The biggest annual celebration on the CC campus — Commencement — is coming up Sunday, May 28, 8:30 a.m., in Ed Robson Arena. That’s less than 50 days away!
Additional end-of-year and Commencement festivities include:
- Honors Convocation, Tuesday, May 16, 11 a.m., Shove Memorial Chapel. This is CC’s opportunity to honor outstanding students and faculty. The annual program includes departmental awards, all-college awards, Just World Awards, faculty teaching and professorships, and awards from the CC Student Government Association. All members of the campus community are welcome to attend!
- Baccalaureate, Saturday, May 27, 3 p.m., Shove Memorial Chapel. This event is open to graduating seniors and two guests per graduate, overflow viewing for this event will be in the Kathryn Mohrman theater, and an online livestream of the ceremony will be available. Baccalaureate provides a quiet, intimate opportunity to reflect on this rite of passage, hear from a faculty member, and celebrate our talented students.
Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degrees
Baccalaureate Speaker
Colorado College today announced that Richard Fernando Buxton, associate professor and chair of the Classics Department, has been selected as this year’s Baccalaureate speaker. Professor Buxton has been teaching at CC since 2014 —
click here for his bio.
Volunteers Needed
Want to get involved? This year’s Commencement celebrations take place over Memorial Day weekend, and we anticipate challenges recruiting the staff and campus volunteers needed to execute these remarkable events. If you will be in town, please consider signing up to volunteer! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a signup sheet with specific roles, or email Brenda Soto at bsoto@coloradocollege.edu to express your interest.
Ticket Information
A limited amount of standing-room-only tickets will be available for faculty and staff after May 22, once students have claimed all the guest tickets they need. A livestream will be available for those who cannot attend in person.
Thank You
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.
