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## Location

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**Georgia World Congress Center**  
285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW  
Atlanta, GA 30313  
10:00 a.m.

**Graduate Arrival Time**  
6:30 a.m.

 

 

## ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú 2026 Commencement Week Activities 

**Thursday, May 14 — 6:00 p.m.**   
**Salute to Graduating Scholars**  
Vivian Wilson Henderson Health and Physical Education Center—Leonidas S. Epps Gymnasium

**Friday, May 15 — 11 a.m.**  
**School of Arts & Sciences Masters and Doctoral Ceremony**  
Thomas W. Cole, Jr. Research Center for Science and Technology—Delores P. Aldridge Auditorium   
[Watch the Livestream](https://www.youtube.com/live/sXwF32Jh6QQ)

**Friday, May 15 — 4:00 p.m.**   
**School of Business Hooding Ceremony**  
Thomas W. Cole, Jr. Research Center for Science and Technology—Delores P. Aldridge Auditorium   
[Watch the Livestream ](https://www.youtube.com/live/nhfp32k5YQw)

**Saturday, May 16 — 11 a.m.**  
**Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work Hooding Ceremony**  
Thomas W. Cole, Jr. Research Center for Science and Technology—Delores P. Aldridge Auditorium   
W[atch the Livestream](https://www.youtube.com/live/CtbKsoZbfYY)

**Saturday, May 16 — 2:00 p.m.**  
**School of Education Hooding and Recognition Ceremony**  
Vivian Wilson Henderson Health and Physical Education Center—Leonidas S. Epps Gymnasium  
[Watch the Livestream](https://www.youtube.com/live/1zTxt_UBBNo)

**Sunday, May 17 — 11:00 a.m.**  
**Baccalaureate Service**  
Vivian Wilson Henderson Health and Physical Education Center—Leonidas S. Epps Gymnasium  
[Watch the Livestream](https://www.youtube.com/live/5rqpnHnuCbY)

**Sunday, May 17 — Immediately following the Baccalaureate Service**  
**Class Photos**   
Vivian Wilson Henderson Health and Physical Education Center—Leonidas S. Epps Gymnasium

**Sunday, May 17 — Immediately following the Class Photos (around 1:30 p.m.)**  
**President’s Panther Passage & Reception**  
Vivian Wilson Henderson Health and Physical Education Center on Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard to the Harkness Quadrangle Gate & Academic Promenade

**Monday, May 18 — 6:30 a.m.**  
**Graduate Arrival Time**

**Monday, May 18 — 10:00 a.m.**  
**37th Commencement Exercises**   
[Watch the Livestream](https://www.youtube.com/live/rwEng0pUswE)

Georgia World Congress Center — Building A  
285 Andrew Young International Boulevard  
Atlanta, Georgia

 

 

 
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