commencement

All graduating students must sign up online before 5 p.m. on April 1 to indicate if they plan to participate in the commencement ceremonies. Registration is available at case.edu/commencement/students/registration/. Commencement registration is a separate process from the SIS application for gradu...

Attention graduating students: Grad Fair 2017 will be held Wednesday, March 29, and Thursday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble University Bookstore in Uptown. Grad Fair is Case Western Reserve University’s official “one stop shop” for all graduation information, services and...

The Commencement Office will host its second Doctoral Fitting Day today (March 17) from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Smith Commons (main floor). Doctoral fittings are events open to all professional and doctoral students (PhD, JD, SJD, MD, DNP, DMD, DM and DMA graduat...

As a 24-year-old attorney—one of few African-American lawyers in his home state of Alabama in 1955—Fred Gray would meet with a department store employee over lunch and discuss her frustrations as a black woman riding the city’s segregated buses. And he'd counsel her about what she might do if asked ...

Mark your calendar for Commencement 2017: Sunday, May 21. The registration process to attend commencement will open tomorrow, Wednesday, March 1. All graduating students must sign up online to indicate if they plan to participate in the commencement ceremonies. Commencement registration is a separa...

The university community is invited to submit nominations for award of honorary degrees. Case Western Reserve University confers honorary degrees at spring commencement to recognize people who exemplify excellence in human endeavor, including scholarship, public service and the performing arts. Th...

In August 2012, hundreds of first-years arrived on campus—some eager, some nervous, and all preparing to start the next phase of their lives as Case Western Reserve University students. Less than one month ago, many of those same students crossed the stage to accept their diplomas and move on to ye...

A plumber’s son from Scranton, Pa., drew on his dad’s advice in offering the final words of his commencement address to Case Western Reserve University’s Class of 2016. “No matter what I achieved, he always said the same thing,” said double alumnus and university trustee Mark A. Weinberger. “‘Mark,...

Are you attending commencement ceremonies Sunday, May 15? Make sure you're keeping track of the day's events. The University Convocation will be at 9:30 a.m. in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center. Tickets are required for this portion of the day. Each school will hold its own di...

For the first time since Case Western Reserve University established the award in 2008, the President’s Award for Visionary Achievement recognizes neither a sole individual nor an organization and its leaders. Rather, this year’s honorees are a family that embodies the award’s ideals of service to ...