2024 Commencement Weekend Schedule

Frequently Asked Questions Commencement 2024

Commencement Breakfast & Baccalaureate (marked with *) require registration.

Click HERE to register.

Note:

Senior Social Night link to register is below.

Cardinal First Pinning Ceremony link to register is below.

Thursday, May 2

  • Senior Social Night at Two Brothers Roundhouse

Enjoy a night out with your fellow seniors. Register to attend HERE.

Friday, May 3

  • Graduate Portraits  10 am - Noon Old Main Lawn (Old Main, Smith Hall, 2nd Fl. if raining)
  • Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal (cap/gown attire not required) 12:30 - 2:00 pm  Residence Hall/Recreation Center
  • College Scholars Honors Program Cording Ceremony and Reception:

         Ceremony  2:30 pm  Meiley-Swallow Theatre

         Reception  3:30 pm Meiley-Swallow Lobby      

Cardinal First Pinning Ceremony  4:30 - 5:30 pm  Wentz Concert Hall  

All first-gen 2024 graduates - and families - invited. Graduate must RSVP here by April 25.

Details in emails from Cardinal First. Questions? Contact cardinalfirst@noctrl.edu

 

Saturday, May 4

  • Master of Occupational Therapy Pinning Ceremony 9 - 10 am  Meiley-Swallow Theatre
  • Master's Degree Hooding Ceremony 11 am Ceremony Reception  Wentz Concert Hall and Lobby (Master's Degree Graduates Check in 10:15 am in Madden Lobby)

Sunday, May 5

Graduate and Undergraduate students - It's the BIG DAY!

  • Commencement Breakfast*  9 - 11:00 am Wentz Concert Hall Lobby 
  • Baccalaureate*  10 am Wentz Concert Hall (line up at 9:45 am in Wentz Lobby) Please wear cap & gown
  • Doors Open to Begin Guest Seating  11:30 am Residence Hall/Recreation Center (seating is first come first serve; no tickets required)
  • Graduate Line-Up  12 pm Gregory Arena in Merner Field House
  • Processional  12:40 pm From Merner Field House to Residence Hall/Recreation Center
  • Commencement Ceremony  1 pm  Residence Hall/Recreation Center                    

(Live broadcast of the ceremony available at the Wentz Concert Hall and online on the College's website by clicking HERE)

* The planned schedule of events is subject to change and will be updated as necessary.

Alumni Resources

Even after graduation, you're still an important part of the North Central family. We welcome you back on campus anytime, especially during Homecoming and other annual alumni events. Once a Cardinal, always a Cardinal.