English Department Graduation Ceremony
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The English Department Graduation Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, from 2pm-4pm PST in Meany Hall. The ceremony is open to students who graduated in Autumn 2024, Winter 2025, and for those students who have applied formally to graduate in Spring or Summer 2025. All eligible students will be emailed an invitation to complete a survey regarding their plans for graduation. The survey invitation will be sent to students' UW email address on Wednesday, April 16th, and students will have until 12pm on Wednesday, May 14th to complete the survey. For questions about and/or assistance with the survey, please email englgrad@uw.edu. For detailed information about the ceremony, please visit English Department Graduation Ceremony | Department of English | University of Washington. Congratulations to all of our graduates!
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Cap & Gown Required? / Dress Code
PhD graduates are REQUIRED to wear commencement attire to the ceremony, as they will be hooded by faculty and take their seats upon the stage after hooding. Graduation apparel must be ordered through the UW Commencement website beginning on May 7th, even if you are NOT planning to participate in the Saturday June 14th ceremony.
Orders can be placed here: https://www.washington.edu/graduation/cap-gown/.
Ticket Information:
Will Call Options: If you are unable to pick-up your guest tickets from the English Department Main Office on May 28th or May 29th, please plan to pick them up between 1:00pm and 1:45pm on June 11th in the lobby at the north entrance to Meany Hall. Staff members will be on-hand to distribute tickets during that hour. Please bring identification. Tickets are numbered, limited, and cannot be replaced: please treat them like gold! All guests will be required to present tickets for admission to Meany Theatre.
Disability seating for those guests for whom you have RESERVED special accommodations begins at 1:00pm. Please be sure to specify accommodation requests for yourself and any of your guest who may need them on the graduation survey. Accommodations cannot be guaranteed without advanced notice.
Parking Information
If you wish to park on campus, parking permits will be required for this event. Students should purchase these permits for themselves and their guests through the Commencement Registration/Order Form, May 7 to May 25, 2025. Day of parking may be available for additional cost, but lot selection and availability are not guaranteed.
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4040 George Washington Lane NE, Seattle, WA 98195
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