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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.
Winter Convocation
The College of LAS hosts a collegewide ceremony in December to recognize students earning a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in August or December of that year. Participating doctoral degree candidates will be hooded during the ceremony.
There is no university-wide commencement ceremony in December.
LAS Winter Convocation
10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 20, 2025
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
Access instructions for Winter Convocation
About our speaker
Lauren Turk (BA, ‘06, French commercial studies, communication; MA, ’12, political science, European Union studies)
Lauren Turk is an impact entrepreneur, the founder of CompoSTARS, and a leader in reducing food waste, advancing soil health, and building a circular economy. CompoSTARS convenes stakeholders across the compost ecosystem and addresses critical gaps in technology, data, and public engagement through specialized software and local rewards systems. As a strategist, innovator, and designer, she has worked with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Google, Ford, Airbnb, and more than 20 non-profits.
Lauren is a passionate mentor to the next generation and has delivered guest lectures and advised young professionals at the University of Southern California, the Art Center College of Design, and the LA Cleantech Incubator. Her perspectives on the innovation process have been published by Forbes and Fast Company. She is also a frequent speaker-performer, having taken the stage at TEDx and conferences such as C2, Hatch, and Bioneers. A lifelong musician and multilingual singer, her songs have been streamed more than 1 million times across 128 countries.
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May commencement and convocations
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.
Diploma Name
Diploma names are displayed on diplomas and are used in the Commencement program, lists of graduates, and Commencement-related press releases.
Examples of diploma names include: using a middle name instead of a first name; using an abbreviated name (Tom instead of Thomas); using an Americanized name (Wendy instead of Haiyan); or using a name that better reflects one’s ethnic, racial or gender identity. If you’d like to create a diploma name, please email the Office of the Registrar (include UIN). Please be advised that in some situations, the name appearing on your diploma may need to match other legal documents you possess.
LAS convocations
- Astronomy and Physics
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Chemistry
- Communication
- Earth, Society, and Environment, School of
Atmospheric Sciences; Earth Science & Environmental Change; Earth, Society, and Environment; Geography - 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 Interpretation - Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of
- Mathematics (including Math-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 - Statistics (including Statistics-Computer Science)
University-wide commencement ceremony
The university will hosts a university-wide commencement ceremony the morning of Saturday, May 11, 2024. Visit the Illinois Commencement website for more information.
Doctoral hooding ceremonies
Please see the Grad College's website for information.
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Contact us
Lydia Allen
Assistant Director of Special Events