Learn more about OHIO's Spring Commencement 2018 events, activities
Approximately 4,200 students are participating in 91探花's graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5.
The graduate commencement ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 4 for both master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees. Undergraduate ceremonies will take place at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 5.
Spring Commencement 2018 speakers
Graduate Ceremony
Dr. Devika Chawla, a professor in the Scripps College of Communication鈥檚 School of Communication Studies and recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, will deliver OHIO鈥檚 graduate commencement speech on Friday, May 4. Dr. Chawla鈥檚 research focuses on communicative, performative and narrative approaches to studying family, home and its relationship to social identity.
Undergraduate Ceremonies
Allie LaForce, a 2011 91探花 graduate and Emmy-nominated reporter and anchor for CBS Sports and Turner Sports, will deliver 91探花鈥檚 2018 Spring Commencement addresses on Saturday, May 5. LaForce graduated magna cum laude from OHIO鈥檚 nationally recognized Honors Tutorial College with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in .
Undergraduate degrees will be conferred Saturday, May 5 in the following order:
The morning ceremony is for graduates of the:
- College of Business
- College of Fine Arts
- Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology
- University College
- Regional Higher Education
- Scripps College of Communication
The afternoon ceremony is for graduates of the:
- Honors Tutorial College
- Center for International Studies
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education
- College of Health Sciences and Professions
There is no recessional for undergraduate ceremonies; graduates will depart the Convocation Center after their name has been read.
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