2024 Spring Commencement
2 p.m. Ceremony
10 a.m. Ceremony
Commencement is a symbol of individual student success, family and community pride, and faculty and staff support. This day represents an exciting milestone for our college graduates, who will be celebrated by their peers, families and friends.
CEREMONY TIMES
Saturday, May 11 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Fargodome (1800 N University Dr, Fargo, ND 58102)
See more ceremony details on the Spring 2024 Commencement page.
2024 SPRING COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Health and Human Sciences
*Graduate students should attend ceremony corresponding with the college of their degree.
- College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources
- College of Business
- College of Engineering
- Interdisciplinary Studies
*Graduate students should attend ceremony corresponding with the college of their degree.
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
Briana Nguyen: ‘Everyone has natural born strengths’
Graduating NDSU senior Briana Nguyen wants her fellow graduates to realize their natural strengths can take them anywhere they want to go regardless of how challenging any endeavor they encounter might be.
Kayla Jones: ‘The experiences I had in college changed my life’
As they walk across the stage to get their degree and enter the next chapter in their lives, Kayla Jones wants her fellow graduates to reflect on and celebrate the experiences they’ve had throughout college.
Briana Nguyen
Kayla Jones
Visit Experience NDSU to read more about our spring commencement speaker candidates.
BISON GEAR
Stop by the Bookstore this week or find us at the FargoDome in the East lobby on graduation day starting at 9 a.m.
Online ordering available 24/7 on the NDSU Bookstore website.
RESOURCES
SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS
Upload graphics to your social media accounts to share your Bison pride. Tag us in your photos using #NDSU2024Grad or #NDSUGrad on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter so we can re-post and celebrate with you!
PICTURE PERFECT PLACES ON CAMPUS
Need a place to snap the perfect graduation photo? Check out a list of favorite picture-worthy places on campus and be sure to use the hashtag #NDSU2024Grad when you share on social media!
CELEBRATION SIGNAGE AND SUPPLIES
Print NDSU graduate signs to decorate your home. Upload to a local or online printer to have a yard sign created, or have items printed at the university's Design and Sign.
Print and fill out the Yard Sign Usage Release form to take with you to a professional print shop (the usage release allows you to use only these designs).
NDSU-THEMED GOODIES
Congratulations on your achievements! NDSU would like to help you celebrate at your graduation party with unique cake, cupcake and cookie designs. Work with NDSU Catering and order online, or view cake design options to use at a local bakery.
GRAD PLAYLISTS
Get in the celebration spirit with this perfect playlist.
ALUMNI RESOURCES
As an NDSU graduate you will have access to the NDSU Alumni community forever. You may use the Library, Career and Advising Center, Alumni Directory and a number of other resources.
