Future Commencement Dates
Each year’s crop of graduates gives us fresh inspiration and reasons to be proud we’re part of the BU community. We’ve already got our calendar marked, looking forward to Commencement Weekend celebrations to come.
2014
May 16-18
2015
May 15-17
2016
May 13-15
2017
May 19-21
2018
May 18-20
2019
May 17-19
2020
May 15-17
COMMENCEMENT NEWS COVERAGE
- “Find That Next Bill Cosby” May 21, 2013People outside Walter Brown Arena must have heard the roar of the crowd inside Saturday morning when Bill Cosby told the 2013 School of Education graduates, “Don’t you dare accept that you’re teachers because you can’t do anything else.” Sporting a tasseled Terrier baseball cap and wriggling out of his academic robe to reveal a […]
- The Sights and Sounds of Commencement 2013 May 21, 2013After the tents come down and the chairs are folded, the sights and sound of Commencement 2013 live on as part of BU's long-standing Commencement tradition. These are some of the best moments from Sunday's ceremony. […]
- “Relationship Is Everything” MED Grads Told May 21, 2013A doctor’s relationship with a patient is the basis of all healing, physician Jessie Gaeta reminded a sea of newly minted doctors at the School of Medicine Convocation, held at Agganis Arena Saturday morning. Currently medical director of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program’s Barbara McInnis House, Gaeta has spent her career working […]
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Fun Facts about BU Commencement...
Scarlet and White were chosen as the University’s colors in 1877 by the first graduating class of then College of Liberal Arts (now Arts & Sciences). It would be almost 90 years before the scarlet gowns became part of the University’s academic dress.
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