School & College Ceremonies

Colleges and Schools

2024 Ceremony Dates and Times

In addition to the main commencement ceremony, held on Monday, May 20 at 7 p.m. in SECU Stadium, each graduate and their guests are invited to attend the individual ceremony for their school, college, or department. At these individual ceremonies, graduates walk across the stage and have their names read. See the dates, times, locations, and additional information for these ceremonies below.

In 2025, the main commencement ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 21. School, college, and department ceremonies will be held from Wednesday, May 21, through Friday, May 23. The exact dates, times, and locations of ceremonies will be announced in the Fall of 2024

College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

Tuesday, May 21

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Reckord Armory
Contact: Heather Satterfield
Watch the College of Agriculture & Natural Sciences livestream
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School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

Wednesday, May 22

Graduate Ceremony
- Time: 9:00 a.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall.
- Watch the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation livestream
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning
Undergraduate Ceremony
- Time: 12:00 p.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall.
- Watch the Undergraduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation Live Stream
- Live English Captioning
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More Information

Contact: Kristen Stack

College of Arts & Humanities

Monday, May 20

Philosophy; Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- Time: 2:00 p.m.
- Location: Memorial Chapel
- Contact: Louise Gilman
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning

Tuesday, May 21

American/Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Time: 12:30 p.m.
- Location: Memorial Chapel
- Contact: Elece Smith
- Watch the College of Arts & Humanities–American/Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies livestream
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Art/Immersive Media Design
- Time: 1:30 p.m.
- The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre
- Contact: Brandon Morse
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning
Communication
- Time: 8:30 a.m.
- Location: XFINITY Center
- Contact: Carlin Bokal
- Watch the College of Arts & Humanities–Communication livestream
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning
History and Jewish Studies
- Time: 9:00 a.m.
- Location: Memorial Chapel
- Contact: Jodi Hall
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Cinema and Media Studies
- Time: 3:30 p.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
- Contact: sllc-ceremony@umd.edu
- Watch the College of Arts & Humanities–Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Cinema and Media Studies livestream
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- Live Spanish Captioning
Linguistics
- Time: 11:00 a.m.
- Location: Marie Mount Hall
- Contact: Kimberly Kwok
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning
Music
- Time: 9:30 a.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
- Contact: Gideon D'Addio
- Watch the College of Arts & Humanities–Music Livestream
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning
Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies
- Time: 10:00 a.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre
- Contact: Susan Miller
- Watch the College of Arts & Humanities–Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies Live Stream
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning

Wednesday, May 22

Art History & Classics
- Time: 10:30 a.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
- Contact: Dana Persaud
- Watch the College of Arts & Humanities–Art History & Classics Livestream
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning
English, Comparative Literature
- Time: 9:00 a.m.
- Location: Reckord Armory
- Contact: Karen Lewis
- Watch the College of Arts & Humanities–English, Comparative Literature Livestream
- Live English Captioning
- Live Spanish Captioning

College of Arts and Humanities General Contact: Jessica White

More Information About ARHU Ceremonies

College of Behavioral & Social Sciences

Wednesday, May 22

The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) will have two ceremonies at the times listed below. If you are a BSOS graduate or guest, please look for your department name below to note the time of your ceremony.

Ceremony 1

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: XFINITY Center
Watch the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences Ceremony 1 Livestream
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Ceremony 2

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: XFINITY Center
Watch the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences Ceremony 2 Livestream
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Please refer to the table below to determine which ceremony you should attend:

Ceremony 1 \| 3:30 p.m.	Ceremony 2 \| 7:00 p.m.
Criminology and Criminal Justice	African American and Africana Studies
Hearing and Speech Sciences	Anthropology
Joint Program in Survey Methodology	Economics
Neuroscience	Environmental Science and Policy
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science	Geographical Sciences
Department of Psychology	Government and Politics
Department of Sociology	Social Data Science
	Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism