserved for Commencement staff on ceremony days. 

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Students may request reasonable accommodations for themselves or their guests via their Commencement Registration account. A member of the commencement team will reach out to all graduates who request accommodations approximately 7 business days before the Commencement Ceremony. 

CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) captioning will be available for each ceremony.

Assisted listening devices and Sign Language Interpreters are also available for graduates and guests upon request (made through the graduate's Commencement Registration account).

ADA seating accommodations will be provided on the lower level of Trask Coliseum for guests with mobility concerns.

Guests with mobility concerns should enter Trask Coliseum through Gate A4 and will be assisted by a member of the Commencement team.

Parking: Guests with a state-issued Disability Placard can park in the Trask Lot at Wagoner Drive. If you do not have a state-issued Disability Placard, you may drop family members off in front of Trask Coliseum before finding a parking space.

Graduates are not required to use any stairs during the commencement process. Hanover Gym is accessible by a ramp on the Trask side of the building. The path from Hanover Gym to Trask Coliseum is on one level with no stairs. Additionally, all graduates will cross the stage using a ramped entrance and exit. 

Graduates with mobility concerns should indicate this on their Commencement Registration account.

Like all on-campus events, UNCW's Commencement exercises follow the university's policy on Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals, and Pets.

Per this policy, service animals are permitted to accompany their partner during commencement exercises, given they meet all requirements outlined by policy 05.360.

Emotional Support Animals are not permitted in any buildings on campus outside of a student's assigned residential space, and therefore are not permitted in Trask Coliseum.