Unit Convocation Ceremony Schedule

2025 Unit Convocation Schedule

Saturday, May 10

CeremonyLocationTimeContact
Carle Illinois College of MedicineFoellinger Auditorium2:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Scott Bartlett

Thursday, May 15

CeremonyLocationTimeContact
Graduate College Doctoral Hooding CeremonyState Farm Center7:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Graduate College

Friday, May 16

CeremonyLocationTimeContact
Gies Business (iDegrees)State Farm Center10:00 a.m.
2024 Recording
Gies Business
Convocation
EconomicsKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Foellinger Great Hall11:00 a.m.Stefanie Freeman
Gies BusinessState Farm Center2:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Gies Business
Convocation
College of Veterinary MedicineKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Foellinger Great Hall3:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Alan Upchurch
College of Applied Health Sciences Graduate CeremonyKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre3:30 p.m.Robbin King

Saturday, May 17

CeremonyLocationTimeContact
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental SciencesState Farm Center1:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
ACES
PsychologyActivities and Recreation Center (ARC), Gym 11:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Gary Wszalek
Political Science and International Interdisciplinary Studies 1Foellinger Auditorium1:30 p.m.
2024 Recording
Carlie Fieseler
School of Social WorkKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Foellinger Great Hall1:30 p.m.
2024 Recording
Janet Sickler
History and PhilosophySmith Memorial Hall1:30 p.m.Anthony Frasca
CommunicationVirginia Theatre2:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Neil Baer
Earth, Society and EnvironmentKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre2:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Lana Holben
Urban and Regional PlanningKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Colwell Playhouse2:30 p.m.Jennifer Kowalski
School of Labor and Employment RelationsLincoln Hall, Theater3:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Becky Barker
School of Literatures, Cultures and LinguisticsFoellinger Auditorium4:30 p.m.
2024 Recording
Ryan Shosted
College of LawKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Foellinger Great Hall4:30 p.m.
2024 Recording
Heather Ball
Susan Landrum
Integrative BiologyKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre5:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Tina Lamb
English and Creative WritingSmith Memorial Hall5:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Anna Ivy
College of Applied Health Sciences Undergraduate CeremonyState Farm Center5:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
AHS Academic Affairs
Physics and AstronomyKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Colwell Playhouse5:30 p.m.
2024 Recording
Irene Lira-Andsager
Sociology, Anthropology and Interdisciplinary StudiesVirginia Theatre5:30 p.m.
2024 Recording
Joyce Dowell
Rebecca Riley

1 Political Science and International Interdisciplinary Studies includes the departments of African Studies; European Union Studies; Global Studies; Individual Plans of Study; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Political Science; Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies; South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Sunday, May 18

CeremonyLocationTimeContact
EducationActivities and Recreation Center (ARC), Gym 19:00 a.m.
2024 Recording
Education Convocation
Molecular and Cellular Biology, School ofKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Foellinger Great Hall9:00 a.m.
2024 Recording
Tina Knox
Engineering I1State Farm Center9:00 a.m.
2024 Recording
Engineering
ArchitectureFoellinger Auditorium9:30 a.m.
2024 Recording
LaTanya Cobb
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre9:30 a.m.
2024 Recording
CHBE Undergrad Programs
MathematicsVirginia Theatre9:30 a.m.
2024 Recording
Chase Driskell
TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Colwell Playhouse10:00 a.m.Cindy Kocher
DanceIllini Union – Illini Room A10:30 a.m.Anna Sapozhnikov
Sustainable DesignSiebel Center for Design11:30 a.m.sustaindesign@illinois.edu
Art + DesignFoellinger Auditorium1:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Audra Weinstein
MusicSmith Memorial Hall 1:00 p.m.Jennifer Phillips
Engineering II2State Farm Center1:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Engineering
School of Information SciencesActivities and Recreation Center (ARC), Gym 11:30 p.m.
2024 Recording
Christine Hopper
StatisticsVirginia Theatre1:30 p.m.
2024 Recording
Aaron Thompson
ChemistryKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre2:00 p.m.Chemistry
Landscape ArchitecturePlym Auditorium, Buell Hall2:30 p.m.Marti Gortner
MediaKrannert Center for the Performing Arts, Foellinger Great Hall5:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Lisa Gibson
Engineering III3State Farm Center5:00 p.m.
2024 Recording
Engineering
1. Engineering I includes the departments of Autonomy & Robotics, Bioengineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, and Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering. 
2. Engineering II includes the departments of Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Science and Engineering, and Physics. 
3. Engineering III includes the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science.  

Monday, May 19

CeremonyLocationTimeContact
Tri-Service ROTC Commissioning CeremonyFoellinger Auditorium 10:00 a.m.Christine Boyd