Commencement Weekend – May 7-8

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Join us for Commencement this weekend as we celebrate our newest alumni.  The ceremonies honoring both December 2020 and May 2021 graduates will be on Anthony Field in Wildcat Stadium.

Faculty and administrators who are participating should report to the Brown Family Club Level at Wildcat Stadium in full regalia and a mask at the following times:

  • 7 p.m., Friday, May 7 for the  8 p.m. ceremony for all graduate programs
  • 10 a.m., Saturday, May 8 for the 11 a.m. — ceremony for undergraduate programs in the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Biblical Studies
  • 7 p.m., Saturday, May 8 for the 8 p.m. ceremony for undergraduate programs in the colleges of Business Administration; Education and Human Services; Graduate and Professional Studies; and the School of Nursing.

The health and safety protocols for Commencement include the following:

  • Faculty (Club Level seating), students and escorts (on the field) and platform participants will be seated in physically distanced chairs.
  • Masks are required inside buildings; masks are not required outside.
  • Platform participants will not shake hands with graduates during the ceremony.
  • Hand sanitizer will be available.
  • For those who cannot attend, we will share a link to join the livestream.

Departmental and online program receptions will be after each ceremony on the football practice field south of the stadium. Signs will indicate where faculty and students from individual departments and online programs will gather. Bottles of water will be available.