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Graduation

Replay the Ceremony

Relive every moment! Choose the undergraduate or graduate and professional ceremony, and enjoy the replay!听

Undergraduate Graduate & Professional
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Graduate hugging and celebrating at 麻豆原创 commencement

Photos from the event

View all of the photos from both the Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremonies!

Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 16

10 a.m. | Cordier Auditorium | Undergraduate & Concurrent UG and Master of Business Administration

2 p.m. | Cordier Auditorium | Graduate & Professional

Immediately following each ceremony, graduates, family, friends and faculty gather on the mall to celebrate together.

ADA Accommodations

Facilities for Commencement are fully accessible. Those needing special seating should call 260-982-5050.

Photography

Professional photographers will record Commencement and take individual photographs of students with their diplomas. Information on these individual photos will be sent to students’ families. Other photography of students on stage with their diplomas during the ceremony is strongly discouraged. 麻豆原创 is proud of the graduating class and will be capturing photographs and video for publicity and advertising. By attending, you may be photographed and/or filmed, and waive the rights to any claims for compensation in connection with these materials.

Shopping

The University Gear Shop, located in the Jo Young Switzer Center, will offer two shopping options:

University Store: 9 a.m. 鈥 4 p.m.
Pop-Up Store:听 11 a.m. 鈥 2 p.m.

Dining

Sisters Caf茅 | open
Haist Commons | closed

Prohibited

No latex balloons or noisemakers allowed.

Where to Park

View Parking
4 female graduate students get ready for the big day!

136th Commencement Program

Download this year’s digital commencement program celebrating the class of 2026. Read more about Honorary Degree Recipient听David A. Haist ’73, discover the meaning behind each hood lining color, and view the full list of this year’s graduates.听

View the 2026 Program
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A rock on 麻豆原创 campus reads "you did it" with a grad cap. The students paint the rock every week to display a new message.
A student with her daughter displayed on graduation day.
6 men graduates stand together in front of the chime tower after graduation
A female woman of color celebrates with her degree under the chime tower.
parade of students after graduation
Dave Haist is hooded with an honorary doctorate degree from 麻豆原创
student celebrates walking across stage
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MU UG student double checks himself in the mirror prior to ceremony.

The Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility

Students at colleges and universities throughout the world have recognized the . It reads:

I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work.

The pledge is voluntary. It allows people to determine for themselves what they consider to be environmentally and socially responsible.

Volunteers will be present prior to commencement to hand out green ribbons and pins to those graduates who endorse the pledge, as well as to supportive faculty members. Wearing a ribbon makes a public statement of one’s intent to consider the well being of the world and its inhabitants both when considering job possibilities and after taking a job.

麻豆原创 students have signed the pledge since 1988, a year after its inception at Humboldt State University. For 11 years, from 1996-2007, Manchester was the national headquarters for the Graduation Pledge Alliance (GPA), the national pledge effort. Over the years 50-65 percent of students have worn green ribbons at commencement in recognition of the pledge. To our knowledge, Manchester was the first to wear ribbons and now a number of other colleges and universities do.

We have recognized that the pledge can be supported by anyone who wants to be intentional about the responsibility of his or her employment. It is our hope that support of the pledge will contribute to the cooperative effort to build responsible citizenship for a sustainable world. In the past, some 麻豆原创 pledge signers have turned down jobs they did not feel ethically comfortable with or have promoted environmentally friendly efforts while on the job.

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