2025 Schedule

All event times currently listed below are confirmed. Please note, additional awards ceremonies and receptions will be added to the schedule as those details are confirmed. Please check back often for updates. Check out our Commencement FAQs for more event details.

Diploma and Hooding Ceremonies

Thursday, May 15, 2025

11:00 a.m. – Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine PhD Hooding Ceremony (Invite Only)Diboll Auditorium and Gallery, Tidewater Building

2:00 p.m. – Graduate Programs Recognition and Hooding Ceremony – School of Liberal Arts, School of Science and Engineering, and Biomedical Sciences Program – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

3:30 p.m. – Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine DrPh Hooding Ceremony (Invite Only)Diboll Auditorium and Gallery, Tidewater Building

Friday, May 16, 2025

9:00 a.m. – School of Liberal Arts – Undergraduate – Caesars Superdome

1:00 p.m. – A. B. Freeman School of Business – Caesars Superdome

5:00 p.m. – School of Science and Engineering – Undergraduate – Caesars Superdome

Saturday, May 17, 2025

8:00 a.m. – School of Architecture – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

8:30 a.m. – Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine – Undergraduate – Mahalia Jackson Theater

10:00 a.m. – School of Social Work – Dixon Concert Hall

11:00 a.m. – School of Professional Advancement – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

12:00 p.m. – School of Medicine – New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

12:30 p.m. – Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine – Graduate – Mahalia Jackson Theater

2:00 p.m. – Law School – Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

6:00 p.m. – Unified Commencement Ceremony – Caesars Superdome

Other Commencement Events

Friday, May 2, 2025

3:00 p.m. – Stone Center Spring Awards Ceremony – Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall

Thursday, May 8, 2025

5:30 p.m. – School of Professional Advancement Humanities and Social Sciences Reception (Invite Only)204 Richardson Hall

Monday, May 12, 2025

5:00 p.m. Bachelor of Science in Public Health Senior Toast (Invite Only)Bea Field Alumni House

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

2:30 p.m. Phi Beta Kappy Induction Ceremony – Dixon Concert Hall

3:45 p.m. Phi Beta Kappy Induction Ceremony Reception – Kendall Cram Ballroom, Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life

Thursday, May 15, 2025

1:00 p.m. – Classical Studies Graduation Reception (Invite Only)James Lounge, Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life

2:00 p.m. – Under the Oaks – Dixon Concert Hall

4:00 p.m. Latin American Studies Graduation Reception – Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall

5:00 p.m. – Reception for Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Arts Senior Studio Art Exhibition – Carroll Gallery, Room 200, Woldenberg Art Center

Friday, May 16, 2025

4:00 p.m. Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Online Programs Graduate Reception (Invite Only)Diboll Gallery, Tidewater Building

Saturday, May 17, 2025

10:00 a.m. – School of Architecture Graduation Reception – Kendall Cram and Qatar Ballrooms, Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life

3:00 p.m. Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Graduation Reception – Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture

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