Commencement

Commencement is a special day to all of us here at Carroll University. We come to work every day eager to help you meet your academic and career goals. Watching you walk across the stage is a joyful day for the entire Carroll community. The Carroll faculty and staff are here to help and support you.

So that we may recognize each student individually, there will be two graduation events: Friday, May 9, for Graduate Commencement and Saturday, May 10, for Undergraduate Commencement

Please read our strategy plan in the event of inclement weather.

Join the ceremony early to view video messages from the Carroll alumni family, faculty and staff congratulating our graduating students on their achievements!

Commencement is the ceremony at which degrees are conferred. It is an occasion of great significance to graduates, families and friends, and a formal recognition of academic achievements. The undergraduate ceremony will be roughly 2.5 hours long, and the graduate ceremony will be roughly 1.5-hours long.

Commencement begins with bagpipers and includes speeches by Carroll's president, the class speaker and an honored guest speaker. Then the provost calls the graduates' names for individual recognition, receiving well wishes from university administrators.

Please note your official diploma will be mailed to your permanent address following the ceremony. Please confirm with the registrar that the correct address is on file.

If there is severe weather forecasted for Commencement day, the ceremony will be moved indoors to Van Male Fieldhouse. If the forecast is for a light drizzle or occasional showers, we will keep the ceremony outside, so graduates should dress accordingly.

The guest passes issued to each student for this event are in the form of wristbands. Any guest entering Van Male for the Commencement ceremony must be wearing their guest pass at all times – or they will be asked to stream from the Campus Center Ballroom.

For guests who are unable to attend in person or choosing to live-stream the ceremony, the link will be made available on our commencement website (and emailed out to students prior to the ceremony).