The following message provides important updates about May 2025 degree conferral and the May 2025 Graduate and Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies. We are sharing these details five months ahead of the events so that our graduating students and their families/friends and our campus community can plan accordingly with travel arrangements and attendance plans.
Based on consultation and feedback from the Commencement Planning Committee – consisting of students, faculty and staff – and as noted on the academic calendar, we can affirm a longstanding tradition that the ceremonies will be held outdoors on Old Main Quad (rain or shine).
Friday, May 16, 2025: Graduate Commencement Ceremony, 6 – 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 17, 2025: Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony (College of Liberal Arts & Sciences), 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, 2025: Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony (Schools of Business, Education, Fine & Performing Arts, Science & Engineering), 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
A list of departments and programs by academic school can be found on this webpage. And as a reminder for graduating students, applications for May 2025 degree conferral must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on January 1, 2025.
For more information about the Commencement Planning Committee, please see this webpage. And general ceremony information can be found here. We want to take this opportunity to send a very special thank you to all the students who participated in the survey described on the committee webpage, a focus group or offered suggestions in other ways. Your contributions are essential to making this commencement a success for all.
We are grateful for the broad input received and look forward to a joyous commencement weekend in May 2025 where we can celebrate our students and their many achievements. And we hope that our graduates and their families, faculty, staff and the broader campus community, will join us then in supporting this momentous occasion.
