2025 Department of Psychology Convocation Ceremony
Psychology Convocation - Saturday, May 17, 2025, 1:00 pm, Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) Gym 1, 201 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820.
The ceremony recognizes Psychology and Brain and Cognitive Science majors graduating in December 2024, May 2025, and August 2025. It will include hooding candidates for the Ph.D. degree and calling all participating graduates to the platform in recognition of their academic achievement. Photographs will be taken of candidates as they receive their diploma covers and cross the stage. The ceremony lasts for two hours.
Tickets for Psychology Convocation
There should be ample (but not unlimited) seating in ARC's Gym 1. Undergraduates will be guaranteed up to six (6) guest tickets. Any extra tickets will depend on student participation, so plan accordingly. Students with large families should consider the All-Campus Commencement event, Saturday, May 17, 9:30 am at Memorial Stadium. Commencement detailed Information available here
Graduate students: Please use the on-line registration to indicate your faculty advisor, your dissertation title (for PhD candidates only), and number of guest tickets.
Participation registration open thru April 1
Registration is closed. **ARC requires all guests to have tickets** No ticket needed for the graduates.
Cap and Gown
All graduates and degree candidates participating in commencement ceremonies are required to wear appropriate academic attire. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduates wear custom regalia designed specifically for the campus. Academic attire consists of a blue mortarboard, blue gown and, in the case of a graduate degree, a hood. Please order/rent your academic regalia by using the on-line Herff-Jones website.
Photographs
Many photographs will be taken during the ceremony by GradImages. You will have the chance to order them.
Live Stream
We expect to have a live stream available. URL will be provided closer to the date.
Sign Language Interpreter
Candidates for graduation or guests who require a sign language interpreter should notify our office by April 1 so that we may make arrangements.
Parking
E-24 is rented by the Office of Commencement on Saturday, May 17 as we utilize it for Platform/Faculty/VIP parking at the Commencement ceremony. The lot is rented for the day so your guests would not need to pay for parking in this lot.
E-15, new parking garage on Pennsylvania Street across from the College of Law.
Limited street parking is available.
DO NOT PARK IN E-38, across from the ARC and near the Residence Halls, this is a 24-Hour Rental Lot for Housing and they can call campus police and have cars towed any time.
Drop-off
ADA parking is available in lot E-24. E-24 is the closest available lot for guest drop-off.
Special Accommodations
If you will need accessibility-related accommodations in order to participate in this program/event, please contact Laney Cherveny, Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) at chervny2@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.
Additional Questions
Questions about the Psychology Department activities for Convocation? E-mail psych-advising@illinois.edu
Campus-Wide Commencement
Campus-wide Commencement information can be found at the Illinois Commencement website.