Graduation ceremonies
Below is a guide to the winter and spring ceremonies that will recognize you for your academic accomplishments. This page is updated as information becomes available, so check back for updates.
May commencement and convocations
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Several options are available to you if you choose to participate in the May Commencement ceremonies. You may attend the university-wide commencement as well as the LAS convocation ceremony that applies to your major.
LAS convocations
- Astronomy and Physics
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Chemistry
- Communication
- Earth, Society, and Environment, School of
Atmospheric Sciences; Earth, Society, and Environment; Geography; Geology - Economics
- English and Creative Writing
- History and Philosophy
- Integrative Biology, School of
- Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, School of
Classics, Comparative and World Literature, East Asian Languages and Cultures, French, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Interdisciplinary Studies, Linguistics, Religion, Russian, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, Teaching English as a Second Language, Translation and Interpetation - Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of
- Mathematics and Statistics (including Math-Computer Science and Statistics-Computer Science)
- Psychology
- Political Science and International Interdisciplinary Studies
African Studies, European Union Studies, Global Studies, Individual Plans of Study, International Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Political Science, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies - Sociology, Anthropology, and Interdisciplinary Studies
African American Studies, Anthropology, Gender and Women’s Studies, Latina/Latino Studies, Sociology
University-wide commencement ceremony
The university hosts a university-wide commencement ceremony.
Winter Convocation
LAS hosts a collegewide ceremony in December to recognize students earning a bachelor's or master's degree in August or December of that year. Students have the option of participating in the LAS Winter Convocation ceremony or in the university-wide commencement and LAS departmental ceremonies held in May. There is no university-wide commencement ceremony in December.
The 2019 Winter Convocation was held on Saturday, December 21.
Watch the December 2019 ceremony
Doctoral hooding ceremonies
University-wide doctoral hooding ceremonies take place in both December and May. This event celebrates the accomplishment of doctoral degree recipients and focuses on the formal hooding by their faculty advisors. The event will be also be live streamed for family and friends who are unable to attend the ceremony in person.
December Hooding Ceremony
Doctoral degree candidates are invited to participate in a December Hooding Ceremony on Saturday, December 14, 2019. Please see the Grad College's website for more information.
May Hooding Ceremony
Doctoral degree candidates are invited to participate in a May university-wide hooding ceremony. Doctoral candidates are also invited to attend the university-wide commencement ceremony, where they will be part of the procession and be recognized as a group with other doctoral recipients.
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