The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 11 at the Convocation Center on 95 Richland Avenue, Athens Ohio 45701. 

Doors open to guests at 12:30pm.

• All graduates, guests and staff are required to wear a medical (cloth) face covering at all times while inside the Convocation Center. Clear face shields alone will not be permissible. 
• Ohio University’s public health measures, require face coverings for all individuals in indoor public spaces on OHIO campuses and on public transportation.  
• In addition, we are encouraging all students, guests and staff to be fully vaccinated by December 11th. 
• Each graduate is only allowed 6 guests per graduate, and all guests are encouraged to social distance from other parties not in their household. 
   

Vaccination status of students, guests or staff as they enter the Convocation Center won’t be checked. However, to stop the spread of COVID-19, we encourage all who participate in this event to be fully vaccinated. All guests, graduates and staff are mandated to wear a cloth face covering while they are in the Convocation Center or any other building on campus. 

Approximately 2.5 hours

Go to ohio.edu/commencement – the link will be available on the front page once the event begins.

Ohio University associate professor David J. Nguyen, Ph.D., will be the Fall 2021 Commencement speaker. Read more about Dr. Nguyen at https://www.ohio.edu/news/2021/10/ohio-education-professor-david-nguyen….

OHIO Regional Campuses will be celebrating Fall 2021, Summer 2021 and Spring 2020 with a special, in-person Graduation Recognition Ceremony.

OHIO Southern
Thursday, Dec. 9
Bowman Auditorium
Nursing Pinning — 2 p.m.
Graduate Recognition — 6 p.m.
Contact - Tina Canter, canterc@ohio.edu
Southern Graduation Recognition

OHIO Eastern
Thursday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m.
Contact - Pam Saffell, saffellp@ohio.edu
Eastern Graduation Recognition

OHIO Zanesville
Thursday, Dec. 9, 6 p.m.
Littick Hall. 
Contact - Michelle Pendergast, pendergm@ohio.edu
Zanesville Graduation Recognition

OHIO Lancaster
Thursday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m.
Gymnasium | Brasee Hall
Contact - Brandy Bailey, baileyb@ohio.edu
Lancaster Graduation Recognition

OHIO Chillicothe
Thursday, Dec. 9, 6 p.m.
Shoemaker Center
Contact - Jaime Lowe, lowej@ohio.edu
Chillicothe Graduation Recognition

Visit https://www.ohio.edu/transportation-parking/2021-fall-commencement-tran… for full parking details.

No seats are reserved except for limited mobility seating. All seating is first come, first serve.
 

GradImages will be contacting your email or your permanent address with proofs of your commencement photo, available for purchase.

• Doctoral Students
• Masters Students 
• Undergraduate Students 

All students must return to their seats after conferral, to be respectful to other graduates and families. The event will adjourn at the very end of the ceremony. 
 

Lost and found is located at Will Call. After the event all items will be taken to Baker University Guest Services (740-593-4000).

Faculty may enter the lower lobby entrance (the street entrance below the main entrance directly off Richland Avenue near the parking garage under the Convocation Center.

Faculty must be wearing regalia. (Regalia Rental sales have ended.)

Due to Covid-19, there is no line up within the Convocation Center. Instead, Faculty are to find their seats in the first row of each of the College Sections. Faculty must be in their seats by 1:40pm. Faculty will stay seated the entire time and not go to the stage (unless you are a pre-approved Mentor for a Doctoral Candidate).

Online ordering has closed. However, there will be a sales location on campus in Baker University Center room 366 on Saturday, December 11, from 10am - 2pm. 

• Each student may only bring 6 guests to the ceremony. The event is not ticketed. 
• We encourage families/guests to social distance from other parties not in their household. 

For Doctoral and Masters students, check in will begin at 12:30pm in Grosvenor Hall, 16 West Green Drive, in the Graduate College. Students must be in their seats at the Convocation Center by 1:45pm.

For Undergraduate students: Check in will begin in the Convocation Center at 12:30pm. Graduates must be in their seats by 1:45pm.

Check-In Map

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To the right prior to conferral of degree. Upon conferral, tassel is moved to the front left. 

There is no place to store personal items such as coats, backpacks, or bags. Anything you bring you will need to carry through the ceremony. Backpacks, coats, and large purses will not be permitted onto the Commencement floor. Therefore, please arrange with family or friends to hold onto items you do not want to carry onto the Convocation Center floor.  

For the safety and security of those attending commencement, all bags and packages entering the Convocation Center before and during the ceremonies are subject to inspection. This includes, but is not limited to purses, backpacks, camera bags, and diaper bags.