Commencement Ceremony
Commencement will be held on two consecutive days, Monday, May 19, 2025 and Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in the Louis Armstrong Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. We will host a main ceremony for all undergraduates on the first day, Monday, May 19, with the keynote Commencement speaker, and then individual school and college ceremonies throughout the course of both days.
Nominate a 2025 Commencement Speaker
Everyone in the Pace Community is invited to . As you think about potential nominees, please keep in mind that Commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients are people who serve as role models and reflect the Pace mission of Opportunitas. Specifically, we seek to find speakers and honorees whose accomplishments and life story will resonate with the Pace Community, and whose stature and renown will serve as a tribute to the graduating students. The most successful nominees are people who have some connection to Pace or a member of the Pace Community.
Nominations will be reviewed by the Commencement Speaker Advisory Committee, co-chaired by Jeff Barnett, PhD, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean for Students, and Joe Sgammato, Director of Executive Communications. The committee includes representatives from our student body, staff, and faculty.
2025 Schedule of Events
The main Commencement ceremony is the celebration of the entire Class of 2024 and an opportunity for graduates and their guests to hear from our keynote speaker, our student speakers, President Krislov, and other dignitaries. At college and school ceremonies, graduates will have the opportunity to hear their names called and cross the stage. We encourage graduating students and their guests to attend both the main ceremony and their college or school ceremonies.
Monday, May 19, 2025: Undergraduate Day*
- 9:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Sands College of Performing Arts (including both undergraduate and graduate students), and School of Education
- 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Undergraduate Main Ceremony
- 3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Lubin School of Business, College of Health Professions, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
*Sands College of Performing Arts graduate students are invited to join Commencement on this day
Tuesday, May 20, 2025: Graduate Day
- 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Elisabeth Haub School of Law
- 12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. College of Health Professions, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, and School of Education
- 3:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems