Commencement Weekend Schedule
2025 Commencement Weekend Schedule
Friday, May 2
| 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m. | The Maize open (short-order café featuring the We Serve Starbucks coffee program) |
| 7:30-10:30 a.m. | Anderson Commons (all-you-care-to-eat facility) open for breakfast $10.50 (adults); $5.25 (ages 5-10); free (ages 4 and under). Prices include tax. |
| 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Cobber Bookstore open |
| 10 a.m.-10 p.m. | Korn Krib (convenience store) open |
| 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | Anderson Commons open for lunch Maroon and Gold Friday $9.50 (adults); $8.75 (ages 5-10); free (ages 4 and under). Prices include tax. |
| 4:30-7 p.m. | Anderson Commons open for dinner $17.25 (adults); $8.75 (ages 5-10); free (ages 4 and under). Prices include tax. |
| 6:30-10 p.m. | Cobber Grad Gala, Semi-formal event — The Centrum, $15 single ticket, $25 single + guest ticket. . |
Saturday, May 3
| 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. | Senior Art Exhibition — Cyrus M. Running Gallery |
| 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Anderson Commons open for brunch $17.25 (adults); $8.75 (ages 5-10); free (ages 4 and under) Prices include tax. |
| 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | The Maize open |
| 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | Cobber Bookstore open |
| 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Korn Krib open |
| 3 p.m. | Commencement Concert featuring The 南瓜影院 Choir, The 南瓜影院 Band, and The 南瓜影院 Orchestra — Memorial Auditorium; free admission |
| 5-6:30 p.m. | Senior Art Exhibition Reception — Cyrus M. Running Gallery |
| 5-7 p.m. | Anderson Commons open for dinner |
Sunday, May 4
| 10 a.m. | Worship service in the Centrum, Knutson Campus Center |
| 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Anderson Commons open Anderson Commons closes for the academic year at 1:30 p.m. |
| 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | Senior Art Exhibition — Cyrus M. Running Gallery |
| 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | Cobber Bookstore open |
| 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | Korn Krib open |
| 11 a.m.-6 p.m. | The Maize open |
| 11:15 a.m. | Master's Students Hooding Ceremony — Birkeland Alumni Lounge, Offutt Concourse |
| 12:45 p.m. | Memorial Auditorium doors open to ticket holders for Commencement |
| 1:15 p.m. | Academic processions form. Students line up in the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre; Faculty and Staff line up on the sidewalk outside the ISC. |
| 2 p.m. | Commencement — Memorial Auditorium |
| Following Commencement | Students gather at Olin Hill for a "cap toss" and social time with family, friends and faculty. |