Schedule of Events

Class of 2025

Schedule of Events

Class of 2025 Commencement Weekend Events & Traditions

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Friday, April 25, 2025

12:00 - 2:00 p.m. — Grad Student Bell Ringing

Location: Wren Building

Thursday, May 1, 2025

TBD — Senior Spring Day

Location: Alumni House, Hunter Hall

Friday, May 2, 2025

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. — Last Day of Class Bell Ringing

Location: Wren Building

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

9:00 - 11:00 a.m. — Hail & Farewell Pre-Commencement Celebration

Location: Brinkley Commons, Alan B. Miller Hall

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. — Senior Class Dance

Location: Sunken Garden Tent
Weather Location: Sadler Center, Chesapeake Rooms

Thursday, May 15, 2025

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. — First-Generation Low-Income Celebration Event (FGLI)

Location: Campus Center, Unity Hall

1:00 - 3:30 p.m. — Phi Beta Kappa Initiation & Reception

Location: Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theater

4:30 - 6:30 p.m. — Neuroscience Commencement Reception

Location: ISC3 Auditorium, Room 1221

6:00 - 7:30 p.m. — ROTC Commissioning Ceremony

Location: Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium & Lobby

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. — Khatalampay

Location: Sunken Garden Tent
Weather Location: Sadler Center, Chesapeake Rooms

9:30 - 11:30 p.m. — Candlelight Ceremony

Location: Wren Building, Yard (CW Side)
Weather Location: Sunken Garden Tent

Friday, May 16, 2025

8:30 - 10:00 a.m. — Lavender Celebration

Location: Sunken Garden Tent
Weather Location: Bee McLeod Recreation Center, Gymnasium

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. — Food Trucks

Several locations around campus to be announced soon!

11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. — Donning of the Kente Ceremony

Location: Sunken Garden Tent
Weather Location: Bee McLeod Recreation Center, Gymnasium

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. — Mason School of Business: Undergraduate Open House

Location: Mason School of Business

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. — American Studies Graduation Ceremony

Location: Blow Memorial Hall, Grimsley Boardroom

2:00 - 3:30 p.m. — Ceremonia Raíces

Location: Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium

2:00 - 4:00 p.m. — Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Reception

Location: Muscarelle Museum of Art, Event Hall

2:30 - 4:30 p.m. — Spiritual Celebration

Location: Music Art Center, Concert Hall

2:30 - 4:30 p.m. — St. Andrews Joint Degree Programme Reception

Location: Unity Hall, Campus Center & Marketplace

2:30 - 5:30 p.m. — Integrative Conservation Graduation Ceremony

Location: ISC3 Auditorium, Room 1221

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. — POSSE

Location: Undergraduate Admission, Presentation Room

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. - School of Education Doctoral Cording Ceremony

Location: School of Education, Matoaka Woods Room

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Main Ceremony (All Degrees)

Location: Zable Stadium
Weather Location: Kaplan Arena

4:30 p.m. — Gates to Zable Stadium open for guests (tickets required)
5:00 p.m. — Walk Across Campus (Wren Building)
5:30 p.m. — Candidates for degrees line up (Sadler Terrace)
5:35 p.m. — All guests are asked to be seated
6:00 p.m. — Academic procession begins (degree candidates, faculty, and official party enter)
Approx. 8:00 p.m. — Ceremony ends

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Individual School & Departmental Ceremonies or Receptions (no tickets required)

8:30 a.m.

School of Law - Kaplan Arena
History - Sunken Garden Tent (Weather: Alumni House, Hunter Hall)

9:00 a.m.

Computational & Applied Mathematics & Statistics (C.A.M.S.) - Music Art Center, Concert Recital Hall, Room 132

9:30 a.m.

Anthropology - Jefferson Lawn (Weather: Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium)
Art & Art History - Andrews Hall, Foyer
Data Science - ISC3 Auditorium, Room 1221
Classical Studies - Undergraduate Admission, Presentation Room
Computer Science - Sadler Center, Chesapeake Rooms
Economics - Wren Building, Yard (Weather: Bee McLeod Recreation Center, Gymnasium)
Linguistics - Crim Dell Meadow (Weather: Tucker Hall, 127A)

10:00 a.m.

Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences - VIMS Campus – Watermen’s Hall, McHugh Auditorium
Mathematics - Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theater

11:00 a.m.

Africana Studies - Cohen Career Center
Global Studies - Alumni House, Leadership Hall & Ukrop Terrace

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. — Food Trucks

Several locations around campus

12:30 p.m.

School of Education - Kaplan Arena
Physics - Sadler Center, Chesapeake Rooms

1:00 p.m.

Film & Media Studies - Undergraduate Admission, Presentation Room
Geology - ISC3 Auditorium, Room 1221
Music - Comey Recital Hall, Room 142
Psychological Sciences - Sunken Garden Tent (Weather: Bee McLeod Recreation Center, Gymnasium)
Public Policy - Wren Building, Yard [CW Side] (Weather: Swem Library, Read & Relax)
Religious Studies - Tucker Hall, Theater (Room 127A)
Sociology - Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium
Theatre & Performance - Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theater

4:30 p.m.

Chemistry - Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theater
English - Sadler Center, Chesapeake Rooms
Government - Wren Building, Yard [CW Side] (Weather: Bee McLeod Recreation Center, Gymnasium)
Modern Languages & Literatures - Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium
Philosophy - Blow Memorial Hall, Grimsley Boardroom

5:30 p.m.

Environment & Sustainability - Keck Lab (Weather: Integrated Science Center III, Atrium & Auditorium Room 1221)

7:00 p.m.

Kinesiology & Health Sciences - Bee McLeod Recreation Center, Gymnasium

7:30 p.m.

Biology - Kaplan Arena
International Relations - Sunken Garden Tent (Weather: Alumni House, Hunter Hall)