Commencement Week
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9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Commencement Ceremony for all graduating undergraduate students.
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
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12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Commencement Ceremony for all graduating Graduate students.
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Immediately following the Graduate Commencement Ceremony celebrate with a reception in the Duff Banquet Center.
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Nursing Pinning Ceremony will be held in the Cintas Arena on Friday, May 13.
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
The Celebration of Honors Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 13 in the Cintas Banquet Center
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
The Education Pinning Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 13 in the GSC Arrupe Overlook.
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The Philosophy, Politics, and the Public Honors Program welcomes program graduates and their families to join us for Happy Hour to celebrate our students
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Join us for this time-honored Xavier tradition as we celebrate the Class of 2022 and their accomplishments in prayer. Mass in Cintas where they began their Xavier experience at Manresa is truly special. Graduates can invite as many people as they would like; seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Mass is handicap accessible. We celebrate mass with commencement because it is at the heart of our Jesuit Catholic tradition. Everyone is invited to pray and find resonance here, even if it is not your own religious tradition.
6:15 PM – 7:30 PM
BSHSA UPD Honor Society Induction Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 13 in the Schiff Conference Rooms.
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Graduates & Supporters! Please join CDI as we celebrate your journey at Xavier and next steps through an interactive evening of culture & community!
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Graduating seniors of the physics department are invited to paint their bricks in the student lounge. Lunch will be provided in form of a cook out
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Join us for CIE's International Coffee Hour - Graduation Celebration to send off our graduating international and exchange students as well as students who have studied abroad. Refreshments will be provided.
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Toast with us to all of our graduating student's accomplishments! Champagne, light appetizers, photo opportunities, wise words from faculty & staff, and mingling are all part of this celebratory program. Attire for the event is casual cocktail.
All graduating students are invited to RSVP themselves and an influential mentor to their time at Xavier below!
- Xavier Graduate Ticket
- Xavier Mentor Ticket
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Remember when you wrote your graduating self a letter during Manresa? Well now is the time to reminisce and pick that letter up! Stop by the GSC to pick up your letter!
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Please join the Center for Diversity and Inclusion as we honor our LGBTQ+ graduates at Xavier's inaugural Lavender Graduation on Tuesday, May 10th from 10:30-11:30am in the Arrupe Overlook. We will have a light brunch available throughout the event so an RSVP is required.
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
A reception for military affiliated graduating students!
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Let the Xavier Alumni Office welcome you to the Alumni Community, at Cheers with Musketeers! Join us at Listermann's Brewing for a beer and to meet members of the alumni team, chapter presidents and National Alumni Board members. The first 50 people to RSVP and attend will have their first beer on us. Food will also be available thanks to the Williams College of Business Graduate Programs. We can't wait to celebrate with you.
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Join English faculty, staff, and students as we celebrate our graduating seniors! Food and games will also offer an ideal setting to relax, reflect on students' accomplishments, and recognize retiring faculty in the department.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Celebrating the dedication and outstanding work our senior GSC employees have done during their time here. Whether they are graduating as Welcome Desk Attendants or Building Managers, they interact, and impact, so many campus partners, students, alumni, and guests and we are excited to honor them!
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Remember when you wrote your graduating self a letter during Manresa? Well now is the time to reminisce and pick that letter up! Stop by the GSC to pick up your letter!
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Recreational Sports will be hosting a brunch to celebrate the contributions our senior leaders and employees have made to the success of our program during their time on our team.
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join the OSI for a thank you treat and photo op!
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice Magis Society honors those graduating students who, during their undergraduate career at Xavier University, embodied the Center's tenets of deepening spirituality, pursuing justice, and promoting pluralism. We celebrate the accomplishments of the Magis Society Class of 2022, formally induct you into the society, and send you off into the world to succeed in changing the world together.