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.
Winter Convocation
10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
LAS hosts a collegewide ceremony in December to recognize students earning a 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. Degree candidates for the winter ceremony will be sent information via email regarding registration.
Watch the December 2018 ceremony
Doctoral hooding ceremonies
December Hooding Ceremony
Doctoral degree candidates may choose to participate in a December Hooding Ceremony. Please see the Grad College's website for more information.
May Hooding Ceremony
Doctoral graduates are invited to participate in a May university-wide hooding ceremony. The event celebrates the accomplishment of doctoral degree recipients and focuses on the formal hooding by their faculty advisors. The event will be also be livestreamed for family and friends who are unable to attend the ceremony in person.
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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