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Commencement Events

March 21, 2024

Campus Store

Grad Fair

March 21, 2024 at 11:00am1:00pm EDT

Schine Student Center, Campus Store

Students can stop by and enjoy refreshments, receive helpful information from participating departments, and enter to win giveaways!

April 28, 2024

Lavender Graduation

April 28, 2024 at 1:00pm3:00pm EDT

Schine Student Center, 304ABC

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 graduates! For the sixth consecutive year, we celebrate our queer and trans graduating students and their accomplishments through our Lavender Graduation. Our…

May 8, 2024

Class of 2024 Launch Party

May 8, 2024 at 4:00pm6:00pm EDT

Schine Student Center, Goldstein Auditorium

Congratulations, Class of 2024; you’ve made it! You’re about to join the elite crew of 260,000+ Syracuse University alumni. Wherever you go, you’ll always find Orange. This calls for a party!…

May 10, 2024

ltanwa Orinwa 2024

May 10, 2024 at 6:30pm8:30pm EDT

The Dome

Itanwa Orinwa (Our Story, Our Song) is a graduation ceremony dedicated to celebrating the achievements of Syracuse University graduates of color. ltanwa Orinwa was founded in 2002 at Syracuse…

May 11, 2024

Newhouse Convocation Ceremony

May 11, 2024 at 12:30pm3:30pm EDT

JMA Wireless Dome

The Newhouse School will celebrate the Class of 2024 at the Convocation Ceremony, where degree candidates are individually recognized.

College of Visual and Performing Arts Master’s Hooding Ceremony

May 11, 2024 at 4:30pm5:30pm EDT

Hendricks Chapel and Virtual (See event details)

The hooding of master’s candidates prior to Commencement is a special tradition at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and symbolizes the culmination of graduate studies and the degree…

two master's graduates pose for the camera and smile inside manley field house

School of Education 2024 Convocation Ceremony

May 11, 2024 at 4:30pm6:30pm EDT

John A. Lally Athletics Complex

Celebrate 2024 graduates of the Syracuse University School of Education at the 48th Convocation Ceremony. Bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and certificate of advanced study recipients and…

College of Visual and Performing Arts Convocation and Reception

May 11, 2024 at 7:30pm9:30pm EDT

900 Irving Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, JMA Wireless Dome and Virtual (See event details)

Join the College of Visual and Performing Arts as we celebrate the achievements of our Class of 2024 bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates. Students will have the opportunity to cross the…

May 12, 2024

Commencement Ceremony

May 12, 2024 at 9:30am12:00pm EDT

JMA Wireless Dome

Syracuse University Commencement is a university-wide ceremony where the Chancellor and President ceremoniously confers degrees.

June 28, 2024

2024 MPA Convocation

June 28, 2024 at 9:00am12:00pm

Hendricks Chapel

The Public Administration and International Affairs Department recognizes the accomplishments and successful completion of the M.P.A. program for the 2024 cohort.