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Lavender Graduation seeks to honor and applaud graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual and allied students by formally recognizing and celebrating their experiences, contributions and accomplishments during their time at Case Western Reserve University. Members of the campus c...

Due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 global pandemic, the university’s in-person commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 17, 2020, will not be held as originally planned. President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III shared this information in an April 9 message to students. ...

All graduating students must register online to indicate whether or not they plan to participate in the commencement ceremonies. Commencement registration is a separate process from the SIS application for graduation. Commencement registration is used to indicate attendance at the university-wide c...

Graduating students of Case Western Reserve are encouraged to mark their calendars for important dates leading up to commencement on Sunday, May 17. Apply to graduate in SIS All students are required to apply to graduate. Students can apply for graduation by completing the graduation application i...

Provost Ben Vinson III invites members of the university community to submit nominations for honorary degrees. This honor recognizes people whose work exemplifies the highest ideals and standards of “excellence in any valued aspect of human endeavor, including the realm of scholarship, public servic...

On Sunday, Case Western Reserve University celebrated the 2019 commencement with an all-university convocation in the morning and individual school ceremonies throughout the day. That commencement structure began in 1985, when the university held its first outdoor, university-wide commencement cere...

This Sunday, May 19, approximately 2,000 Case Western Reserve University students will take part in commencement ceremonies, beginning with the university-wide convocation at 9:30 a.m. in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center and followed by diploma ceremonies throughout the day. Be...

Livestreams of several of this Sunday’s commencement ceremonies will be available online for members of the Case Western Reserve University community and family and friends of graduates who cannot attend in person. Commencement ceremonies taking place in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athlet...

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor Harold Connamacher wins Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Harold Connamacher has been called a “master teacher” by one colleague, a professor with “lifelong impact” by another, and simply “the most approachable professor I ev...

The business world’s loss has been a significant gain for students at Case Western Reserve University and the School of Medicine. Monica Gerrek, assistant professor of bioethics, had taken a philosophy course as an undergraduate but opted for the ostensibly safer choice of pursuing a business degre...