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UMass Commencement 2020

08 May
Friday, 05/08/2020 (All day)
Virtual
Special Event

Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy invites graduating seniors of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and their families and friends to an online celebration of the Class of 2020 on Friday, May 8 at 4:30 pm. The 2020 Commencement Celebration is the culminating virtual event honoring the achievement of this year's graduating class and will be available at www.umass.edu/umass2020.

During the fifteen-minute streaming video celebration, Chancellor Subbaswamy will lead us through a tribute that honors the graduating class. Featured speakers include UMass President Marty Meehan; the 2020 student speaker, Grace Jung, a biochemistry and molecular biology major from Wakefield, Massachusetts; and the keynote speaker for our on-campus ceremony, UMass alumnus John Jacobs '90, co-founder and chief creative optimist of Life Is Good. Other plans include musical performances and some very special surprise guests you won't want to miss. Students are encouraged to wear their caps and gowns or their favorite UMass gear and to post photos and videos using #UMassTogether and #UMass2020. The lead up to the event will kick-off with the Commonwealth Honors College video on Thursday, May 7 at 6:30 pm. On the morning of Friday, May 8, schools and colleges will release video tributes honoring their students and will celebrate their graduates on social media. Information will be available on school and college websites. 

This online event does not replace the traditional campus ceremony, which will be rescheduled for an appropriate date after restrictions on large gatherings are lifted. 

For questions about the university's commencement event, contact commencement@umass.edu.

For questions about the CICS SR Celebration event, contact commencement@cics.umass.edu.