When are college commencement ceremonies in the Carolinas?
The start of May means it’s college graduation season again. Here is a list of commencement ceremonies across the Carolinas this month.
Charlotte region
▪ BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE – 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, front lawn of the basilica, Belmont.
▪ CATAWBA COLLEGE – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16, Keppel Auditorium, Salisbury.
▪ CHARLOTTE SCHOOL OF LAW – 1 p.m. Saturday, May 16, NASCAR Hall of Fame.
▪ CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 4 p.m. Thursday, May 14, Bojangles Coliseum.
▪ DAVIDSON COLLEGE – 10 a.m. Sunday, May 17, front campus.
▪ GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Lutz- Yelton Convocation Center, Boiling Springs.
▪ JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY – 8 a.m. Sunday, May 17, Irwin Belk Stadium.
▪ JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 23, Time Warner Cable Arena.
▪ LENOIR-RHYNE UNIVERSITY – 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, Moretz Stadium, Hickory.
▪ LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, Alumni Memorial Stadium, Salisbury.
▪ PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY – 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Merner Center, Misenheimer.
▪ QUEENS UNIV. OF CHARLOTTE – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Burwell Lawn.
▪ UNC CHARLOTTE – Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9. All ceremonies at Barnhardt Student Center. Friday schedule: 1 p.m., Business; Computing and Informatics; Health, Human Services. Saturday schedule: 9 a.m., Arts and Sciences. 2 p.m., Arts and Architecture; Education; Engineering.
▪ WINGATE UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16, Academic Quadrangle, Wingate.
▪ WINTHROP UNIVERSITY – 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill.
Across the Carolinas
▪ ALLEN UNIVERSITY – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, John Hurst Adams Gymnatorium, Columbia.
▪ ANDERSON UNIVERSITY– 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, Alumni Lawn on campus, Anderson, S.C.
▪ APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY– Saturday, May 9, and Sunday, May 10. Saturday schedule: 9 a.m., Fine and Applied Arts; 1 p.m., Music; 4 p.m., Arts and Sciences. Sunday schedule: 9 a.m., Education; 12:30 p.m., Health Sciences; 4:30 p.m., Business.
▪ BARTON COLLEGE – 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, on campus, Wilson.
▪ BENEDICT COLLEGE – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Johnson Stadium, Columbia.
▪ BENNETT COLLEGE -- 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Academic Quadrangle on campus, Greensboro.
▪ BREVARD COLLEGE -- 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, Betty Neale Academic Quadrangle on campus, Brevard.
▪ CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY – Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, at Pope Convocation Center, Buies Creek. Friday schedule: 10 a.m., School of Law; 3 p.m., Pharmacy and Health Sciences; 7 p.m., Divinity School. Saturday schedule: 9 a.m., Main campus undergraduates.
▪ CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, North Charleston Coliseum.
▪ CHOWAN UNIVERSITY – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, on campus, Chowan.
▪ THE CITADEL – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, McAlister Field House, Charleston.
▪ CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY -- 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center, Orangeburg, S.C.
▪ CLEMSON UNIVERSITY – 9:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, Littlejohn Coliseum. 9:30 a.m., Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Business, Behavioral Sciences. 2:30 p.m., Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Health; Education and Human Development. 6:30 p.m., Engineering and Science.
▪ COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY – 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Brooks Stadium, Conway, S.C.
▪ COKER COLLEGE – 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, Davidson Hall courtyard, Hartsville, S.C.
▪ COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON – 4 p.m. Friday, May 15, and 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Cistern Yard. Friday schedule: 4 p.m., Arts; Education, Health and Human Development; Professional Studies. Saturday schedule: 10 a.m., Business; Science and Mathematics; 4 p.m. -- Humanities and Social Studies; Languages, Culture and World Affairs.
▪ COLUMBIA COLLEGE -- 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Township Auditorium, Columbia.
▪ CONVERSE COLLEGE -- 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, on campus, Spartanburg.
▪ DUKE UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Sunday, May 10, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham.
▪ EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Friday, May 8, Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville.
▪ ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Roebuck Stadium, Elizabeth City.
▪ ELON UNIVERSITY – 9:15 a.m. Saturday, May 23, Under the Oaks, Elon College.
▪ ERSKINE COLLEGE – 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 23, Under the Towers on campus, Due West, S.C.
▪ FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville.
▪ FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Smith University Center, Florence, S.C.
▪ FURMAN UNIVERSITY – 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9, Seagraves Field, Greenville, S.C.
▪ GREENSBORO COLLEGE – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, front campus.
▪ GUILFORD COLLEGE -- 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, King Hall Lawn, Greensboro.
▪ HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Roberts Hall Lawn.
▪ LANDER UNIVERSITY -- 11 a.m. Saturday, May 2, Finis Horne Arena on campus, Greenwood, S.C.
▪ LEES-McRAE COLLEGE – 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Tate Lawn, Banner Elk.
▪ LIMESTONE COLLEGE -- 4 p.m. Thursday, May 7, Fullerton Auditorium, Gaffney, S.C.
▪ MARS HILL UNIVERSITY – 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Moore Auditorium, Mars Hill.
▪ MEREDITH COLLEGE – 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, Dorton Arena, Raleigh.
▪ MONTREAT COLLEGE – 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9, Anderson Auditorium, Montreat.
▪ MORRIS COLLEGE -- 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, Sumter County Civic Center, Sumter, S.C.
▪ UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT OLIVE – 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, Kornegay Arena, Mount Olive.
▪ NEWBERRY COLLEGE -- 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9, PE Complex, Newberry, S.C.
▪ NORTH CAROLINA A&T UNIVERSITY – 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Greensboro Coliseum.
▪ NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY – 8 a.m. Saturday, May 9, O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium, Durham.
▪ NORTH CAROLINA METHODIST -- 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9, Riddle Center, Fayetteville.
▪ NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, PNC Arena, Raleigh.
▪ NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, Rocky Mount.
▪ NORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY -- 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 7, Younts Stadium, Tigerville, S.C.
▪ PEACE COLLEGE – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 2, College Green, Raleigh.
▪ PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, West Plaza, Clinton, S.C.
▪ SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE – 9 a.m. Sunday, May 3, DeTamble Terrance, Laurinburg.
▪ SAINT AUGUSTINE’S UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16, College Quadrangle, Raleigh.
▪ SALEM COLLEGE -- 10 a.m. Saturday, May 23, on campus, Winston-Salem.
▪ SHAW UNIVERSITY – 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Raleigh Convention Center.
▪ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA – Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, Colonial Life Arena. Friday schedule: 9 a.m., Law; 12:30 p.m., Medicine (at Koger Center); 3 p.m., Pharmacy, Business, Mass Communications, Nursing, Public Health. Saturday schedule: 9:30 a.m., Arts and Sciences. 3 p.m., Education; Engineering and Computing Science; Social Work; Hospitality, Retail and Sports Management; Music; Palmetto College.
▪ SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY – 7 p.m. Friday, May 8, Oliver Davidson Stadium, Orangeburg, S.C.
▪ UNC ASHEVILLE – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, University Quadrangle, Asheville.
▪ UNC CHAPEL HILL – 9 a.m. Sunday, May 10, Kenan Stadium.
▪ UNC GREENSBORO – 10 a.m. Friday, May 8, Greensboro Coliseum.
▪ UNC PEMBROKE – 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Quadrangle, Pembroke.
▪ UNC WILMINGTON – Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9, Trask Coliseum. Friday schedule: 2 p.m., Business. 5:30 p.m., Health and Human Services. Saturday schedule: 9 a.m., Science and Humanities. 1 p.m., Arts and Sciences.
▪ USC AIKEN -- 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, Convocation Center, Aiken, S.C.
▪ USC UPSTATE – 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, Quadrangle, Spartanburg.
▪ VOORHEES COLLEGE – 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, Dawson Center, Denmark, S.C.
▪ WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY – 9 a.m. Monday, May 18, Hearn Plaza, Winston-Salem.
▪ WARREN WILSON COLLEGE – 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16, Sunderlawn Lawn, Swannanoa.
▪ WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY – 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, Ramsey Regional Activity Center, Cullowhee. 10 a.m., Arts and Sciences; Education; Fine and Performing Arts. 2 p.m., Business; Health and Human Sciences.
▪ WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY -- 9:45 a.m. Friday, May 15, Bowman-Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem.
▪ WOFFORD UNIVERSITY – 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17, Front Lawn, Spartanburg
This story was originally published May 1, 2015 at 8:05 PM with the headline "When are college commencement ceremonies in the Carolinas?."