2026 Commencement Schedule

School of Medicine
Saturday, May 23, 9 a.m.
University Church
Speaker: Randall L. Roberts, DMin 
 

Schools of Dentistry and Pharmacy
Saturday, May 23, 11:45 a.m.
University Church
Speaker: Randall L. Roberts, DMin
 

Hooding Ceremony - DDS and IDP
Friday, May 22, 11 a.m.
University Church
 

Dental Hygiene Pinning Ceremony
Friday, May 22, 3 p.m.
Campus Hill Church
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Conferring of Degrees
Sunday, May 24, 5 p.m.
Campus Mall
Speaker: Jason L. Lohr, MD
 

Basic Sciences Consecration and Hooding Ceremony
(Basic Sciences)
Friday, May 22, 3 p.m.
Randall Amphitheater
 

Consecration and Hooding Ceremony
(Doctor of Medicine)
Friday, May 22, 7 p.m.
University Church
 

Conferring of Degrees
Sunday, May 24, 8:30 a.m.
Campus Mall
Speaker: Shammah Williams, MD
 

Consecration & Hooding Ceremony
Friday, May 22, 11 a.m.
Campus Hill Church
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Conferring of Degrees
Sunday, May 24, 2 p.m.
Campus Mall
Speaker: Elizabeth Oyekan, PharmD
 

Nutrition & Dietetics Pinning Ceremony (Joint with Public Health)
Friday, June 12, 4 p.m.
Centennial Complex, Damazo Amphitheater
 

Doctorate Hooding Ceremony
Friday, June 12, 11 a.m.
Campus Church, Upper Linda Hall
 

Conferring of Degrees
(Allied Health Studies; Clinical Laboratory Science; Health Informatics, Information Management and Administration; Health Science; Nutrition and Dietetics; Physician Assistant; Radiation Technology)
Sunday, June 14, 8 a.m.
Drayson Center
Speaker: Iki Taimi, MTS
 

Communication Sciences and Disorders; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy
Sunday, June 14, 11 a.m.
Drayson Center
Speaker: Iki Taimi, MTS
 

Department of Social Work & Social Ecology – Hooding Ceremony
(MSW students)
Friday, June 12, 9 a.m.
University Church (Main Sanctuary)
 

Department of Counseling and Family Sciences – Hooding Ceremony
(Child Life Specialist, Counseling, & MFT students)
Friday, June 12, 10:30 a.m.
University Church (Main Sanctuary)
 

Town & Gown (doctoral students)
Friday, June 12, 1:30 p.m.
University Church (Main Sanctuary)
 

Conferring of Degrees
(Joint with School of Religion)
Sunday June 14, 1:30 p.m.
Drayson Center
Speaker: Carla Gober-Park, PhD
 

Graduate Recognition Ceremony for MS, DNP, and PhD
Thursday, June 11, 10:30 a.m.
University Church (Main Sanctuary)
 

Pinning Ceremony
(Undergraduate nursing program)
Thursday, June 11, 6 p.m.
University Church (Main Sanctuary)
 

Conferring of Degrees - 1st
(graduates having finished in the following quarters: Summer 2025, Autumn 2025, and Winter 2026)
Sunday, June 14, 4 p.m.
Drayson Center
Speaker: Edgar (Ed) Drachenberg, MSN, RN
 

Conferring of Degrees - 2nd
(graduates having finished in the Spring Quarter 2026)
Sunday, June 14, 6:30 p.m.
Drayson Center
Speaker: Edgar (Ed) Drachenberg, MSN, RN
 

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Thursday, June 11, 5 p.m.
Campus Hill Church
 

Nutrition & Dietetics Pinning Ceremony
(Joint with Allied Health Professions)
Friday, June 12, 4 p.m.
Centennial Complex, Damazo Amphitheater
 

Conferring of Degrees
Friday, June 12, 1 p.m.
Drayson Center
Speaker: Peter N. Landless, MBBCh