The biggest annual celebration on the CC campus — Commencement — is coming up Sunday, May 22, 8:30 a.m., in Ed Robson Arena. That’s just 75 days away!
Additional end-of-year and Commencement festivities include:
Honors Convocation, Tuesday, May 10, at 11 a.m. This is CC’s opportunity to honor outstanding students and faculty. The annual program includes departmental awards, all-college awards, and awards from the CC Student Government Association. All are welcome to attend. The ceremony serves as the First Mondays presentation for Block 8 (despite the fact that it’s on Tuesday).
Baccalaureate, Saturday, May 21, 3-4 p.m., is open only to students and their two guests, but a live, online stream of the ceremony will be available. Baccalaureate provides a quiet, intimate opportunity to reflect on the rite of passage of graduation, hear from a faculty member, and enjoy students’ talents.
The locations for Honors Convocation and Baccalaureate are to be determined. Click here to find the full schedule of events and additional information for Commencement weekend. (Note, graduating seniors and their parents will receive details around grad fair, tickets, and other logistics in a separate email.)
At Commencement, CC will confer honorary degrees upon several notable individuals who have rendered distinguished service to society or made extraordinary achievements in their own profession. The 2022 honorary degree recipients are Alan Ricks ’05, founding principal and chief design officer of MASS Design Group; Jessie Pocock ’08, queer activist leader and executive director of Inside Out Youth Services; and Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Emeritus Price Strobridge. Click here to read their complete bios — and stay tuned for the Commencement speaker announcement in the coming weeks!
Students, thank you for supporting each other throughout your time at CC! Faculty and staff, thank you for the work you do each day to contribute to our campus community — and for welcoming hundreds of family members and friends visiting campus for graduation.
Want to get involved? There are lots of opportunities to help with Commencement events! To volunteer, please contact Brenda Soto, director of college events: bsoto@coloradocollege.edu.
