commencement

The first doctoral fitting event will be Wednesday, March 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the School of Law, Gund Hall, in the student lounge. Doctoral fitting events are open to all professional and doctoral students (MD, DMD, DMA, PhD, DNP, DM, JD, SJD). At the doctoral fittings, professional and do...

All graduating students must sign up online to indicate whether or not they plan to participate in the commencement ceremonies. Commencement registration is a separate process from the application for graduation in the Student Information System. Commencement registration is used to indicate attend...

Graduating students of Case Western Reserve University are encouraged to mark their calendars for important dates leading up to commencement, which will be Sunday, May 19. At all events, representatives from the university bookstore and the commencement office will be available to assist students w...

Videos from several 2018 Case Western Reserve University commencement ceremonies are available now online at case.edu/commencement/media/commencement-videos. The following videos are available: Convocation, the presentation of honorary degrees, conferral of degrees by President Barbara R. Snyder...

At commencement convocation Sunday, Robin Dubin stood at the podium on stage at the outset of the event and declared: “The 2018 commencement convocation ceremony of Case Western Reserve University is hereby convened.” Dubin relished the moment, realizing it would be the last time she’d have the cha...

Former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove told Case Western Reserve University’s Class of 2018 Sunday about a topic he said he felt “eminently qualified to address.” Leadership? No. Health care? No. Cardiac surgery? Yet again, no. Instead, he focused on failure—namely, his own. A collection of C’...

Latino Graduation will be held Saturday, May 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Thwing Center ballroom. The tradition of Latino Graduation at Case Western Reserve University began in 2016 as a celebration of graduating students who identify as Latina/o, Latinx, or Hispanic to celebrate and recognize their...

The university community is invited to the Black Graduation Ceremony today (May 18) from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom. In its third year, the Black Graduation Ceremony is a pre-commencement celebration to honor students from the African Diaspora who, through determina...

As an undergraduate engineering student, Larry Sears had to go to his Cleveland Heights basement when he wanted to tinker. Today, thanks in part to his leadership and generosity, students across the campus can create everything from jewelry to medical diagnostic devices—whether as a hobby or the fo...

Case Western Reserve University will celebrate the accomplishments and hard work of more than 2,000 graduating students during commencement Sunday, May 20. In addition to the Class of 2018, the university will recognize three individuals for their lifetime achievements with honorary degrees. Honora...