VCU's May 2020 virtual celebration will launch on May 8, 2020, at 10 a.m. EST.
This content will remain available and open to the public through fall 2020.
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Below is a listing of our school, college and office individual celebrations.
VCU May 2020 Commencement program book
Please click here to view the Commencement program.
To easily search names in the book, press CTRL+F (Windows) or CMD+F (Mac).
Please note: Due to time constraints, this program is printed before the final list of degree candidates and final honor status for undergraduate students are determined. This program is based on information available at the time of printing. Therefore, the inclusion or exclusion of the name of a student is not to be taken as an official graduation status of the student.
In the May 2020 Commencement program, only the names of those graduates who have an active graduation application for May 2020 will be listed. Therefore, the names of students who are officially graduating in August or December (even if they were granted permission to participate in May 2020 Commencement activities) will not be listed in the May 2020 program, but will be listed in the December 2020 program.
Only undergraduate students are eligible for honors designations. The honor status of an undergraduate student noted in the program is based on the student’s honors designation at the time of printing. Honor designations do not apply to the degrees received by graduate students.
For questions about the program book, please email graduation@vcu.edu.
Those who requested printed copies of the program should expect them to be delivered by early to mid-June. Thank you for your patience.
VCU offices
Below is a listing of how select VCU offices are recognizing May 2020 graduates.
Virtual Annual ACE Women's Doctoral Recognition Reception
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, 3:30 p.m.
Virtual recognition reception registration link
Hosted by the Women's Network at VCU, this virtual event will celebrate the achievements of women who are graduating with their doctorates. Doctoral candidates that meet the requirements and would have successfully defended by May 1, 2020, along with faculty advisors, members of the Women's Network and other members of the VCU community, have been invited. For questions, please email gehli@vcu.edu.
Virtual Veteran Graduation Recognition Celebration
Friday, May 8, 2020, 10 a.m., Marching Order platform
Virtual celebration website link
This virtual celebration will feature a special video from the U.S. Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy. In addition, the office delivered Commencement keepsake packages to more than 80 veteran and active-duty graduates. For questions, please email militaryserv@vcu.edu.
Lavender Celebration (formally known as Lavender Graduation) was held via Zoom on Friday, April 24 at 6 p.m. Regalia will be mailed to graduates, and a digital ceremony booklet will be shared via email. For more information, please connect with Kim Green (greenk2@vcu.edu).
The Donning of the Kente has been cancelled and will not have a virtual option. May graduates are invited to participate in the December Donning of the Kente Ceremony. Graduates can register to receive regalia in the mail and a digital ceremony booklet via email. This registration closed on Friday, April 24 at 6 p.m. For more information, please connect with Tiana Ingram (ingramtd@vcu.edu).
The Latinx Achievement Ceremony has been cancelled and will not have a virtual option. May graduates are invited to participate in the December Latinx Achievement Ceremony. Graduates can register to receive regalia in the mail and a digital ceremony booklet via email. This registration closed on Friday, April 24 at 6 p.m. For more information, please connect with Tiana Ingram (ingramtd@vcu.edu).
Virtual Recovery Graduation Celebration
Friday, May 1, 2020
Graduates invited to participate have received additional information about this celebration. For questions, please email recovery@vcu.edu.
VCU TRiO SSS program held a virtual graduation celebration on April 30, 2020, 5-6 p.m. All May SSS graduates will receive a VCU TRiO lapel pin mailed to them separately. An email notification of the mailing of the lapel pins will be sent to all May graduates at a later date. Any May graduates who would like to inquire about receiving the TRiO lapel pin can contact trio@vcu.edu.
You First at VCU will distribute special lapel pins to first-generation graduates, or those graduates whose parents or guardians did not complete a four-year degree.
More information on how graduates will receive their You First at VCU pins will be shared at a later date. For questions, please email youfirst@vcu.edu.
VCU colleges and schools
Below is a listing of how VCU colleges and schools are recognizing May 2020 graduates.
Friday, May 8, 2020, 10 a.m., Marching Order platform
Virtual celebration website link
May graduates will be invited to participate in the college’s December Commencement exercises. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please email jcrivers@vcu.edu.
Individual departments within the College of Health Professions will hold virtual ceremonies for their graduates. An in-person collegewide reception celebrating May 2020 graduates will be held when there is an ability to do so. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please email hwlewis@vcu.edu.
Friday, May 8, 2020, 10 a.m., Marching Order platform
Virtual celebration website link
This celebration will recognize graduates from the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture; School of World Studies; Interdisciplinary Science Program; Liberal Studies for Early and Elementary Education Program; Media, Art and Text Program; and Science, Technology and Society Program, as well as the following department celebrations linked below:
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Military Science and Leadership
Statistical Sciences and Operations Research
Robertson School of Media and Culture
Liberal Studies for Early Elementary Education
Interdisciplinary Science Program
In addition, May graduates will be invited to participate in the college’s December commencement exercises. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please email thecollege@vcu.edu.
Friday, May 8, 2020, 10 a.m., Marching Order platform
Virtual celebration website link
VCUarts will mail commencement keepsake packages to graduates. May graduates will be featured on Instagram; they will also be invited to participate in the school’s December commencement exercises. For additional information, please visit https://arts.vcu.edu/commencement/.
Friday, May 8, 2020, 10 a.m., Marching Order platform
Virtual celebration website link
In addition, May graduates will be invited to participate in the school’s December commencement exercises. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please email usib@vcu.edu.
Virtual Awards Ceremony
May 8, 2020
Graduates invited to participate have received additional information about this celebration. For questions, please email cmcheely@vcu.edu.
An in-person hooding ceremony recognizing spring 2020 doctor of dental surgery graduates will be held when there is an ability to do so. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please email mhealy@vcu.edu.
Virtual School of Education Recognition
School of Education website: https://soe.vcu.edu/
This virtual recognition will include a listing of all Education graduates, along with a special video message from Dean Andrew Daire. In addition, May graduates will be invited to participate in the school’s December commencement exercises. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please call (804) 828-3382.
Friday, May 8, 2020, 10 a.m., Marching Order platform
Virtual celebration website link
In addition, May graduates will be invited to participate in the school’s December commencement exercises. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please email huynhkp@vcu.edu.
The Honors College will mail official certificates to graduates at the conclusion of the semester. Medallions will follow as soon as we are permitted to return to campus. We will feature our graduates in an official slideshow and program on the Honors College website as well as in articles and on social media. Our May graduates will be formally invited to participate in the Honors College December commencement exercises. For questions, please call (804) 828-1803.
Friday, May 8 at 3 p.m.
Virtual celebration website: https://medschool.vcu.edu/education/md-program/commencement/
More information will be shared with graduating students on hooding opportunities at a later date. For questions, please call (804) 828-9790.
Friday, May 8 begins at 12:30 p.m. with Prelude and ceremony at 1 p.m.
Virtual celebration website: https://medschool.vcu.edu/
Friday, May 8, 2020, 10 a.m., Marching Order platform
Virtual celebration website link
Graduates invited to participate have received information about this celebration. For questions, please email mnrapchick@vcu.edu.
Virtual School of Pharmacy Commencement Celebration
Friday, May 8, 2020, 2-4 p.m.
Graduates invited to participate have received information about this celebration. In addition, an in-person formal ceremony recognizing spring 2020 School of Pharmacy graduates will be held in conjunction with the school’s White Coat Ceremony in the fall. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please call (804) 828-3000 or email vcupharm@vcu.edu.
Virtual School of Social Work Commencement
Friday, May 8, 2020, 11 a.m.
Virtual commencement website: https://www.facebook.com/VCUSSW
In addition, digital copies of the school Commencement program will be emailed to students and shared on social media in advance of the ceremony. For questions, please sswinfo@vcu.edu.
The college will produce and distribute a video including messages from the dean, director of the program, staff members, and students to honor spring 2020 graduates. May graduates will be invited to participate in the college’s December commencement exercises. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please email bis@vcu.edu.
May graduates will receive personal mementos in the spring and will be invited to participate in VCU Life Sciences’s December commencement exercises. More information will be shared with graduating students at a later date. For questions, please email aknapp2@vcu.edu.
