Commencement Ceremony Assignment
There are two undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18: a morning ceremony and an afternoon ceremony. The first will take place at 9 a.m. and the second at 2 p.m. Both will take place in the Wilson Ice Arena in the Merritt Athletic Facility.
Graduates are assigned a ceremony based on their academic major; please see information below. For double majors, the ceremony assigned will be according to the graduate's primary major (the major in which the degree will be granted).
Graduates completing their degree as an Individualized Studies major should contact the Graduates Records Office to identify the correct ceremony to participate in.
Should you need to submit an appeal to change ceremonies due to extenuating circumstances, you may submit a request by 4pm on Friday, March 22. Requests will be reviewed the week of March 25 and graduates notified of ceremony assignment change by March 29.
Ceremony Assignment Appeal Request Form
The average duration of each ceremony is two hours. Graduates are allotted four tickets, and the ceremonies will be livestreamed.
Commencement for master's degree recipients will take place on Friday, May 10, at 6 p.m. in Brodie Hall's Alice Austin Theatre.
Updated for Commencement 2024:
Morning Ceremony (9 a.m.)
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Art History
- Black Studies
- Communication
- Comparative Literature
- English
- French
- Geography
- History
- International Relations
- Music
- Musical Theatre
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Sociomedical Sciences
- Spanish
- Sustainability Studies
- Theatre
- Theatre/English
- Women's and Gender Studies
Graduates who are assigned to the 9 a.m. ceremony are asked to convene in Kuhl Gym at 8:15 a.m. on Saturday morning.
*Graduates completing an Adolescence Education program walk with the area of their specialty like English or Geology.
Doors to the arena for guests will open at 8 a.m. for the 9 a.m. ceremony.
Afternoon Ceremony (2 p.m.)
- Accounting
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biophysics
- Business Administration
- Chemistry
- Childhood Education with Special Education
- Data Analytics
- Early Childhood and Childhood Education
- Economics
- Finance
- Geochemistry
- Geological Sciences
- Geophysics
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Physics
Graduates who are assigned to the 2 p.m. ceremony are asked to convene in Kuhl Gym at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
Doors to the arena for guests will open at 1 p.m. for the 2 p.m. ceremony.