Events and Ceremonies

The Big Day

Undergraduate Commencement

Graduates seated during the graduation ceremony listening to featured speakers

Saturday, May 17
10:00 a.m.

Sunken Garden

Saturday Event Details

Graduate and LMU Loyola Law School Commencement

Graduate students wearing red graduation robes processing to their seats

Sunday, May 18
10:00 a.m.

Sunken Garden

Sunday Event Details

Pre-Commencement Events

A group of attendees at the Muslim Student Life graduation celebration

Muslim Student Life Graduation Celebration

Tuesday, April 29
7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
The Cave (below Sacred Heart Chapel)

Confetti in the air as graduates celebrate in Sunken Garden

BCLA "Senior Sip" Celebration

Wednesday, May 14
5:30 – 7 p.m.
The Hill, Malone Student Center, fourth floor

A series of multi-colored sashes laid across a table before being distributed to the graduates

Lavender Grad Celebration

Thursday, May 15
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Bruce Featherston Life Sciences Building, FEA 120

Reception from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Hannon Courtyard

All Asian and Pacific Islander graduates in their cap and gowns wearing their new sashes

Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Grad Ceremony

Thursday, May 15
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Bruce Featherston Life Sciences Building, FEA 120

Reception from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in Hannon Courtyard

All of the LatinX graduates cheering in their cap and gowns outside of Sacred Heart Chapel

Día de Reconocimiento

Thursday, May 15
5 – 7 p.m.
Drollinger Family Stage

Reception from 7 – 8 p.m. in the Sculpture Garden

All of the SOE doctoral graduates in their cap and gowns after being hooded

School of Education Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Friday, May 16
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Ahmanson Auditorium, University Hall 1000

Reception from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the University Hall East Atrium

Roski Dining Hall full of attendees participating in a toast

International Grad Celebration

Friday, May 16
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Roski Dining Hall

A faculty member shaking the hand of a graduate, both of whom are dressed in graduation attire

LMU Loyola Law School Hooding Ceremony

Friday, May 16
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
LMU Loyola Law School Campus

Students smiling and clapping along with other graduates wearing their cap and gowns

Kente Grad Ceremony

Friday, May 16
2 – 4 p.m.
Drollinger Family Stage

Reception from 4 – 6 p.m. at The Mbongi Spot

Students celebrating graduation in the Jewish tradition of holding a tallit overhead, which is a type of blanket that has symbolic significance in rituals and as a form of covering and protection

Graduation Shabbat

Friday, May 16
6 – 8 p.m.
The Hill, Malone Student Center, fourth floor

A priest on stage performing mass and smiling to the audience

Commencement Mass

Friday, May 16
5:30 – 7 p.m.

Drollinger Family Stage

A graduate with various family members posing while wearing and holding up silly props for a photo booth picture

Mass Reception

Friday, May 16
7 – 9 p.m.
University Hall Atrium