Commencement Weekend Overview
Note: All communications about Commencement events will be sent to the graduate’s Gannon email account.
The Ursuline College Campus welcomes graduates and their families to celebrate Commencement Weekend with events on May 7 and 9, 2027. Commencement Exercises on May 9, 2027, are for graduates who complete their degree in December 2026, May 2027, or August 2027.
The Ursuline celebrations are comprised of three main events. All events are optional.
- Bachelor of Science Nursing Convocation (Pinning) is on Friday, May 7th 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 BSN students only. BSN students will be contacted by Nursing when details become available.
- Baccalaureate Prayer Service with Conferring of Academic Hoods will be held on Friday, May 7, 2027, in the Sister Diana Stano Athletic Center on the Ursuline College 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. This page will be updated when details become available.
- Commencement (Commencement Exercises) is Sunday, May 9 at 2 p.m. 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. There will be a livestream of the event on this page on the day of the ceremony.
For questions about Baccalaureate and Commencement (Commencement Exercises), please email Marie Herlevi at marie.herlevi@gannon.edu.
For questions about BSN Convocation/Pinning, please contact Ed Bizay at edward.bizay@gannon.edu.
