Commencement

Cheers and whoops filled the tent as Provost Robert Groves announced the Class of 2024, who gathered for the first time as a class to celebrate their graduation. …

Learn more about Georgetown’s commencement traditions — from its regalia to its artifacts — that make every ceremony time-honored and meaningful.

As commencement season wraps up, we bottled up the best advice from this year’s commencement speaker speeches.

For almost three decades, Francisco Velasquez has prepped Georgetown’s front lawn for graduation. This year, he prepared the grounds knowing his daughter would be walking across them.

Georgetown has invited 11 speakers to the Class of 2023's commencement, including Savannah Guthrie (L’02), co-anchor of NBC News’ Today, and Yamiche Léone Alcindor (C’09), NBC News’ Washington correspondent.

On May 28, more than 2,000 alumni from the Class of 2020 returned to the Hilltop to celebrate their Commencement — an event postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Georgetown University and the McCourt School of Public Policy plan to host in-person Commencement activities to honor our 2020 graduates. More details on these activities and public health guidance for…

Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business will gift a non-fungible token (NFT) coin to the Class of 2020 during their May 28 commencement reception to recognize their resiliency and strength.

As the Class of 2022 graduates and the Class of 2020 celebrates their commencement on-campus, we asked the university secretary, a chaplain, barber and others for their words of wisdom.

As the Class of 2020 returns to the Hilltop for their Commencement, meet three alumni who have been advocating in health care, law and finance since their graduation.