KU commencement events schedule
Today
2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. – Reception and recognition for graduating international students, family and friends. Kansas and Malott Rooms, Kansas Union, level 6.
4 p.m.-6 p.m. – School of Business recognition for bachelor’s degree candidates and hooding for master’s degree candidates. Lied Center.
Saturday
8:30 a.m. – School of Journalism graduate recognition and master’s degree hooding ceremony. Lied Center. Reception follows.
8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. – Reception for Chancellor’s student awards recipients. Kansas Room, Kansas Union.
9 a.m. – School of Allied Health recognition ceremony. Memorial Hall, 600 N. Seventh St., Kansas City, Kan.
10 a.m.-11 a.m. – College of Liberal Arts and Sciences master’s hooding. Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. – KU Visitor Center open at 1502 Iowa.
10:30 a.m. – School of Fine Arts convocation. Lied Center.
10:30 a.m.-noon – School of Allied Health and School of Graduate Studies brunch for graduates and families. Murphy courtyard, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
11 a.m. – School of Nursing recognition ceremony. Memorial Hall, 600 N. Seventh St., Kansas City, Kan.
11 a.m.-noon – Phi Beta Kappa initiation. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union.
Noon – Phi Beta Kappa initiates reception. Big 12 Room, Kansas Union.
12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. – School of Nursing brunch for graduates and families. Murphy courtyard, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
1 p.m.-3 p.m. – Program and reception for graduating seniors who have completed the University Honors Program and for graduating University Scholars, Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall.
1 p.m.-3 p.m. – School of Education convocation. Lied Center. Tickets at www.soe.ku.edu.
2 p.m.-3 p.m. – School of Medicine graduation brunch for graduates and families. Murphy courtyard, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
4 p.m. – Graduate School doctoral hooding. Lied Center.
6 p.m. – Multicultural graduation banquet. Kansas Union Ballroom.
6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. – School of Pharmacy senior recognition and Pharmacy hooding. Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall. Reception follows, Murphy courtyard.
7 p.m. – School of Medicine hooding and awards. Lied Center.
7 p.m.-9 p.m. – Division of biological sciences recognition of honors, awards and graduating seniors ceremony. 120 Budig Hall.
Sunday
8 a.m.-8 p.m. – Memorial Drive closed to traffic. (Parking ban begins midnight Saturday.)
8 a.m. – School of Engineering recognition and awards ceremony. Lied Center. Reception following at Oliver Hall.
9 a.m.-11 a.m. – Environmental Studies Program graduate recognition and honors reception. Environmental Studies office, 415 Snow Hall.
9:30 a.m. – Department of Applied Behavioral Science recognition for students receiving BA and BGS degrees. Courtyard between Dole and Haworth Halls.
9:30 a.m. – Department of math graduation celebration. Brunch and recognition ceremony. 120 Snow Hall.
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. – Speech-language-hearing undergraduate and graduate recognition ceremony. 110 Budig Hall. Reception follows, Wescoe Hall patio.
10 a.m.-11 a.m. – Bachelor of Social Welfare recognition. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union.
10 a.m.-11:15 a.m. – School of Law hooding. Lied Center. Tickets required. Reception follows, Green Hall.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. – KU Visitor Center open at 1502 Iowa.
10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – Class of 2005 Commencement lunch. Chancellor’s residence, 1532 Lilac Lane. Program begins at 11:30 a.m.
11 a.m.-noon – College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognition for students graduating with distinction and highest distinction. Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall.
11:30 a.m. – School of Architecture and Urban Design commencement celebration. Ballroom, Kansas Union.
Noon-1:15 p.m. – School of Social Welfare hooding for M.S.W. candidates. Lied Center.
2 p.m. – Commencement participants assemble on Memorial Drive.
2:30 p.m. – Commencement procession begins.
Monday
10 a.m.-noon – Joint Service commissioning ceremony. Kansas Union ballroom. Reception follows.