Join us in celebrating the Class of 2024!
All-University Commencement
Baccalaureate
School & College Convocations
Military Commissioning Ceremonies
Affinity Group Celebrations
All-University
151st All-University Commencement Exercises
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 1 pm
Nickerson Field, 285 Babcock Street (map)
We hope you’ll join us for this energizing celebration as some 20,000 guests come together to honor this year’s graduates and celebrate their future endeavors to pave the way, make their mark, and improve our world. Eligible graduates are welcome to join the All-University Commencement Exercises, the school/college convocations (listed below), and all other weekend celebratory events. At this time, there are no tickets or guest limits for this ceremony.
As is Boston University’s tradition, the names of the Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipients and the Metcalf Award winners will be announced at the annual Senior Breakfast in May.
The All-University Commencement will comprise of speeches from Boston University President, the Commencement speaker, and the student speaker, plus presentations to the Honorary Degree Recipients and Metcalf Award winners and the conferring of degrees. The Class of 2024 graduates will be seated with their school/college and recognized as a group. There will be ASL interpretation and Closed Captioning at the in-person ceremony. Those unable to make it to Nickerson Field for the ceremony can watch a livestream (with CART transcription) on this website.
Baccalaureate Service
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 11 am
Marsh Chapel, 735 Commonwealth Avenue (map)
The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill, the sixth Dean of Marsh Chapel, leads the University in this historic annual service. Rooted in the University’s Methodist origins, the Baccalaureate service is interdenominational and includes participation from the President and Provost. Music by Scott Allen Jarrett, the Marsh Chapel Choir, and Majestic Brass accompany the service. All graduates and their families are welcome. Those unable to make it to Marsh Chapel for the Baccalaureate Service can watch a livestream (with CART transcription) on this website.
School & College Convocations
Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine
and Graduate Medical Sciences
MD and PhD Candidates
Thursday, May 16, 3 pm
Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford St (map)
Livestream on CAMED website
Coordinator: Nichole Ciccarelli, ngcicca@bu.edu
Master’s Candidates
Thursday, May 16, 10 am
Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford St (map)
Livestream on GMS Website
Coordinator: Kimberly Arena, krarena@bu.edu
College of Arts & Sciences
and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
CAS Coordinator: Simon Anderson, msimona@bu.edu
Department coordinators are listed below.
African American & Black Diaspora Studies
Saturday, May 18, 2 pm
Howard Thurman Center, 808 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Cady Steinberg, cady8590@bu.edu
American & New England Studies
Saturday, May 18, 9 am
Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1750 (map)
Coordinator: Aimee McCarron, aimeemcc@bu.edu
Anthropology
Saturday, May 18, 5 pm
Questrom School of Business Auditorium, 595 Commonwealth Ave, Room 105 (map)
Coordinator: Veronica Little, vclittle@bu.edu
Archaeology
Saturday, May 18, 9 am
Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering
610 Commonwealth Ave, Eichenbaum Colloquium Room (Room 101) (map)
Coordinator: Maria Sousa, mhsousa@bu.edu
Astronomy
Saturday, May 18, 9 am
College of Arts & Sciences, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Room 522 (map)
Coordinator: Anne Smartvlasak, asmart@bu.edu
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Saturday, May 18, 4 pm
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, 820 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Anne Hildebrand, ahild89@bu.edu
Biology
Saturday, May 18, 10 am
Case Center Gymnasium, 285 Babcock St (map)
Coordinator: Melissa Mele, mmele@bu.edu
Chemistry
Saturday, May 18, 1 pm
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: TaJonay Tarrats, chemuaa@bu.edu
Cinema & Media Studies
Friday, May 17, 4 pm
Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering
610 Commonwealth Ave, Eichenbaum Colloquium Room (Room 101) (map)
Coordinator: Kennedy Farrow, kfarrow@bu.edu
Classical Studies
Friday, May 17, 9 am
Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1750 (map)
Coordinator: Nancy Geourntas, nwild1@bu.edu
Computer Science
Friday, May 17, 9 am
Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford St (map)
Coordinator: Mary Dangora, mmb@bu.edu
Earth & Environment
Friday, May 17, 4 pm
George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Amelia Layne, ailayne@bu.edu
Economics
Thursday, May 16, 9 am
Walter Brown Arena, 285 Babcock St (map)
Coordinator: Vikram Chowdary, econteam@bu.edu
Editorial Studies
Saturday, May 18, 2 pm
Departmental Offices, 143 Bay State Road (map)
Coordinator: Archie Burnett, burnetta@bu.edu
English
Saturday, May 18, 5:30 pm
George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Liz McGrath, lmcgrath@bu.edu
History
Friday, May 17, 9 am
George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Cady Steinberg, cady8590@bu.edu and Molly German, mgerman@bu.edu
History of Art & Architecture
Friday, May 17, 9 am
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, 820 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Alice Barrett, abarret1@bu.edu
Linguistics
Saturday, May 18, 9 am
Questrom School of Business Auditorium, 595 Commonwealth Ave, Room 105 (map)
Coordinator: Richard Wong, lxstaff@bu.edu
Marine Program (BUMP)
Saturday, May 18, 1 pm
Questrom School of Business Auditorium, 595 Commonwealth Ave, Room 105 (map)
Coordinator: Julia Mendez, hammer@bu.edu
Mathematics & Statistics
Friday, May 17, 9 am
Case Center Gymnasium, 285 Babcock St (map)
Coordinator: mathdept@math.bu.edu
Medical Science
Saturday, May 18, 9 am
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, 820 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Angela Egger, acegger@bu.edu
Music (with College of Fine Arts)
Saturday, May 18, 4 pm
Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford St (map)
Coordinator: Brendan Hoey, brendan2@bu.edu
Neuroscience Program
Friday, May 17, 4 pm
Case Center Gymnasium, 285 Babcock St (map)
Coordinator: Jillian Nichols, jilliann@bu.edu and Kaylyn Dorsey, kdorsey2@bu.edu
Pardee School of Global Studies
Saturday, May 18, 9 am
Walter Brown Arena, 285 Babcock St (map)
Livestream on Pardee website
Coordinator: Ashlie-Anne Bermudez, ashlieb@bu.edu
Philosophy
Friday, May 17, 9 am
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Cassie Court, philda@bu.edu
Physics
Saturday, May 18, 4 pm
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Margaret Barch, mbarch@bu.edu
Political Science
Sunday, May 19, 9 am
George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Avani Sudhakar, asudh27@bu.edu
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Saturday, May 18, 5 pm
Case Center Gymnasium, 285 Babcock St (map)
Coordinator: Joanne Hebden Palfai, PhD, jpalfai@bu.edu
Religion
Sunday, May 19, 9 am
Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering
610 Commonwealth Ave, Eichenbaum Colloquium Room (Room 101) (map)
Coordinator: Wendy Czik, wlczik@bu.edu
Romance Studies
Friday, May 17, 9 am
Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering
610 Commonwealth Ave, Eichenbaum Colloquium Room (Room 101) (map)
Update: Joint convocation with Cinema & Media Studies.
Coordinator: Abigail Robertson, abrobert@bu.edu
Sociology
Sunday, May 19, 9 am
Questrom School of Business Auditorium, 595 Commonwealth Ave, Room 105 (map)
Coordinator: Matthew Dineen, mdineen@bu.edu
World Languages & Literatures
Sunday, May 19, 9 am
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, 820 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Brigid Mack, bm07023@bu.edu
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (PhD Hooding)
Thursday, May 16, 5:30 pm
George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Coordinator: Emily Griffin, grsgs@bu.edu
College of Communication
Bachelor’s Candidates
Friday, May 17, 9 am
Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on COM website
Coordinator: Allison Hoyt, alhoyt@bu.edu
Master’s Candidates
Friday, May 17, 3 pm
Walter Brown Arena, 285 Babcock St (map)
Livestream on COM website
Coordinator: Allison Hoyt, alhoyt@bu.edu
College of Engineering
Bachelor’s Candidates
Saturday, May 18, 10 am
Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on ENG website
Coordinator: Nitsa Tsiotos, ntsiotos@bu.edu
Master’s & Doctoral Candidates
Thursday, May 16, 2 pm
Case Center Gymnasium, 285 Babcock St (map)
Livestream on ENG website
Coordinator: Stacey Herman, smherman@bu.edu
College of Fine Arts
Saturday, May 18, 4 pm
Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford St (map)
Livestream on CFA website
Coordinator: Brendan Hoey, brendan2@bu.edu
Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Sunday, May 19, 9 am
Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on Sargent website
Coordinator: Tawanna Adams, tmjadams@bu.edu, and Gael Orsmond, gorsmond@bu.edu
Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
Saturday, May 18, 10 am
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on CDS website
Coordinators: Micah Sieber, msieber@bu.edu and Maureen McCarthy, mmmccart@bu.edu
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Saturday, May 18, 9 am
Walter Brown Arena, 285 Babcock St (map)
Livestream on Pardee website
Coordinator: Ashlie-Anne Bermudez, ashlieb@bu.edu
Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Friday, May 17, 3 pm
Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford St (map)
Livestream on SDM website
Coordinator: Amanda Warren, apwarren@bu.edu
Metropolitan College
Saturday, May 18, 4 pm
Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on MET website
Coordinator: MET Commencement Committee, metevent@bu.edu
Questrom School of Business
Bachelor’s Candidates
Friday, May 17, 1:30 pm
Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on Questrom website
Coordinator: Hayley Houston, Contact Us
Master’s & Doctoral Candidates
Friday, May 17, 6 pm
Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on Questrom website
Coordinator: Hayley Houston, Contact Us
School of Hospitality Administration
Saturday, May 18, 10 am
George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on SHA website
Coordinators: Anna Monahan, amonahan@bu.edu
School of Law
Sunday, May 19, 9 am
Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford St (map)
Livestream on LAW website
Coordinator: Elizabeth Clancey, mackelle@bu.edu
School of Public Health
Saturday, May 18, 9:30 am
Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford St (map)
Livestream on SPH website
Coordinator: Mary Murphy-Phillips, mcmurph@bu.edu
School of Social Work
Thursday, May 16, 3 pm
Walter Brown Arena, 285 Babcock St (map)
Livestream on SSW website
Coordinators: Michele Walsh, mmwalsh@bu.edu, and Sonia Mee, smee@bu.edu
School of Theology
Saturday, May 18, 2 pm
Marsh Chapel, 735 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Livestream on STH website
Coordinator: Valentina Pride, vp@bu.edu
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Saturday, May 18, 3 pm
Walter Brown Arena, 285 Babcock St (map)
Coordinators: Academic questions should be directed to Ellen Faszewski, efaz@bu.edu. Questions about the convocation ceremony should be directed to Maryellen Madaio, madaio11@bu.edu
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Saturday, May 18, 10 am
808 Gallery, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, First Floor (map)
Coordinator: Maryellen Madaio, madaio11@bu.edu
Schedule can be subject to change to meet the needs of the ceremonies. Updates will be posted and noted if changes occur.
Military Commissioning
Aerospace Studies / Air Force ROTC
Saturday, May 18, 4 pm
The Great Hall at the Massachusetts State House
24 Beacon Street (map)
Reception to follow
Coordinator: Donna Flaherty, donnaf@bu.edu
Military Sciences / Army ROTC
Monday, May 20, 12 noon
George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Reception to follow
Coordinator: Jennifer Wilson, wilson12@bu.edu
Naval Sciences / Navy ROTC
Monday, May 20, 4 pm
Charlestown Navy Yard aboard the USS Constitution
114 16th Street, Charlestown (map)
Reception to follow
Coordinator: Susan Smith, suesmith@bu.edu
Affinity Group Celebrations
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Graduation Celebration
Thursday, May 16, 12 pm
Questrom Auditorium & Atrium, 595 Commonwealth Ave*
For more information, contact Luis Brum, lbrum@bu.edu
*location updated
Latine/x Graduation Celebration
Thursday, May 16, 1 pm*
George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Ave (map)
Reception to follow at the Howard Thurman Center, 808 Commonwealth Ave
For more information, contact Abigail Rosario, rabigail@bu.edu
*time & location updated 2/16/24
Lavender Ceremony
Wednesday, May 15, 7 pm
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave
For more information, contact Katy Collins, katycoll@bu.edu
Newbury Center First-Gen Pinning Ceremony
Friday, May 17, 7:30 pm
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave
For more information, contact Maria Dykema Erb, mderb@bu.edu
Pinoy Graduation Celebration
Friday, May 17, 7 pm
Questrom Auditorium & Atrium, 595 Commonwealth Ave
For more information, contact Devon Montecillo, devmonte@bu.edu
Scarlet Key Induction Ceremony
Thursday, May 16, 5:30 pm
Joan & Edgar Booth Theater, 820 Commonwealth Ave
For more information, contact Tracy Tow, tracyric@bu.edu
About Scarlet Key
Umoja Rite of Passage Ceremony
Thursday, May 16, 6 pm
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave
For more information, contact Jeremie Nsubayi, jnsubayi@bu.edu
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