School & College Ceremonies

In addition to the main commencement ceremony, held on Monday, May 20. The procession will begin at 6 PM 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.

Ceremony Dates, Times, and Details

The list below is grouped by schools and colleges. If you prefer to look at a chronological schedule, please see our schedule of ceremonies page.

Monday, May 20

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

Tuesday, May 21

American/Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Time: 12:30 p.m.
- Location: Memorial Chapel
- Contact: Elece Smith

Art/Immersive Media Design
- Time: 1:30 p.m.
- The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre
- Contact: Brandon Morse

Communication
- Time: 8:30 a.m.
- Location: XFINITY Center
- Contact: Carlin Bokal

History and Jewish Studies
- Time: 9:00 a.m.
- Location: Memorial Chapel
- Contact: Jodi Hall
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

Linguistics
- Time: 11:00 a.m.
- Location: Marie Mount Hall
- Contact: Kimberly Kwok

Music
- Time: 9:30 a.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
- Contact: Gideon D'Addio

Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies
- Time: 10:00 a.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre
- Contact: Susan Miller

Wednesday, May 22

Art History & Classics
- Time: 10:30 a.m.
- Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
- Contact: Dana Persaud
English, Comparative Literature
- Time: 9:00 a.m.
- Location: Reckord Armory
- Contact: Karen Lewis

College of Arts and Humanities General Contact: Jessica White

More Information About ARHU Ceremonies

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

Ceremony 2

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: XFINITY Center

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

Contact: Ramonda Renee Fabian

More Information About BSOS Ceremonies