Today's Message
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019Celebrate the Class of 2019: Register to March or Volunteer
To Do Before Spring Recess: Register for Commencement! The Class of 2019 eagerly anticipates celebrating graduation at the 147th Commencement on Saturday, May 18, in the Sports Arena. Your participation in the most auspicious campus event of the year makes it especially meaningful for our graduates and their families. Please honor them—and thereby all your hard work and encouragement—by marching in the procession or serving as a volunteer usher to help with the graduate lineup, greet and guide guests, or distribute programs.
Ceremonies by school are as follows:
- 9:00 a.m. Baccalaureate Ceremony: School of Education, School of the Professions
- 1:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Ceremony: School of Arts and Humanities, School of Natural and Social Sciences, Individualized Studies
- 5:00 p.m. Graduate School Ceremony: Master's Degrees and Certificate of Advanced Study
Visit the For Faculty and Staff section of the Commencement website. Registration is online.
- Volunteer ushers registration
- Marchers* registration, including all platform party members and administrators
- Rehearsals
*Note about regalia: The Buffalo State Bookstore will take orders for regalia rentals until Monday, April 22. Commencement marchers who ordered regalia for Honors Convocation may use it for Commencement. All rentals are to be returned by Monday, May 20. A limited number and variety of gowns are available for loan through the Academic Affairs Office. A Regalia Loan Request form is provided on the Marchers web page. Please provide your own hood and cap, either rented or owned, if possible.
Thank you to the campus community for your dedicated service on Commencement day.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
