Convocations

May 2024

Spring Ceremonies

Convocations are ceremonies in which students are acknowledged in a smaller setting. These are designed and coordinated by each individual school or college.

Commencement is the university-wide celebration held in Arizona Stadium. Convocations are ceremonies in which students are acknowledged in a smaller setting, often by name.

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Convocations are ceremonies in which students are acknowledged in a smaller setting. These are coordinated by each individual school or college and are separate from Commencement.

Graduation celebrations are events to honor students in special interest groups and their achievements. They occur before or after a student’s convocation and are an additional way to celebrate.

Please note, these are separate from the University of Arizona's Commencement Ceremony and are not managed by our central office.

For specific questions regarding these ceremonies, please use the information below to find the appropriate college contact.

For venue-specific disability access information, please visit the Disability Resource Center's website.


 

DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 9:30 am Fox Theatre Tucson Arvind Raman ramana@email.arizona.edu (520) 621-2235

 

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, LIFE & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (UNDERGRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/11/24, 2:00 pm McKale Center Leslie Grignon lgrignon@arizona.edu (520) 621-3091

 


 

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, LIFE & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (GRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/13/24, 2:00 pm Crowder Hall Leslie Grignon lgrignon@arizona.edu (520) 621-3091

 


 

COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/8/24, 2:00 pm Centennial Hall Kaili Parsons CASTGraduation@arizona.edu (520) 621-8219

 

 


 

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 2:00 pm Centennial Hall Jeff Javier jjavier@arizona.edu TBD

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 9:00 am Crowder Hall Diana Wilson dwilson@arizona.edu (520) 621-5420

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF BIOSYSTEMS  ENGINEERING (UNDERGRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 11:00 am SUMC Kachina Lounge Aaron Tevik atevik@arizona.edu (520) 621-3691

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF BIOSYSTEMS  ENGINEERING (GRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 2:30 pm SUMC Kachina Lounge Aaron Tevik atevik@arizona.edu (520) 621-3691

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/11/24, 9:00 am SUMC Grand Ballroom Darla Strong darla1120@arizona.edu (520) 621-6044

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 9:00 am SUMC Grand Ballroom Olivia Mendoza omendoza@arizona.edu (520) 621-3868

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING & MECHANICS

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 2:00 pm Crowder Hall Megan Letchworth mletchworth@arizona.edu (520) 621-6564

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 2:00 pm SUMC Bear Down Gym Martin Marquez admin@cs.arizona.edu (520) 621-7686

 


 

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 9:00 am McKale Center Kerri Sierra-Flores ksierra@arizona.edu (520) 621-2972

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 1:00 pm Tucson Marriott University Park Alexis Vasquez alexisvasquez@arizona.edu (520) 621-6171

 


 

ELLER COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT (GRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 7:00 pm Centennial Hall Paige Bausman pbausman@arizona.edu (520) 626-1866

 


 

ELLER COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT (UNDERGRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/11/24, 9:00 am McKale Center Meghan Welsh meghanwelsh@arizona.edu (520) 621-2505

 


 

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/12/24, 2:00 pm Centennial Hall Lindsay Shekleton-Clark linds@arizona.edu (520) 621-9430

 


 

SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY (GRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/11/24, 7:00 pm SUMC South Ballroom Elizabeth Santander santander@arizona.edu (520) 621-8048

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY 

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 2:00 pm Arizona History Museum Auditorium Katherine Morrissey kmorriss@arizona.edu (520) 621-1586

 


 

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES - GRADUATE

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 2:00 pm SUMC North Ballroom TJ Hill COH-Convocation@arizona.edu (520) 621-3139

 


 

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES - UNDERGRADUATE

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/11/24, 7:00 pm Centennial Hall TJ Hill COH-Convocation@arizona.edu (520) 621-3139

 


 

ARIZONA iSCHOOL

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 2:00 pm SUMC Grand Ballroom Jana Phillips jana42@arizona.edu (520) 621-8288

 


 

JAMES E. ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/11/24, 2:00 pm Centennial Hall Chris Gast cgast@arizona.edu (520) 626-7139

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF MATERIAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 5:00 pm Viscount Suite Hotel Elsa Morales elsam@arizona.edu (520) 626-6762

 


 

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE - PHOENIX

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/6/24, 10:30 am Orpheum Theatre Phoenix Beth Smith bhsmith1@arizona.edu  (602) 827 - 2676

 


 

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE - TUCSON

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 2:00 pm Centennial Hall Ross Dubois duboisr@arizona.edu (520) 626-9037

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 11:00 am Gallagher Theater Thelma Magallanes tgabbs18@arizona.edu (520) 621-6093

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY 

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 4:00pm  Stevie Eller Dance Theater Kara Dyson kdyson@arizona.edu (520) 621 - 1073

 


 

COLLEGE OF NURSING

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 9:00 am Centennial Hall Office of Student & Academic Affairs con-osaa@arizona.edu (520) 626-3808

 


 

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

CONTACT TIME LOCATION EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 9:00 am Centennial Hall LuzMaria Hernandez lhernandez@pharmacy.arizona.edu (520) 626-4311

 


 

PHYSIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 9:00 am SUMC Grand Ballroom Victor Sinohui sinohui2509@arizona.edu (520)-621-4850

 


COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/11/24, 9:00 am Centennial Hall Monica G. Muñoz mgmunoz@arizona.edu (520) 626-3200

 


 

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 2:00 pm McKale Center Catalina Carlos uascigraduates@arizona.edu (520) 621-3374

 


 

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (GRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/13/24, 2:00 pm Centennial Hall Isabel Contreras SBS-Convocation@arizona.edu (520) 621-8402

 


 

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (UNDERGRADUATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 5:00 pm McKale Center Isabel Contreras SBS-Convocation@arizona.edu (520) 621-8402

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/8/24, 2:00 pm SUMC Grand Ballroom Kim Sasser ksasser@arizona.edu (520) 621-1644

 


 

DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMS AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

CONTACT TIME LOCATION EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 6:00 pm Fox Theatre Mia Schnaible mias@arizona.edu (520) 621-6551

 


 

W.A. FRANKE HONORS COLLEGE

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 1:00 pm McKale Center Megan Marcello Noli mmarcello@arizona.edu (520) 591-6940

 


 

WYANT COLLEGE OF OPTICAL SCIENCES

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 2:00 pm SUMC South Ballroom Channel Lemon channel@arizona.edu (520) 621-4111

 


 

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA YUMA

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/17/24, TBD Veterans Memorial Stadium Julia Sanchez jls10@arizona.edu (928) 782 - 1914

For venue-specific disability access information, please visit the Disability Resource Center's website.

 


 

AASA - BLACK BACCALAUREATE AND AWARDS DINNER

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/8/24, 5:00 pm Stevie Eller Dance Theater Jamaica Del Mar jdelmar@arizona.edu TBD

 


 

ADALBERTO & ANA GUERRERO STUDENT CENTER - HISPANIC/LATINX GRADUATION

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/8/24, 7:00 pm Centennial Hall Dominique Calza calzad@arizona.edu (520) 621-5627

 


 

ARIZONA ATHLETICS STUDENT ATHLETE CONVOCATION

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 9:00 am McKale Center Rachael Hambacher rhambacher@arizona.edu (520) 626-2613

 


 

ARIZONA ONLINE

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 5:00 pm ENR2 Autumn Cleveland acleveland@arizona.edu (520) 621-3500

 


 

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN STUDENT AFFAIRS (LOTUS LAUREATE)

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/4/24, 2:00 pm SUMC South Ballroom Kenny Importante kimportante@arizona.edu (520) 621-3481

 


 

ELLER MIS RECEPTION

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/7/24, 3:30 pm SUMC Bear Down Gym Erin Dietsche erindietsche@arizona.edu (520) 626-8330

 


 

FRENCH & ITALIAN AWARDS CEREMONY

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/2/24, 2:00 pm SUMC Tucson & Catalina Rooms Grace Cottrell gcottrell@arizona.edu (520) 621-7349

 


 

INTERDISCIPLINARY & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES CEREMONY

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/8/24, 4:00 pm HSIB Forum Polly Haffner phaffner@arizona.edu (520) 626-0710

 


 

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS GRADUATION CELEBRATION

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/8/24, 4:00 pm Arizona History Museum Samantha Turner sturner1@arizona.edu (520) 626-5185

 


 

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT AFFAIRS (NASA)

 

DATE &TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/3/24, 2:00 pm SUMC Grand Ballroom Julian Juan julianjuan@arizona.edu (520) 621-3835

 


 

NEUROSCIENCE & COGNITIVE SCIENCE GRADUATION CELEBRATION

 

DATE &TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/8/24, 1:00 pm SUMC Bear Down Gym Maria Rodriguez mmrodriguez@arizona.edu (520) 621-6643

 


 

RAINBOW GRADUATION

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 5:00 pm School of Dance Kristen Godfrey godfreyk@arizona.edu (520) 626-1996

 


 

SALT CENTER RECEPTION

DATE & TIME LOCATION CONTACT EMAIL PHONE
5/10/24, 11:00 am SUMC Bear Down Gym Emily Pendleton ependleton@arizona.edu 520-621-1242

 


 

VETS CENTER GRADUATION CEREMONY

CONTACT TIME LOCATION EMAIL PHONE
5/9/24, 7:00 pm SUMC South Ballroom Lauryn Dougherty lauryn1987@arizona.edu (520) 621-8046

The Spring 2024 University of Arizona Global Campus In-Person Commencement Weekend will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, 2024.

Graduation Celebration Events will take place Saturday, June 8, 2024 at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel and Spa, 9495 W. Coyotes Blvd, Glendale, AZ 85305.

The Commencement Ceremony will take place Sunday, June 9, 2024 at the Desert Diamond Arena, 9400 W Maryland Ave, Glendale, AZ 85305.

Students can refer to the UAGC graduation information website for additional information. For email inquiries, you can contact graduation.information@uagc.edu.

For questions related to Commencement or Convocations in May 2024, reach our team via email or at (520) 621-3644.

Frequently Asked

Find useful answers to your frequently asked questions. Please be aware convocations are organized by each individual college. For additional questions or concerns not addressed here, feel free to reach out to the ceremony’s contact as listed above.

 

 

Convocations are small-setting ceremonies designed and organized by individual colleges. For questions related to your specific ceremony, please contact the ceremony coordinator for your college or department listed above.

Yes! Students are invited to attend as many ceremonies as eligible. Commencement is an annual event taking place every May. Fall and winter graduates are invited to attend the Commencement either prior to or following their graduation.

Students do not receive diplomas at their convocation or celebration ceremonies. Official diplomas are mailed 2 to 3 weeks after your degree is posted.

Convocations are small-setting ceremonies designed and organized by individual colleges. As such, questions related to your specific ceremony should be addressed to the coordinator for your college or department as listed above.

Convocations are small-setting ceremonies designed and organized by individual colleges. As such, questions related to your specific ceremony should be addressed to the coordinator for your college or department as listed above.

For all questions and requests for accommodations, please visit the University of Arizona's Disability Resource Center (DRC) at drc.arizona.edu or contact them at drc-info@arizona.edu or (520) 621-3268.

Yes! All guests will be required to follow campus health and safety protocols in place at the time of this event as well as adhere to any existing state and local guidelines. In addition, this event may be cancelled or changed on short notice due to public health circumstances. For updates and information, please visit covid19.arizona.edu/updates.

The Spring 2024 University of Arizona Global Campus In-Person Commencement Weekend will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, 2024.

Graduation Celebration Events will take place Saturday, June 8, 2024 at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel and Spa, 9495 W. Coyotes Blvd, Glendale, AZ 85305.

The Commencement Ceremony will take place Sunday, June 9, 2024 at the Desert Diamond Arena, 9400 W Maryland Ave, Glendale, AZ 85305.

Students can refer to the UAGC graduation information website for additional information. For email inquiries, you can contact graduation.information@uagc.edu.

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