Michigan State University - Commencement Website

Degree Candidates - Baccalaureate Degree

UNDERGRADUATE CONVOCATION, Friday, May 2, 1:00 p.m., Breslin Center, KEYNOTE SPEAKER Gro Harlem Brundtland, former director general of the World Health Organization and former prime minister of Norway. The ceremony is about ONE HOUR and ADMISSION TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

For ordering ANNOUNCEMENTS, visit the Commencement Connection. For ordering the Baccalaureate CAP AND GOWN, visit the Commencement Connection or purchase at the Spartan Spirit Shop, MSU Union Building. Questions about announcements or cap and gown, please call the Spartan Spirit Shop at (517) 355-5116 or email capgown@msu.edu.

COLLEGE-LEVEL BACCALAUREATE DEGREE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES ceremonies are on Friday, May 2-Sunday, May 4. Ceremonies are TWO HOURS and ADMISSION TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

Graduating Seniors and your family members and other guests are invited to attend the Undergraduate Convocation and the College-level Baccalaureate Degree Commencement Ceremony.

Graduation HONORS (Baccalaureate Degree)

INSTRUCTIONS to GRADUATING SENIORS (print PDF)
INFORMATION for PARENTS/FAMILIES OF GRADUATING SENIORS (print PDF)
Information about the MSU Alumni Association New Grand Gathering Hospitality Tent. Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, from 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Behind the Spartan Statue.
PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION at the Cowles House for graduates. Invitations to graduates are sent out mid-March.
Routes of Access to MSU pdf
Commencement SCHEDULE
SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE to Breslin Center and University Auditorium is provided without charge. We strongly recommend that students and their guests use shuttle buses. Service will be available Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3. Parking availability is best at Lot 89 (the Commuter lot at Mt. Hope Road and Farm Lane). The circled “A” indicates University Auditorium bus stops and the circled “B” indicates Breslin Center bus stops. Please be sure to board the appropriate bus. Shuttle buses are accessible. (Campus Map/Diagram for printing.)
Please note that FARM LANE WILL BE CLOSED FROM MT. HOPE RD. TO WILSON RD. during the commencement weekend.

Schedule:
BRESLIN CENTER, Friday, May 2, 11:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m., and Saturday, May 3, 7:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Buses will run every 15 minutes from Lot 89 (Commuter lot); Ramp 5 (Trowbridge Road Access); or Lot 79 (South of Spartan Stadium, on Shaw Lane).
UNIVERSITY AUDITORIUM, Saturday, May 3, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Buses will run every 15 minutes from Lot 89 (Commuter lot); or Lots 39, 40 or 41 (Shaw Lane).

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