Special Needs Seating

Reserved seating will be provided for individuals with physical disabilities on commencement day at the Main Ceremony in Lions’ Stadium. One guest from the same party may accompany the person needing special needs seating.

For reservations for special needs seating at the Main Ceremony, please contact:

Ann Guarnaccia, Special Needs Seating Coordinator
telephone: 609.771.3028
email: guarnaca@tcnj.edu

Please contact your graduate’s department for special seating provisions that you may require at individual Departmental Ceremonies. Contact numbers are listed on the left hand column under the “Important Phone Numbers” section of this website.

Please contact your graduate’s department for special seating provisions that you may require at individual Departmental Ceremonies.  Contact numbers are listed on the left hand column under the  “Important Phone Numbers” section of this website.

Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs can be rented at Ambest Surgical Supply Company or Delcrest Medical Supplies. For further information regarding pick up and return, please call the vendors.

Ambest Surgical Supply Company
609.882.3702

Delcrest Medical Supplies
609.586.1679

Parking/Drop Off

Only vehicles bearing state-issued handicapped license plates and/or window placards will be permitted to park in the designated special needs parking areas (Lots 3, 5 & 9B). Vehicles without handicapped plates will be permitted to drop off aged or disabled guests/passengers at Paul Loser Hall Circle (see map) or via Green Lane entry to Decker Parking, where your party can be escorted to the ceremony via golf cart.

Please advise your guests that walking distances between the Main Ceremony and the Departmental Ceremonies may be considerable.

Traffic will be heavy! Plan on extra travel and parking time.

Signing for the Hearing Impaired

The Main Ceremony on Commencement Day will have a sign language interpreter.

Reserved seating with a sight line to the sign language interpreter can be arranged for the Main Ceremony in Lions’ Stadium. One guest from the same party may accompany the disabled person. For reservations for these seats contact Ann Guarnaccia at the phone number or e-mail address listed above.

If you have the need for a sign language interpreter at an individual Departmental Ceremony on Commencement Day, please make this request through the Office of Differing Abilities.

Office of Differing Abilities Services
Phone: 609.771.2571
Fax: 609.637.5107
Attention: Michelle Gervasi
Email: odas@tcnj.edu