Student Speakers Sought for Spring Graduate School Commencement and Hooding Ceremonies
The Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning (Reynolds CGLL) has issued a call for graduate students to speak at the 2025 spring commencement and doctoral hooding ceremonies.
For commencement, student speeches will run no more than three minutes and focus on personal success and that of peers, the people who have played a role in success and that relate to graduates from different majors and backgrounds. More information and an application is available for the commencement ceremony.
Hooding ceremony speeches will run 5-7 minutes and address the impact of research on career progress, experience of becoming a researcher and the role and impact of mentors.
Reynolds CGLL provides more information and an application for the hooding ceremony.