Commencement Weekend Overview
Ursuline College welcomes graduates and their families to celebrate Commencement 2025 on May 9 and 11, 2025. Commencement 2025 is for graduates who complete their degree in December 2024, January 2025, May 2025, or August 2025.
Commencement 2025 is comprised of three main events. All events are optional.
- Baccalaureate Prayer Service with Conferring of Academic Hoods will be held on Friday, May 9, 2025, at 10 a.m. in the Sister Diana Stano Athletic Center on Ursuline’s campus. The ceremony is rooted in spirituality, one of our core values, and guided by our Ursuline mission and heritage. We will reflect on our Ursuline experiences and ask God’s blessings on our graduates and guests. Graduates receiving bachelor's or master’s degrees wear academic regalia and academic hoods are conferred. The service is open to people of all faiths. We expect the service will last approximately 45 minutes.
- Bachelor of Science Nursing Convocation (Pinning) is Friday, May 9th at 1pm in the Sister Diana Stano Athletic Center. Graduating BSN students will gather for pinning and inspirational words as they celebrate crossing the threshold from student to nurse. This is for Nursing students only.
Watch the Nursing Convocation 2024 livestream!
- Commencement (Graduation) is Sunday, May 11 at 1:30pm at the Wolstein Center located on Cleveland State University’s main campus at 2000 Prospect Avenue E in Cleveland. The ceremony should last approximately two hours.
Watch the Commencement 2024 livestream!
Updates and Details
Students, as well as faculty and staff, will receive updates as we move through the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Information about Commencement (Graduation) and Baccalaureate will begin to be circulated in mid-October.
- Information about Convocation/Pinning will come out in late fall/early spring. For December grads please check your Ursuline email in the spring for updates.
Questions?
For questions about Baccalaureate and Commencement (Graduation), please email Marie Herlevi at marie.herlevi@ursuline.edu.
For questions about Convocation/Pinning, please contact Dr. Dillon-Bleich at kdillon@ursuline.edu.
