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Commencement Week Activities

Commencement week is full of activities celebrating the culmination of our students’ hard work — we encourage everyone to participate in the fun!

Tuesday, May 6

Inclusive Excellence Reception

Gateway Center

3–4:30 p.m.

Please RSVP to let us know you are coming and/or share well wishes and congratulations with graduates. Please arrive 15-30 mins early to check-in. If you cannot attend in person, please join online.

Register

Tassles on a table

Wednesday, May 7

Graduation Rehearsal
and Champagne Toast

Gateway Center

2 p.m. Rehearsal and toast

 

Champagne in champagne glasses

Friday, May 9

Graduate School Higher Degree Ceremony

Gateway Center

3–5 p.m.

President Mahoney and another person putting a graduation sash on a student

Saturday, May 10

Honors Ceremony

Gateway Center

9–10 a.m.

People at Gateway center

Saturday, May 10

Environmental Biology Awards Ceremony

Illick Hall, Room 5

9:30–10:30 a.m.


Saturday, May 10

Department Receptions

10:30 a.m.–noon

Chemical Engineering — Walters Hall, 2nd Floor Lobby
Chemistry— Baker Lab, 3rd Floor Vending Area
Environmental Biology — Illick Hall, 1st Floor Foyer
Environmental Resources Engineering — Gateway Center, Rooms B, C
Environmental Science — Baker Lab, Room 408
Environmental Studies — Marshall Hall, Room 024
Landscape Architecture — Marshall Hall, South Studio, Room 315
Sustainable Resources Management — Bray Hall, 1st Floor Rotunda

 

People standing around a reception table.

Saturday, May 10

SUNY ESF Commencement

Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview

Noon Gates open
2 p.m. Ceremony starts

Commencement ceremony at the Amphitheater

Sunday, May 11

Joint Ceremony with Syracuse University

JMA Wireless Dome

9 a.m. graduate arrival
9:30 a.m. ceremony starts

Please note the Dome’s clear bag policy. Details can be found online here.

If you have accessibility needs, please refer to this information from Syracuse University.

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