Graduates will not be permitted to wear pointy-heeled shoes, such as stilettos, kitten heels, cone heels or comma-heeled shoes, to the ceremony because these shoes can damage the AstroTurf field on which the ceremony is taking place.
Shoes with heels that distribute weight, such as wedge heels or thicker Cuban or block heels, are permissible.
Graduates who arrive in stiletto or sharp-heeled shoes will be given a pair of disposable sandals to wear instead of their heeled shoes, or they may be turned away from participating in the ceremony.
Heeled shoes may also cause students to fall on the turf and may be uncomfortable during the procession, which requires students to process the length of a football field.