Ceremonies

Commencement 2025 Videos  »

Graduate: Friday, May 16, 2025 — Graduate details

Undergraduate: two ceremonies Saturday, May 17, 2025 — Undergraduate details

Commencement program (PDF) »

Student profiles

See what's next for some of our #NazGrad25 graduates, their best experiences in college, what lessons they are taking with them, and who's had a great impact on them.

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Regalia

All graduating students wear regalia.

Undergraduate  Graduate

Commencement guests

  • No tickets are needed.
  • Guest parking: For all Commencement activities, enter campus at the one-way northernmost entrance on East Avenue (next to Irondequoit Country Club driveway, near Golisano Training Center), marked with signs.
    • Staff will direct you to appropriate parking. Ample accessible parking is available first-come, first-served for those with an issued accessible parking permit.
    • A complimentary shuttle will be available between the parking lots and Golisano Training Center.
  • Accessible seating is provided with folding chairs. Guests have the flexibility to select their preferred seating location, and our ushers are available to assist in removing a folding chair to accommodate wheelchair access.
  • Please read the frequently asked questions, including about security screening and what you can/can't bring:
Chris Hilderbrant smiles, seating in his wheelchair wearing gloves, by a laptop computer

Commencement speaker

Chris Hilderbrant '99, an advocate for people with disabilities for more than two decades, is Nazareth University's 2025 Commencement speaker.

Hilderbrant has had an impact as a disability rights activist, policy strategist, non-profit executive, and wheelchair rugby player.

Are you on the list?

Students: Make sure you are on the list of students meeting all ceremony eligibility requirements.

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