Final Exercises

Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 9:00 am

Final Exercises (also referred to Academic Procession or Lawn Ceremony) will begin at 9:00 AM. Guest entrances will open at 7:00 AM. Tickets are required.

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Psychology Department Ceremony

Saturday, May 17, 2025 – 3:00 pm

Information regarding the Psychology Class of 2025 will be shared with Summer 2024, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025 graduates via the UVA student email. The web page will be updated with important information as well.  

Tickets are not required for the Psychology Department Ceremony.  The event will be held indoors - the doors will open at 2:30 PM. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM and is planned to end by 5:30 PM. In the event of inclement or severe weather, the ceremony will be delayed until 5:00 PM, and will be planned to end at 7:30 PM.

Participating students should be seated by 2:40 PM.  Students will be seated alphabetically in the center seating section in front of the stage from front to back, starting with PhDs, Masters, DMPs, and Psychology BAs and BSBNs. Each seat will be labeled with the name of the student.  This ceremony is live only and will not be recorded or streamed.

• Location: Aquatic & Fitness Center (AFC), 450 Whitehead Road, Charlottesville, VA Map.  This is an indoor venue. 

Questions/Contacts:

• Psychology Graduation Ceremony: psych-info@virginia.edu
• Caps and Gowns - Bookstore: (434) 924-3721
• Office of Major Events - Lawn Ceremony: (434) 982-3099
• Accommodation requests: adacoordinator@virginia.edu 

Disability-related accommodations

Accessibility:

The Alderman Road side of the Aquatics and Fitness Center has an accessible entrance.

Should you require disability-related accommodations, please send your request to adacoordinator@virginia.edu as early as possible. Examples of accommodations may include real-time captioning, ASL-English interpreting services, accessible digital copies of programs, accessible seating, and accessible parking.  Please include the following information in your request:

1. Full Name:

2. Contact Information:

3.  Degree Candidate:

   • Name:

   • School/Department/Major:

4. Date and Location of the Event:

5. Accommodation requested:

Accommodation requests received at adacoordinator@virginia.edu will be forwarded to school and department contacts to be addressed. The University ADA Coordinator will be available to provide assistance and guidance regarding accommodation request.

Photography:

The Psychology Department has arranged for a professional photographer to take pictures during the ceremony. Commencement photographs will be taken of each graduate as they receive their diploma and are individually congratulated. 

Diploma Information:

Students will receive a blank diploma during the ceremony, the real one will be mailed to your diploma address listed in SIS. Inquiries related to diploma mailing may be directed to the University Registrar at http://www.virginia.edu/registrar/diploma.html.

Past Graduation Ceremonies