College ceremonies will take place on Saturday, May 16, 2026, starting with the first ceremony at 9 a.m., followed by the second ceremony at 2 p.m. At each of the two college ceremonies, degrees will be conferred; college times will be announced during the spring semester.
College Ceremony Planners
Contact the appropriate College Ceremony planner with any college or academic department-specific questions.
Armour College of Engineering: Cat Gerhard cgerhard@illinoistech.edu
College of Architecture: Sara Kress skress@illinoistech.edu
Lewis College of Science and Letters: Tara Butterfield butterfield@illinoistech.edu
College of Computing: Faith Kancauski kancauski@illinoistech.edu and Scott Pfeiffer pfeiffer@illinoistech.edu
Institute of Design: Shari Jones sjones35@illinoistech.edu and Leslie Balcer lbalcer@illinoistech.edu
Stuart School of Business: Lyzzette Rodriguez ltorresrodriguez@illinoistech.edu and Yesenia Alarcon yalarcon@illinoistech.edu
Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony: Jonathan Harmon jharmon4@illinoistech.edu
Chicago-Kent College of Law will host its College Ceremony on Sunday, May 17 at The Isadore & Sadie Dorin Forum - UIC Forum. For more information, visit the Chicago-Kent Commencement website or email ckcommencement@illinoistech.edu.