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Commencement

Thursday, April 25
12:00 AM MT

Elder Patrick Kearon, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is scheduled to be the presiding authority and speaker during Brigham Young University’s Commencement Exercises on Thursday, April 25, at 10 a.m., in the Marriott Center. BYU President Kevin J Worthen will conduct the exercises. 

Musician, social scientist, best-selling author and the president of the American Enterprise Institute Arthur C. Brooks will receive an honorary doctorate of social science (see below for his bio).

As previously announced, BYU has moved to a single annual commencement ceremony to provide a quality commencement experience. The new commencement ceremony will be held on Thursday morning, with college convocation ceremonies starting Thursday afternoon and continuing into Friday.

New this year, tickets will be required for guests attending commencement. Students who applied to graduate during the academic year of the commencement (Dec. 2018-Aug. 2019) may request up to four guest tickets. Graduates will not personally need a ticket for Commencement. Guest tickets are general admission, and ticketed guests need to be seated 30 minutes prior to the start of the service.

A standby line will be available at the northeast corner of the Marriott Center for those wishing to have additional guests attend Commencement. Standby guests will be admitted on a space-available basis beginning 30 minutes prior to the start of the service (guest tickets don't guarantee admission after 9:30 a.m.). In the event that the Marriott Center reaches maximum seating capacity during Commencement, additional seating will be available nearby in the Marriott Center Annex,  Hinckley Center Assembly Hall and the BYU Conference Center.

 

Thursday, April 25 Commencement Schedule


  • 8:30 a.m.: Marriott Center doors open
  • 9 a.m.: Graduates meet in the parking lot on the north side of the Smoot Administration Building (ASB)
  • 9:30 a.m.: Family, friends and guests of the graduates should be seated in the Marriott Center. Faculty members are invited to march in the processional; meet on the east or west side of the ASB (in the event of inclement weather, faculty should go directly to the Marriott Center by 9:45 p.m.). 
  • 9:15 a.m.: Processional of the graduates begins
  • 10-11:30 a.m.: Commencement in the Marriott Center 

Thursday, April 25 Convocation Schedule

2 p.m.


  • School of Education (Marriott Center)
  • Engineering and Technology (Smith Fieldhouse)
  • Nursing (JSB Auditorium)
  • Kennedy Center for International Studies (de Jong Concert Hall, HFAC)
  • Physical and Mathematical Sciences – Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Physics and Astronomy, and Statistics (Ballroom, Wilkinson Student Center)

5 p.m.


  • Life Sciences (Marriott Center)
  • Law School (de Jong Concert Hall, HFAC)
  • Physical and Mathematical Sciences – Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science, and Geology (Ballroom, Wilkinson Student Center)

 

Friday, April 26 College Convocation Schedule

8 a.m.


  • Humanities (Marriott Center)

9 a.m.


  • Fine Arts and Communications – Communications (de Jong Concert Hall, HFAC)
  • Religious Education (321 Maeser Building)

11 a.m.


  • Family, Home, and Social Sciences (Marriott Center)

12 p.m.


  • Fine Arts and Communications – Art, Design (de Jong Concert Hall, HFAC)

2 p.m.


  • Marriott School of Business – Entrepreneurship, Finance, Global Supply Chain, Human Resources, Marketing, Strategy, Experience Design Management, TRM, General Business, BGS (Marriott Center)

3 p.m.


  • Fine Arts and Communications – Dance, Music, MDT, TMA (de Jong Concert Hall, HFAC)

5 p.m.


  • Marriott School of Business – MBA, MPA, MAcc, Accounting, MISM, Information Systems (Marriott Center)

 

For additional information about graduation at BYU: graduation.byu.edu

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