Important Dates 2025
February 7 – Updated reception orders sent to departments. Please check your emails.
February 12 – Commencement Catering Showcase
February- Start regularly e-mailing your graduates (Jan 2025, May 2025 and August 2025) with convocation info and reminders. Here are instructions for pulling lists of tentative graduates by major.
Here are instructions for pulling lists of MA candidates by department.
Early March – Return convocation diagrams to Events & Conferences
March 3 – Faculty/staff regalia orders due | Faculty order directly here (communicate with your faculty)
March 3 – Update and return 2024 event sheets with Catering on the Charles. Any liquor license requests must also be submitted at this time.
March 21 – CAS Convocation Coordinators should complete the CAS Convocation Information Form to report honor cord needs and College Prize winner.
March 23 – Final catering event sheets sent to coordinators from Catering on the Charles.
March 24 – Student cap and gown order deadline for on-campus pick-up | Student cap and gown order info here (communicate with your students). If students want to request funding for their cap and gown they must do so by March 23 here.
April 1 – Requests for non-handshake photography must be submitted to buphotos@bu.edu.
April 1 – Submit any special A/V requests, including live stream requests, to LETS (letshelp@bu.edu)
April 1 – Disability & Access Services’ website opens for accessible parking, seating, and individual services requests. While every effort will be made to provide accommodations requested after May 9, they cannot be guaranteed.
April ish– Students assigned a “task” in MyBU Student to add a diploma mailing address and diploma name. More info here.
April 7 – ISRs due for Catering events.
Early April– Students receive an e-mail to request tickets to Nickerson Field. More info here.
April 15 – Student cap and gown order deadline for home delivery
April 15 – Deadline to request BUPD services
Midish April– Handshake photography (Grad Images) should be in touch to coordinate their services. You do not need to provide graduate names as Events and Conferences has already done this.
April 25 – Catering on the Charles guarantees due (i.e. last chance to change the number of attendees)
Schedule of CAS Convocations can be found here.
Useful Links
Boston University Commencement details and related information – a great resource for students and their families: https://www.bu.edu/commencement/
University policy on printing student names for Commencement
Points of Contact
General CAS Related Questions:
Stacy Ulrich, Director of Student Programs & Leadership
srulrich@bu.edu
617-358-2271
General GRS Related Questions:
Emily Griffin
grsgs@bu.edu
617-353-5000
Events & Conferences
Michael Ciarlante, Director of Events & Conferences
michaelc@bu.edu
617-353-2769
Registrar:
diploma@bu.edu