Undergraduate Students
The College of Arts & Sciences will hold its Recognition Ceremony in historic Francis Olympic Field on Sunday, May 11 at 8:30 a.m. This is a rain or shine event.
At the Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony undergraduate students will be called individually by name to process across the stage.
Students must declare their intent to graduate in May 2025 by Friday, December 19, 2024, in WebSTAC. Your intent to graduate will also serve as your "registration" to take part in the A&S Recognition Ceremony. If you have questions about filing an intent to graduate, please reach out to your four-year advisor.
Undergraduate students who have graduated in December 2024, or intend to graduate in August 2025 are generally able to participate in the May 2025 ceremony. Please e-mail artsci-asrecog@email.wustl.edu about participating.
If you have questions or accessibility concerns about the ceremony, please contact the College of Arts & Sciences at artsci-asrecog@email.wustl.edu as soon as possible.
Graduate Students
The Arts & Sciences Hooding and Recognition Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 9, 2024, at 3 p.m. in Graham Chapel. The Hooding & Recognition Ceremony recognizes the accomplishments of those who have completed a PhD or master’s degree in departments and programs in Arts & Sciences. Students who have an expected graduation date on or before August 2025 are invited to participate.
At the beginning of the spring semester the Office of Graduate Studies will circulate a registration form so you can confirm your participation in the ceremony. You will also be able to rent regalia through the bookstore. Graduates may invite one faculty member to participate in the hooding ceremony (your hooder). You will need to enter your hooder's information in the registration form, if your faculty member is unable to participate in the hooding ceremony, the Office of Graduate Studies will have a faculty member at the ceremony to hood you. Graduating students may include their children during the hooding ceremony, please indicate this on the RSVP form so we can plan appropriately.
The Office of Graduate Studies will host a reception for students and their guests immediately after the Hooding & Recognition ceremony on Bowles Plaza. There will be light refreshments, beverage options, and a photo booth. Please plan to join us, if you are able.
Additionally, due to space limitations in Graham Chapel, we are asking each graduate student to limit the amount of in-person guests at the ceremony to four (4) per graduate. We will livestream the ceremony in Wrighton Hall, Room 300, so if you have a large group of people planning to attend the ceremony we ask that you plan to have guests over the limit plan to watch from there. All guests are welcome to attend the reception following the ceremony.
Please note that the Roy and Diana Vagelos Division of Biology and Biomedical Science (DBBS) will have a separate Hooding and Recognition ceremony on Friday, May 9 at 9:30 a.m. at the 560 Music Center. All graduating DBBS students should attend the DBBS Hooding ceremony, graduate students from all other A&S departments and programs should register and attend the hooding ceremony in Graham Chapel.
If you have questions or accessibility concerns about the ceremony, please e-mail the Office of Graduate Studies at artscigrads@wustl.edu
