Level 8 in Tallahassee will be held at Tallahassee State College location at 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL from July 15th - 17th, 2025. We will run from 8:30am-4:30pm EST. The graduation ceremony, held on the last day will be at the FSU Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, two blocks north of the St Augustine Parking Garage and located on the FSU campus. The graduation ceremony will be over no later than 3:30pm EST.
Days 1&2, business casual, jeans are acceptable.
Day 3, Although there is no dress code for the graduates, most prefer to dress in business attire. If there are dress code requirements for your organization, check with them.
Weather in Florida in unpredictable, you may want to bring an umbrella. Having a sweater available is recommended, the buildings can be cool inside.
Attendance at Level 8 is mandatory and counts towards the 300 contact hours required by the CPM National Consortium to earn your CPM. We will be taking attendance each day. You will check in through the FCPM website as you have for previous levels.
444 APPLEYARD DRIVE, TALLAHASSEE, FL
Level 8 will be held at the Workforce Development Building at TSC. The parking is available in the parking lot. To get to this lot, head down Appleyard Drive, turn right on Pensacola Street and then another right on Progress Drive. On day 1, we will meet in the Student Union.
The graduation ceremony will begin at 1:00pm EST on Thursday July 17th and expected to be over no later than 3:30pm EST. The graduation ceremony is free for family, friends and co-workers to attend. Although there is no dress code for the graduates, most prefer to dress in business attire. If there are dress code requirements for your organization, check with them. Please note that food and drink are not allowed in the auditorium at Ruby Diamond. Ticketing is required for entry to Ruby Diamond; we’ll have volunteers at the door handing out programs—everyone must have one in hand for house ushers to scan the entry ticket, which will be printed on the back.
You will be able to park at the St. Augustine Parking Garage. 492 S Macomb St, Tallahassee, FL 32301 Parking is complementary in this lot only.
The stage presence during the ceremony is limited to the graduate, one senior leader representative from the graduate’s agency and the CPM director. There will be a limited amount of time for post ceremony group photos on the stage.