Celebrate the Class of 2025! Join us for Medgar Evers College's 54th Commencement Ceremony on May 30, 2025.
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Graduate Information

The Office of Student Life & Development along with the SGA Senior Class are honored to be a part of your graduation celebration. Now that you have filed for graduation, our office will be communicating information regarding cap and gown, portraits, Kente cloth stoles, class rings, and graduation activities as we prepare for the Class of 2025 Graduation on May 30, 2025. Join us for Spring 2025 Graduate Salute!! Please pay careful attention to the information coming soon as it pertains to August/Summer, Fall, and Winter graduates and students who have filed for graduation and expect to graduate at the end of Spring 2025 semester. You will also receive periodic updates from Student Life regarding the above-mentioned items.

Graduate’s Briefing

You must attend and complete a graduate briefing to receive graduation tickets for your guests to attend the graduation ceremony. All briefings will be held in the Founders Auditorium.

Session 1
Date: Monday, March 17, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 2:00 pm

Session 2
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 2:00 pm

Session 3
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Session 4
Date: Saturday, March 22,2025
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Graduation Portrait Makeup & Mixer

Location: President Conference Center B-1008. Advanced RSVP is required.

Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Date: Saturday, March 22,2025
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Graduation Portrait

Portraits will be taken in the Nadene Lawe Lounge. Schedule your portrait at Thornton Studio using Code: 10097

Date: Monday 03/17/2025 through Friday 03/21/2025
Time: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

Date: Saturday, 03/22/2025
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Continual updates are in progress, so please revisit frequently to stay informed and ensure you don’t miss any important details.

Frequently Asked Questions

Graduates must attend a briefing to receive their tickets. Each graduate will receive five (5) tickets. All guests must have a ticket to enter the venue. Infants and small children must have a ticket, as well.

Graduate Briefing Schedule

Portraits will be taken in the Nadene Lawe Lounge. Schedule your portrait at Thornton Studio using Code: 10097

Date: Monday 03/17/2025 through Friday 03/21/2025
Time: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

Date: Saturday, 03/22/2025
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: 1650 Bedford Avenue, 1st Floor Lobby
Date: Monday, 03/17/2025 & Wednesday, 03/19/2025
Time: 11:00 am -3:00 pmDate: Saturday, 03/22/2025
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Students must order regalia via: Collegegrad.herffjones.com
Get more instructions on purchasing your cap and gowns.

Location: 1650 Bedford Avenue, 1st Floor Lobby
Date: Monday, 03/17/2025 – Friday, 03/21/2025
Time: 10:00 am – 7:00 pmDate: Saturday, 03/22/2025
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

There will be two parking lots available for graduates and guests:

  • 3050 W 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11224, with access on 22nd Street and Surf Ave, directly behind the venue.
  • 1904 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224. The 2nd overflow lot is a couple of blocks away at the baseball stadium with a direct path to the venue entrance from the boardwalk. The Theater has attendants directing people once the first lot fills up.

There is a fee of $13 for all parking and it is on a first-come, first-served basis.