Faculty Information

Thursday, May 15: Graduate Ceremony @ 5:00 pm, DCU Center, Worcester, MA 

The ceremony will last approximately two hours. 

Friday, May 16: Undergraduate Student Ceremony @ 2:00 pm, DCU Center, Worcester, MA

The ceremony will last approximately three hours. 

Faculty will be provided transportation from campus to the DCU Center, as well as a return after the ceremonies are over. 

Faculty board buses to the DCU Center at Unity Hall N. Boynton Lot as follows:

     On Thursday: at 3:00 PM 

     On Friday at 12:00 PM

Faculty will enter the DCU Center via Door 2 and will robe in the Press Room. WPI staff will be easily identifiable and will direct you to that room. Students will process past the faculty on the way to their seats. 

Faculty may travel to the DCU Center on their own, yet will be responsible for their own parking costs. 

• You will need to wear academic regalia for the Commencement Ceremony. If you do not own regalia, after the pre-order deadline in February, a rental may be available from the Bookstore on a first-come first served basis. Please contact the Bookstore directly to ask about regalia. 

• All faculty will enter the DCU Center via Door 2 and will robe in the Press Room. WPI staff will be easily identifiable and will direct you to that room. Students will process past our faculty on the way to their chairs. 

• Faculty will NOT be seated on-stage. Instead, they will be seated on the Arena floor in the front rows with our Trustees facing the stage. 
• Ph.D. sponsors will line-up with their doctoral candidate(s) in the Exhibit Hall and will be seated next to them on the arena floor. 

For planning purposes: 

Commencement Dates for 2025 are May 15/16, 2025. 

Tentative dates for 2026 are May 14/15, 2026.