WCU will host spring commencement ceremonies

16 separate services planned this week for more intimate programs

WEST CHESTER » West Chester University is dividing its commencement ceremonies into 16 separate services to provide more intimate programs for more than 3,300 graduates and their guests. The main campus ceremonies take place between Friday, May 13, and Sunday, May 15, in Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall in Philips Memorial Building and Hollinger Field House.

There are 2,470 students eligible to graduate at West Chester University’s undergraduate commencement ceremonies. Undergraduate students will graduate by department and College.

Also, two ceremonies for the 713 graduate-level candidates will take place on Saturday, May 14: The 3 p.m. ceremony in Hollinger for graduates of the Colleges of Business and Public Management, Health Science, Sciences & Mathematics, Arts & Humanities, and the School of Music; and the 4 p.m. ceremony in Asplundh for graduates of the College of Education and Social Work.

In addition, two special ceremonies recognize specific graduating populations with the awarding of special stoles or cords.

This is the 30th year that

WCU will host a Kente celebration, which affirms and celebrates the cultural identity of students who identify as Alaskan Native, Asian and Asian American, Black and African American, Caribbean American, Desi American, Latina/o/x, Native American, Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander, and Multiracial. The Kente service takes place Thursday, May 12, at 6 p.m. in Hollinger. And for the second year, the WCU Honors College will hold a service on Friday, May 13, at 8 p.m. in Asplundh.

The procession for each hourlong ceremony begins 15 minutes prior to the ceremony start time. Tickets are required. A chronological listing of all main campus ceremonies is included at the end of this release. All ceremonies will be livestreamed. The complete schedule for main campus commencements, information on parking and accessible arrangements, and other details is available at https://www.wcupa.edu/ Commencement/default. aspx

WCU’s Philadelphia Campus will host two commencement ceremonies for May and August 2022 graduates on Monday, May 16, at the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing. The undergraduate ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. and the graduate ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. and both will be livestreamed. The procession for each hour-long ceremony begins 15 minutes prior to the ceremony start time. Tickets are required for guests 3 and older.