Commencement is one of the most important milestones a student will have at SJSU, and the current graduation ticket limit makes it impossible for many graduates to include even their immediate family. For most students, graduation is a family achievement. Parents, guardians, siblings, and chosen family often provided years of support (financial, emotional, childcare, transportation, housing), and they deserve the chance to witness the moment their student walks across the stage. This matters even more at SJSU because the university serves many first-generation students and families. For first-gen households, commencement is often the first time a family has experienced a college graduation. It can be a powerful, once-in-a-lifetime moment that represents stability, sacrifice, and upward mobility not just for the graduate, but for the entire family. It also matters because many of us are part of the COVID-impacted cohort. Students lost or had heavily restricted milestone events (high school graduations, senior celebrations, first-year campus experiences, and other ceremonies). For many, this commencement may be the only full, in-person milestone ceremony we get. We understand SJSU has capacity constraints and a high volume of graduates. But limiting tickets to a number that excludes immediate family shifts the burden entirely onto students and undermines the purpose of commencement. SJSU can address logistics while still honoring the significance of graduation through solutions like restoring a higher ticket allotment, adding additional ceremonies, providing official overflow seating, and using a transparent process for additional tickets.