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COMMENCEMENT 2025 • Department Convocation Schedule

Ticket allocations vary by ceremony based on class size and venue capacity. 

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FRIDAY, MAY 16

Public Health

12:30 PM

Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber Auditorium

 

 

MONDAY, MAY 19

Renaissance School of Medicine

11:30 AM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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School of Professional Development

5:30 PM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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TUESDAY, MAY 20

School of Health Professions

10:30 AM 

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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 School of Social Welfare

 5:00 PM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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 WEDNESDAY, MAY 21

Biomedical Engineering

8:30 AM

Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

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Technology & Society

8:30 AM 

Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber Auditorium

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School of Nursing

8:30 AM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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University Scholars

11:00 AM

Dallas Bauman Center for Leadership & Service

 

 

Physiology & Biophysics

12:00 PM

Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

   

Psychology

1:30 PM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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School of Dental Medicine

3:00 PM

Staller Center, Main Stage

 

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Honors College

4:00 PM

Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

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College of Business

6:00 PM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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THURSDAY, MAY 22

Mechanical Engineering

8:30 AM

Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber    Auditorium

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Political Science

9:00 AM

Dallas Bauman Center for Leadership & Service

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Creative Writing

9:00 AM

Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

 

 

Doctoral Hooding & Graduation Ceremony

10:30 AM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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Civil Engineering

12:30 PM

Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

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Multidisciplinary Studies

1:00 PM

Dallas Bauman Center for Leadership & Service

   

Music

2:00 PM

Staller Center, Recital Hall

   

Electrical & Computer Engineering

2:30 PM

Staller Center, Main Stage

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Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

2:00 PM

Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber    Auditorium

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Biology & Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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EOP/AIM

1:30 PM

Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

   

WISE

4:00 PM

Stony Brook Union, Ballroom

 

 

 

FRIDAY, MAY 23

Linguistics

8:00 AM

Stony Brook Union Ballroom

 

 

Languages and Cultural Studies & Globalization Studies and International Relations

8:00 AM

Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

   

School of Communication & Journalism

8:30 AM

Dallas Bauman Center for Leadership & Service

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Chemistry

8:45 AM

Staller Center, Main Stage

 

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Physics and Astronomy

9:00 AM

Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber Auditorium 

   

History

9:00 AM

Ballroom A, Student Activities Center

   

Mathematics

9:00 AM

Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Auditorium, Room 103

   

Women’s, Gender Sexuality Studies

9:00 AM

Charles B. Wang Center, Room 201

   

MAIN COMMENCEMENT

11:00 AM

Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium

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Master of Arts in Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics

1:00 PM

Hilton Garden Inn, University Room BC

   

Sociology

2:00 PM

Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber Auditorium 

   

English

2:00 PM

Student Activities Center, Ballroom A 

   

Anthropology & Human Evolutionary Biology 

1:30 PM (Lunch)
2:00 PM (Ceremony)

Stony Brook Union, Ballroom

   

Africana Studies

2:00 PM

Charles B. Wang Center, Room 301

   

Asian & Asian American Studies

2:00 PM

Student Activities Center, Ballroom B

   

Hispanic Languages and Literature

2:00 PM

Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

   

Philosophy

2:00 PM

Harriman Hall,  Room 214

   

Geosciences

2:00 PM

Earth, Space & Science 

   

Economics

2:00 PM

Staller Center, Main Stage

 

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Art & Art History

2:00 PM

Staller Center, Zuccaire Art Gallery

   

Applied Sciences

2:00 PM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

2:00 PM

Dallas Bauman Center for Leadership & Service

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Health Sciences

6:00 PM

Stony Brook Arena, Sports Complex

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