Commencement Dates and Information

December Graduates Commencement Mass Celebration will be held on Sunday, December 8th at 11:00 mass in the St. Vincent Alumni Hall Chapel with a reception to follow in Salvator’s Dining Common Extension.

CoHST Graduate Champagne Sendoff
To recognize all of your hard work, the College of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management is inviting you, CoHST students, to a Champagne Celebration and Sendoff.

  • Location: The Statler House at Varsity Village
  • Time: 3:30 p.m.
  • RSVP by Thursday, May 15

Graduate Ceremony 

  • Location: Artpark
  • Time: 6:45 p.m.

College of Nursing Pinning Ceremony

  • Location: Upper Level Gallagher Center
  • Time: 9:00 a.m.

College of Education Pinning Ceremony

  • Location: Salvatore’s Dining Hall
  • Time: 11:00 a.m.

College of Arts & Sciences Day of Recognition Ceremony

  • Location: Upper Gallagher Center
  • Time: 12:30 p.m.

Holzschuh College of Business Administration Pinning Ceremony 

  • Location: Russell J. Salvatore Dining
  • Time: 1-2 pm

ROTC Commissioning

  • Location: Upper Gallagher Center
  • Time: 3:00 p.m.

CoHST Graduating Seniors Champagne To recognize all of your hard work, the College of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management is inviting you, CoHST students, to a Champagne Celebration and Sendoff.

  • Location: Glynn Hall 405/406
  • Time: 3:00 p.m.
  • RSVP by Friday, May 16

Commencement Liturgy and Mass

  • Location: St. Vincent Alumni Hall Chapel
  • Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Artpark’s Mainstage 
450 South 4th Street, Lewiston, NY 14092
Morning Ceremony:
College of Business /College of Education /College of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management
  • 8:30 a.m. graduates check in with their college and proceed to the first tier of mainstage.
  • Also at this time, gates open for ticket holders.
Commencement Begins Promptly: 9:45 a.m.
Afternoon Ceremony:
College of Arts and Science and College of Nursing
  • 1:30 p.m. graduates check in with their college and proceed to the first tier of mainstage.
  • Also at this time, gates open for ticket holders.
Commencement Begins Promptly: 2:45 p.m.

Ticket Distribution

Tickets for the commencement ceremonies are free, and will be distributed to graduating students at the beginning of April. The number of tickets available is entirely dependent on the number of graduates who plan to attend the ceremonies. Historically, we have been able to distribute six tickets to each graduate, but we will not know the final number of tickets per student until we receive a final confirmation of the number of graduates in attendance.

Artpark exterior
Parking and Entering Artpark

Parking and Entering at the Maingate for Graduates and Ticket holders.

Directions
Graduation teddy bears and flowers
Commencement Flowers

Commencement Flowers offers vibrant, high quality, freshly cut flowers. Students, parents, friends and family choose from a variety of bouquets at affordable price for the graduates special day!

Purchase Flowers
Graduation ceremony at NU
Live Webcast
  • All of Niagara University’s 2025 graduation ceremonies will be streamed on YouTube and Facebook.
  • Ceremonies are being recorded
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