Congratulations to all of our graduates!

Celebration is divided into two ceremonies, one at noon and one at 3:30 p.m. Please see the list below for information regarding which ceremony to attend.

For a printable version of the information, click here.

Graduates must line up in Funger Hall (2201 G St.) 45 minutes before their Celebration is set to begin.

Information on Graduation Photographs can be found here.

Please also visit the GW Commencement 2008 page.

Ticket Information

• Each graduate will receive 5 tickets for guests.
• Tickets will be distributed in Phillips Hall 209 on Friday, May 16, between Noon and 5 p.m., and Saturday, May 17, between 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m.
• Please allow time to pick up your tickets, as there may be a line.
• Tickets will be distributed to graduates only. Please bring your graduation survey confirmation receipt and GWorld card. If you have not completed your graduation survey, go to https://www.gwu.edu/oapa/graduation.
• Each ceremony has its own tickets, they are not interchangeable.
• Double-majors may only participate in ONE ceremony.

12:00 p.m. Participating Majors

• Counseling
• Economics
• Electronic Media
• Geography
• Environmental Studies
• Journalism/Mass Communication
• Media and Public Affairs
• Political Communication
• Political Science
• Professional Psychology
• Psychology
• Public Policy
• Public Administration
• Sociology / Criminal Justice / Human Services

3:30 p.m. Participating Majors

• American Studies
• Anthropology /Biological Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Art History
• Art Therapy
• Biochemistry
• Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Biostatistics & Epidemiology
• Chemistry
• Chinese
• Classical Humanities
• Communication
• Dance
• Dramatic Literature
• Early Modern European Studies
• English / English & Creative Writing
• Environmental and Resource Policy
• Fine Arts
• Forensic Sciences
• French
• Genetics
• Genomics and Bioinformation
• Geology / Geoscience
• German
• History
• Hominid Paleobiology
• Human Sciences
• Interior Design
• Japanese
• Judaic Studies
• Liberal Arts
• Mathematics / Applied Mathematics
• Museum Studies
• Music
• Organizational Sciences
• Philosophy / Philosophy & Social Policy
• Physics / Biophysics
• Religion
• Russian
• Spanish
• Special Interdisciplinary Majors
• Speech and Hearing Science
• Statistics / Survey Design
• Theatre
• Women’s Studies