2024 News 2024: Class of 2024 Commencement Ceremony details

Student success celebrated during four ceremonies

UMass Dartmouth will confer degrees on nearly 1800 graduates on May 16 and May 17, 2024, during its Class of 2024 Commencement Ceremonies.

Learn more about all the 2024 Commencement Ceremonies.

Schedule

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Undergraduate Student Ceremony 

Cressy Field at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2024 - Add to Calendar.

• All undergraduate students from all colleges.

Tentative Schedule:

• 9 a.m. – Student arrival the Tennis Courts for check-in.
  • Guest arrival at the Tripp Athletic Center for check-in.
• 10 a.m. – Ceremony begins.
• 1 p.m. – Ceremony ends.

Doctoral Ceremony

Main Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2024 - Add to Calendar.

• All doctoral students from all schools and colleges (excluding Law students).

Tentative Schedule:

• 3 p.m. – Student arrival, check-in, and line up in the Frederick Douglas Unity House, Ground Floor of the Marketplace (across from the Campus Center).
  • Guest arrival and check-in in the Campus Center.
• 4 p.m. – Ceremony begins.
• 6 p.m. – Ceremony ends.

Graduate Student Ceremony

Cressy Field at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 17, 2024 - Add to Calendar.

• All graduate students from all schools and colleges (excluding Law and Doctoral students).

Tentative Schedule:

• 9:30 a.m. – Student arrival the Tennis Courts for check-in.
  • Guest arrival at the Tripp Athletic Center for check-in.
• 10:30 a.m. – Ceremony begins.
• 12:30 p.m. – Ceremony ends.

UMass Law Ceremony

Main Auditorium at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 2024 - Add to Calendar.

• All Law students.

Tentative Schedule:

• 2:30 p.m. – Student arrival, check-in, and line up in the Frederick Douglas Unity House, Ground Floor of the Marketplace (across from the Campus Center).
  • Guest arrival and check-in in the Campus Center.
• 3:30 p.m. – Ceremony begins.
• 5:30 p.m. – Ceremony ends.

Student Speakers

Each Commencement Ceremony will feature a student speaker to address their peers, guests, and university officials. The Class of 2024 will be represented by Alexis Petty (Physics) at the Undergraduate Ceremony, Zemen Berhe (Chemistry and Biochemistry Doctoral Candidate) at the Doctoral Ceremony, Susie Furtado (MBA Candidate) at Graduate Student Ceremony, and Natalia Vargas (Juris Doctorate Candidate) at the UMass Law Ceremony.

Learn more about the 2024 Student Commencement Speakers.

Honorary Degree Recipients

As part of UMass Dartmouth’s 2024 Commencement celebrations, the University will award honorary degrees—the highest award that the University can bestow—to Justice Geraldine Hines, Martin Kurzweil, and Steve Pemberton. Kurzweil and Pemberton will be awarded with Doctor of Humane Letters degrees during the Doctoral Ceremony and Hines will be awarded with a Doctor of Laws degree during the Law Ceremony. These individuals were selected because of their exceptional impact on their professions, civic life, and higher education.  

Learn more about the 2024 Honorary Degree Recipients.