Lavender Ceremony

For the fourth annual year, celebrate the achievements, experiences, and resilience of our graduating students at Lavender Ceremony.

Join us for an evening of reflection, recognition, and camaraderie as we celebrate our students’ journey and accomplishments. This event will be a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow graduates, faculty, staff, and allies who have supported you along the way. The ceremony will feature remarks from students, keynote speaker Candace Persuasian (Boston Drag Royalty), and a performance from our drag queen hostess, Linda Maripossa. Following the ceremony there will be a reception where light refreshments will be provided.

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 14, from 7 – 8:30pm, reception to follow from 8:30 – 10pm.

If you are a graduating undergraduate or graduate student planning on attending Lavender Ceremony, please fill out the Lavender Ceremony 2025 Registration Form to RSVP and register your guests here.

If you are an alum, staff and/or faculty member, please fill out the Lavender Ceremony 2025: Alum, Staff & Faculty RSVP.

If you would like to nominate an undergraduate and/or graduate speaker please fill out one or both of the below forms:

Nominate an Undergraduate Student Speaker

Nominate a Graduate Student Speaker

Photography/Videography Privacy Policy

Staff photographers may take pictures or videos but will always verbally ask permission before capturing a picture or video that includes faces or distinct features of an individual. If permission is granted, your image may appear on a BU website or social media page.

Staff photographers will have a list of speakers who have given permission to have their picture taken while on stage. Graduates will not be photographed while crossing the stage.

Personal photography is permitted if you have consent to record someone. We encourage attendees to be mindful that graduating students may not be “out” to family or “out” in all spaces when capturing photos or videos. There can be real life and serious implications for students who are outed. Please honor this privacy policy so that this can be a safe space for all attendees.

Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive and diverse in our facilities, programming and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason please indicate this in your registration form.