Breslin Center Ceremonies (Fall)
Information for Persons with Disabilities
Due to the desire of ALL to participate in commencement ceremonies, including individuals facing challenges in their mobility and to their health, we ask for the cooperation of all to exercise as much patience as possible. Please feel free to contact us with questions. We are pleased to assist you with your visit to campus on a very happy and momentous occasion.
Graduates with Disabilities
ADVANCED DEGREE candidates, please contact Betsy White at whitebe@msu.edu or call (517) 353-9900 by Monday, November 23 so that accommodations may be met.
GRADUATING SENIORS, please contact Betsy White at whitebe@msu.edu or call (517) 353-9900 by Thursday, November 19 so that accommodations may be met.
Guests with Disabilities
The BRESLIN CENTER Center is a barrier-free facility. Wheelchair seating is available at the Concourse level (level at which you enter the facility). Ushers will direct guests to these seating areas. Those not in wheelchairs and unable to climb stairs may be seated in this area as well.
In order to accommodate as many as possible we ask that those who require wheelchair seating be seated with one other guest in your party and that the remaining members of your party be seated in the general seating areas.
Wheelchairs are available on a limited basis at Guest Services (Gate B entrance) on a first-come, first-serve basis; identification is required to use wheelchairs for transporting individuals from the parking lot and into the facility to the seating areas. Please do not use wheelchairs for seating, but for transporting individuals from vehicles to the seating areas. Please arrive early so that accommodations may be met. Please see Breslin Center diagram for "B" entrance:
The "Phonic Ear," for guests requiring sound amplification, is available at Guest Services (Gate B entrance). Other services available at Guest Services: first-aid, lost and found, information and referrals. Please arrive early so that accommodations are met.
Interpreters
An interpreter for the deaf will be on the stage/platform. Individuals requiring an interpreter, please contact Betsy White at whitebe@msu.edu or (517) 353-9900 for reserved seating tickets--provide your name, mailing address and number of tickets (a limit to the number of tickets may be required in order to accommodate all requests) and indicate the ceremony you are attending and your contact information.
Parking
Parking at the Breslin Center lot 63 is permit parking only, including access to those with a State of Michigan (or other State)-issued permit for persons with disabilities (use West Shaw Lane entrance).
For those WITHOUT the State-issued permit for persons with disabilities, please drop off individuals not able to walk long distances on the Kalamazoo Road side of the Breslin Center. Please do so as promptly as possible.
View map for Breslin Center parking, and for those without a barrier-free parking permit, see diagram for dropping off individuals not able to walk distances.
Shuttle Bus Service
Shuttle bus service to the Breslin Center from designated lots is provided without charge on Friday and Saturday. We strongly recommend that graduates and their guests use the shuttle bus service. Shuttle buses are accessible.
Contact Information
(517) 353-3993 or (517) 353-9900
email: acadevnt@msu.edu