Class of 2009
Undergraduate Commencement CeremonySunday, May 17, 2009, 12 - noon
More than 2,700 undergraduate and several honorary degrees will be awarded.
Graduate degree recipients are also welcome to participate. No tickets are required if the Main Ceremony is held on the Quadrangle.
Seating for families and guests on the open air Quadrangle is limited and offered on a first come, first served basis and cannot be guaranteed. Folding chairs are allowed.
Disability assistance services are provided.
Certified service animals are always welcome; we ask that family pets be left at home.
Commencement programs will be available at information booths and from student ushers.
- 12 noon – Bachelor’s degree recipients assemble in academic attire on Lower College Road in areas desginated for the various colleges. Faculty and those graduate students who choose to participate in this ceremony assemble east of Quinn Hall between Ranger and Quinn Halls. Official guests assemble in the Multicultural Center on Lower College Road.
- 12:30 p.m.– Commencement exercises begin and run approximately 90 minutes.
Learn about the commencement
Broadcast and Webcast
Immediately following the main ceremony, individual colleges will hold ceremonies at the locations below.
Broadcast and Webcast
Prior to University-wide ceremonies:
- The Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education—In front of Roosevelt Hall prior to the main ceremony, 10 a.m. (rain or shine)
- ROTC Commissioning—In front of Keaney Gym at 9 a.m. prior to main ceremony. (Rain site: Ryan Center Concourse.)
College ceremonies continue at the following locations:
- College of Arts and Sciences—Quadrangle (Rain site: Ryan Center)
- College of Business Administration—Mackal Field House
- College of Engineering—Engineering Quadrangle (Rain site: Will Theatre, Fine Arts Center)
- College of the Environment and Life Sciences—The Ryan Center
- College of Human Science and Services—Keaney Gym
- College of Nursing—Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
- College of Pharmacy—Edwards Auditorium
Please view the map for these locations.
In the event of rain
Bachelor's degree recipients will each be allowed two guest tickets.
Tickets to the Ryan Center are required and will be given to graduates with the purchase of their academic regalia at the University Bookstore in the Memorial Union.
Additional guests should go to the individual college rain sites where tickets are not required or to the Memorial Union Ram's Den to view the ceremony.
The main ceremony will be simulcast to these college and University rainsites.
If the rain plan is to be implemented, the decision will be made in the early morning. Notices will be posted online and in recorded messages at 401-874-7669, 401-874-1000. Signs will be posted at all campus entrances.
Commencement Information (PDF)
Download a complete booklet of information to be prepared for the 2009 Commencement ceremonies.
