GSA 2025 Final Day Details

Hey GSA Session One Parents/Guardians!

We hope you are as excited as we are for the GSA 2025 Session One Final Day celebration this Saturday, June 28th! Your students have been working diligently on their gallery exhibitions and performances since they arrived on campus, and we are so excited for those to be shared with you this weekend.

Below are some additional details and instructions regarding move-out, student call times, artform graduations, etc., so please read carefully. For more general information about the day's overall schedule, etc., please consult our the general info page on our website (HERE). You will also want to chat with your student so you have an awareness of their individual schedule for the day.

GSA 2025 Move-Out Map and Instructions

MOVE-OUT/CHECK-OUT INSTRUCTIONS

Upon arrival at UK, we ask that all parents and guardians park at Coliseum Parking Lot (outlined in pink) off of Lexington Avenue.
From here, you will walk to the shopping cart stations (in between the red lines) and take an empty cart to Holmes Hall (yellow star). You’ll meet your student in the lobby.
You and your student will go up to their room to assess how much they've packed. If they are not fully packed, you can help them until they are. If you or your student needs to throw away any trash, please do so at the trash compactors located outside of the building.
When your student’s items are fully loaded onto your cart, everyone will go downstairs to the lobby. This is where your student will officially check out of Holmes Hall.
After you check out, you’re good to leave Holmes and take part in the rest of GSA’s Final Day festivities!
For loading items into your vehicle(s), we recommend that you have one person in your party drive it from Coliseum Parking Lot to the curb on S Martin Luther King Blvd (right by the shopping cart stations). When you are finished loading your vehicle, please return your empty shopping cart to the shopping cart stations.

NOTES

All students must be completely moved out of Holmes Hall by 11:15am ET.
If you or your student needs to throw away any trash, please do so at the trash compactors located outside of the building.
The Coliseum Parking Lot will be free on move-out day.
Please check in with your student about when they need to be available for any performance/gallery setups during the move-out time frame. If you are moving your GSA student out when this is happening, you and/or your party are permitted to continue the move out process while your student reports to their scheduled event. Just be sure to go to the lobby and notify the check-out desk (provide them with your student’s first and last name as well) when you’re finished.
If you are a parent/guardian of a student in Design, Film + Photography, or Visual Art, we recommend that you park at Cornerstone Parking Garage (outlined in purple) AFTER you’ve moved your student out. This will save you a long walk to where your students’ final gallery exhibitions will be held. In addition – parking at Cornerstone Garage will be free all day.
Don't be afraid to ask any of the GSA staff questions – we’ll all be wearing lime green GSA t-shirts if you need us! There will also be UK staff and volunteers there to help!

*Don't forget your raffle tickets! The best time and place for you to turn them in is at the check-out table in Holmes Hall during your student's moveout! If you do not turn your tickets in during moveout, you must turn them in by 3:00pm ET to the merch table in the Singletary Center or to a member of the admin team. Please do NOT turn your tickets into a faculty or staff member after moveout - only turn them into the merch table or a member of the admin team - so we can ensure they are counted and included in the raffle.

Moveout and Call Times by Artform

Artform Graduation Times and Locations

Following their gallery exhibitions or performances, each artform's faculty will host a graduation ceremony for all of the students in that discipline. Below are the start times and locations for each artform's graduation ceremony.

Creative Writing - 3:30pm, Patterson Hall Lobby

Design - 4:00pm, SAVS 117

Drama - 2:30pm, Guignol Theater (Fine Arts Building)

Film + Photography - 2:30pm, rear area of SAVS Gallery

Instrumental Music - 4:00pm, Singletary Rehearsal Room

Musical Theatre - 1:15pm, Singletary Rehearsal Room

Visual Art - 3:30pm, SAVS Gallery

Vocal Music - 4:30pm, Singletary Recital Hall

Once their artform graduation is complete, students are free until they assemble for the all-school graduation ceremony. Students should report to the Singletary Center lobby no later than 4:45pm.

Important Reminders

-Don't forget your raffle tickets! Please bring any tickets you've sold and the payment for them to turn in. You can't win if you don't turn them in, so be sure to bring them with you on Saturday and submit them by 3:00pm ET! Please see the move-out notes above for more instructions on where to turn your tickets in.

- GSA merch will be available for purchase in-person at the Final Day celebration. The merch table will be open from 11:30am - 3:30pm ET in the lobby of the Singletary Center.

- If you have any questions, please contact us via email at [email protected] or by phone at (502) 566-5192.