Commencement 2025

Due to expected severe weather, tomorrow’s university-wide Commencement ceremony will be moved from the Quadrangle to the George W. Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC) and will be combined with the Emory College of Arts & Sciences diploma ceremony. Existing tickets for the Quadrangle ceremony will not be honored at the WoodPEC due to seating limitations with this smaller, indoor venue. If you planned on attending the university-wide Commencement ceremony, please take note of the following details related to this change:

• To maximize guest seating, the Emory College of Arts and Sciences will host two separate diploma ceremonies in the WoodPEC:
  • The first ceremony is for Bachelor of Arts candidates at 8:00 AM and will encompass the university-wide ceremony elements, including the Commencement speaker.
  • The second ceremony is for Bachelor of Science candidates at 10:30 AM
  • Emory College students will now be limited to three guest tickets per graduate. Students will receive emails with their assigned ceremony/arrival time and instructions for how to retrieve their new guest tickets. Emory College will share more information about their ceremonies on their Commencement webpage. 

• Each of these ceremonies will be live-streamed beginning at 8:00 AM.
• The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing diploma ceremony will take place at 11:00 AM at the Emory Student Center as previously scheduled. Tickets for this event will remain the same. 
• The Goizueta Business School BBA diploma ceremony will now take place at the WoodPEC at 1:00 PM. Tickets are not required for this ceremony.
• The School of Medicine Medical Imaging Program Diploma Ceremony will take place at 12:30 p.m. in Cannon Chapel as previously scheduled.

Emory is closely monitoring weather conditions. With the possibility of thunderstorms, we ask that you remain weather aware.  Thunderstorm risks include lightning and strong winds.  In the event of a thunderstorm, you should remain or move inside.