Guide to upcoming commencement events at Duke

Duke will confer degrees to nearly 6,900 undergraduate, graduate and professional students at its Sunday, May 12 commencement ceremony.

Commencement will take place at 9 a.m. in Wallace Wade Stadium. President Vincent Price will preside over the event, which will feature student speeches from Trinity senior Zahra Hassan and joint MD/MBA-candidate Kayla Thompson. The ceremony will conclude by 11 a.m., and many academic departments will host gatherings and department-specific ceremonies in the afternoon.

The University is also holding two baccalaureate services in the Duke Chapel at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Friday, May 10. The services are multi-faith and include prayers, music and readings from different religious traditions. Graduating students and faith leaders will speak, followed by remarks from Assistant Dean of the Chapel Bruce Puckett and Price. The services will be cast on the large video screen in Page Auditorium. Guests may also view the services livestreamed on the commencement website or on the Duke Chapel YouTube channel.  

The Divinity School will hold a worship service, a hooding ceremony and a reception at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11 in the Chapel with overflow seating in the Divinity School’s 00 Westbrook Rooms. The service will be livestreamed for guests seated in the Divinity School and those unable to attend in-person. 

The Fuqua School of Business will hold a certificate ceremony for graduates with the Health Sector Management Certificate at 1 p.m. May 10 in the JB Duke Hotel. This will be followed by a commencement ceremony for its Master of Management Studies graduates at 5 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium. 

Fuqua will also hold commencement ceremonies for its Global Executive Master of Business Administration, Weekend Executive Master of Business Administration and Master of Quantitative Management at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 11 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. At 1 p.m., Fuqua will hold a commencement ceremony for its Daytime Master of Business Administration and doctoral students in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Nicholas School will hold a recognition ceremony for undergraduate students Saturday, May 11 at 9 a.m. in Wilson Recreation Center.  

Nicholas will also hold a celebration and reception for its International Master of Environmental Policy graduates at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 9 in Field Auditorium and Grainger Hall. There will be a graduate program recognition ceremony and reception at 10 a.m. Friday, May 10 in Love Auditorium and Hall of Science, B Wing, Levine Science Research Center. This event is followed by a ceremony and reception for graduates of Nicholas’ professional masters programs at 4 p.m. in the Wilson Recreation Center.

The School of Nursing will hold a hooding and recognition ceremony at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 12 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Graduate School will hold two doctoral hooding ceremonies and a reception on Saturday, May 11 in the Chapel. The humanities and social sciences ceremony will be from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and the biomedical and physical sciences ceremony will be from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

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