Commencement Eligibility & RSVP
Eligibility and RSVP details for participation in 2025 commencement ceremonies.
Commencement
Welcome to Commencement 2025! We are excited to celebrate our graduates!
For information regarding the Commencement ceremonies, regalia, tickets or other general questions, please contact the Commencement Committee via email at: commencement@stthomas.edu.
For information regarding your academic eligibility, please contact the Student Data and Registrar Office via email at: registrar@stthomas.edu.
Graduating Tommies are invited to apply to be a speaker:
Undergraduate students graduating in May 2025* are invited to submit a speech that, if chosen, will be delivered at one of the three undergraduate commencement ceremonies. Applications, including your video-recorded speech, must be submitted by 11:59 PM on Sunday, April 6, 2025, to be considered.
To apply and learn more about application requirements,
*Any graduate eligible and participating in the 2025 commencement ceremonies is eligible, including graduates of Summer 2024 and Fall 2024.
For questions regarding graduate ceremony commencement speaker selections, please contact Dr. Kimberly Vrudny, Associate Dean for the College of Arts & Sciences.
Commencement Ceremony Schedule:
Saturday, May 24, 2025 - All Undergraduate Ceremonies
- 9:00 am = Undergraduate Ceremony for Opus College of Business
- 12:30 pm = Undergraduate Ceremony for College of Arts & Sciences
- 3:30 pm = Undergraduate Ceremonies for Morrison Family College of Health, School of Education and School of Engineering
Sunday, May 25, 2025 - Two Graduate Ceremonies, One Undergraduate Ceremony
- 9:30 am = Graduate Ceremonies for Morrison Family College of Health and Opus College of Business
- 12:30 pm = Graduate Ceremonies for College of Arts & Sciences, School of Divinity, School of Education and School of Engineering
- 3:30 pm = Undergraduate Ceremony for Dougherty Family College
Find Your Commencement Ceremony
Commencement Details
The University of St ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Commencement ceremonies are special events for all involved. To help ensure the commencement experience is a joyful one for our graduates and guests, please review these helpful guidelines.
Regalia
Information regarding how to get your robes and stoles, plus guidelines for appropriate attire.
Parking & Maps for St. Paul Campus
Find transportation options for campus and driving directions along with parking information.
Disability Resources
ASL interpreters will be provided for all ceremonies. Find additional information about accessible parking and meeting accessibility needs.
Ceremony Photos
Details and opt-in information about the university commencement photographer for all 2025 ceremonies will be available closer to commencement.
Speakers
Learn how to apply to be a speaker for the 2025 graduation ceremonies.
Livestream
Live stream link for your graduate's ceremony - Coming May 2025
List of Graduates
Coming May 2025
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Graduation is the completion of all coursework and degree requirements (and processing of final grades), after which a student is officially awarded a degree. Commencement is a ceremony (held in May each year) to celebrate our graduates, but it is not the same as graduation.
You can review your degree evaluation at any time online or with your advisor. Undergraduate students will receive notification from the Office of Student Data & Registrar when they are eligible to graduate. Graduate students will receive notification from their program when they are eligible to graduate.
All students who are eligible to participate in the ceremony will receive an email with information on how to RSVP via .
Yes – students who are eligible to participate in the commencement ceremony must RSVP via no later than April 4, 2025. Your RSVP will include providing information for ordering your regalia (cap, gown, etc).
Commencement regalia is provided at no cost to our graduates but they must register by April 4 to be guaranteed the size they order. Graduates must also RSVP online in order to receive their guest tickets.
Graduates should report to the check-in area in the no later than one hour prior to the start of the ceremony. Detailed day-of instructions will be sent to you approximately one week prior to your Commencement ceremony.
All regalia is provided at no cost to graduates and must be ordered via .
Undergraduate Students
Must order by April 4, 2025 to ensure receiving size ordered and available at Grad Fest on May 2nd for pick up.
If graduates do not pick up their cap and gown at Grad Fest, information will be available on when they can pick it up at the .
Graduate Students
All doctoral candidates must RSVP by March 17, 2025 to ensure their doctoral regalia will arrive in time for commencement.
All graduates will receive an email when regalia is available for pick-up. Students can request to have regalia mailed to them for a charge.
Yes. Sign language interpreters will be located by the stage. For other accommodation needs please contact disabilityresources@stthomas.edu.
Only graduating students may walk in the processional or be seated in the graduate seating area. Family members must be seated in the guest seating with a ticket.
In addition to reasonable accommodation requests, exceptions may be considered in rare circumstances. Graduating students may request an exception through the Dean of their academic college/school.
An accessibility accommodation for a graduating student should be requested through Disability Resources (please see more information here). All requests must be submitted no later than May 1st, 2025.
The commencement ceremonies are held indoors in the Field House within the . If inclement weather does affect a ceremony information will be shared on the stthomas.edu homepage.