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Commencement 2012:  May 20

Phase I (9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.), in which all Tufts schools participate, is the All-University Commencement ceremony. It includes the Academic Procession, the awarding of honorary degrees, the All-University Commencement address, recognition of faculty emeriti, presentation of degree candidates by school and the granting of degrees by the Tufts University Board of Trustees.  Phase I takes place on The Green, between Ballou Hall and Bendetson Hall.

Phase II (11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) of Commencement at Tufts consists of individual department ceremonies and luncheons for the various schools and departments. Immediately following the Phase I all-University Commencement, individual department and school ceremonies will take place.  For information on Phase II graduate school ceremonies, please see the links at the bottom of this page.

Tickets are not required for admission to Phase I or Phase II ceremonies. 

 

Commencement 2011

President Bacow's Baccalaureate Address 

Charles Vest's Commencement Address

Coverage of Tufts 2011 Commencement

 

 

 

Honorary Degree Recipients 2011

Charles Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering and president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology received an honorary doctorate of science and delivered Tufts commencement address on Sunday, May 22.

Other honorary degree recipients included Geoffrey Canada, Thomas Frieden, Jamaica Kincaid, Pamela Omidyar, Pierre Omidyar, and Robert Solow.

More information on Tufts 2011 Honorary Degree Recipients

Future Commencement Dates

2013:  May 19

2014:  May 18

2015:  May 17

2016:  May 22