2025 Ceremony
Commencement will be full of special moments as student leaders, university administrators, and a keynote speaker address the graduating Class of 2025. There is a lot to enjoy, as well as an exciting finale immediately following the ceremony!
Join us at the Arizona Stadium, 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 16th. It's time to celebrate your graduate's incredible accomplishments!
2025 Commencement Speaker
Erik Weihenmayer
Erik Weihenmayer is a world-renowned adventurer best known for becoming the first blind person to summit Mount Everest. He is the only blind climber to ascend the Seven Summits – the highest peaks on each continent. A Time magazine cover story on his 2001 Mount Everest climb brought him worldwide recognition.
Weihenmayer has also climbed frozen waterfalls in Nepal and Canada, volcanoes in Ecuador and Chile, and long, difficult rock routes in his home in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and the towering cliffs of the Italian Dolomites. And in 2014, he kayaked the entire 277 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
As we celebrate the Class of 2025, I am very pleased we will welcome Erik Weihenmayer as our Commencement speaker. Erik is a world-renowned adventurer, educator and leader, who has dedicated his life to serving others. His achievements exemplify courage, resilience and the Bear Down spirit, and he is the perfect person to help inspire our graduates to continue to challenge themselves as they embark on the next chapters in their lives. --President Suresh Garimella
2025 Honorary Degree Recipients
Erik Weihenmayer will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the U of A College of Education. He is one of five honorary degree recipients.
