Graduation is quickly approaching for Fresno State students on May 16-17.
Celebratory ceremonies will be held for students and affinity groups who completed a degree between Summer 2024 and Spring 2025.
Ceremonies will take place at the Save Mart Center, the Resnick Student Union (RSU), the Satellite Student Union and the Student Recreation Center. For guests unable to attend, the ceremonies will be livestreamed here.
Per the Fresno State commencement website, guests are only able to bring clear, plastic, vinyl or PVC bags that are within 12 inches in length and six inches in height to the Save Mart Center.
However, small bags within 4-and-a-half inches in height and 6-and-a-half inches in length are permitted in addition to the approved bags listed above.
Seating at the ceremonies is first-come, first-served, and guests are advised to arrive 45 minutes before the ceremony starts. Parking around the Save Mart Center is free during commencement times.
Tickets are not required to attend.
Commencement schedule for May 16:
- Craig School of Business: 8-9:30 a.m. at the Save Mart Center
- College of Arts and Humanities: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Save Mart Center
- College of Social Sciences: 1-2:30 p.m. at the Save Mart Center
- Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology: 3:30-5 p.m. at the Save Mart Center
- Kremen School of Education and Human Development: 6-7:30 p.m. at the Save Mart Center
Commencement schedule for May 17:
- College of Science and Mathematics: 8-9:30 a.m. at the Save Mart Center
- Lyles College of Engineering: 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Save Mart Center
- College of Health and Human Services: 12:30-2 p.m. at the Save Mart Center
- American Indian graduation honoring and celebration: 2 p.m. at the RSU
- International Convocation: 2:30-3:30 p.m. at the Satellite Student Union
- African American student recognition ceremony: 2:30-3:30 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center (East Gym)
- Asian American and Pacific Islander graduation celebration: 4:15-5:15 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center (East Gym)
- Rainbow graduation celebration: 5-6 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center (Peters Education Center)
- Chicano/Latino commencement celebration: 7:30-10 p.m. at the Save Mart Center
