CLA Undergraduate Commencement
CLA Undergraduate Commencement 2026
The College of Liberal Arts celebrates Undergraduate Commencement once annually, at the conclusion of the spring semester. The 2026 ceremony honors CLA graduates who attained or will attain their bachelor's degree in summer 2025, fall 2025, spring 2026, and summer 2026.
Sunday, May 17, in 3M Arena at Mariucci
Ceremonies are at 11 a.m. and at 4 p.m. Graduates attend either the morning or the afternoon ceremony, in accordance with their primary CLA major.
Acting
American Studies
Anthropology
Art
Art History
Astrophysics
Biology, Society, & Environment
Chemistry
Computer Science
Dance
Earth Sciences
Economics
Economics - Business Economics Emphasis
Economics - Quantitative Emphasis
Environmental Geosciences
Geography
History
Human Physiology
Individualized Studies
Individually Designed Interdepartmental
Mathematics
Music
Music Education
Music Therapy
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Sociology
Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Justice
Statistical Practice
Statistical Science
Theatre Arts
Urban Studies
African American & African Studies
American Indian Studies
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Chicano-Latino Studies
Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures
Communication Studies
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
Dakota Language
Developmental Psychology
English
French & Italian Studies
French Studies
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Global Studies
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies
Journalism
Linguistics
Media and Information
Ojibwe Language
Psychology
Religious Studies
Russian
Spanish & Portuguese Studies
Spanish Studies
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Strategic Communication: Advertising & Public Relations
Studies in Cinema & Media Culture
Technical Writing and Communication
Featured Speakers
Scott Z. Burns is a screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright with a record of involvement in prominent projects tackling essential issues of 21st-century life. He wrote the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, which eerily presaged COVID-19 and became a pandemic-era mainstay. His 2025 podcast about human creativity in the age of AI, What Could Go Wrong?, was recognized as one of the 20 Best Audiobooks of 2025.
Human physiology major Stephanie Rodriguez Salguero will deliver the student remarks during the CLA Undergraduate Commencement on Sunday, May 17 at 11 a.m.
Meet Undergraduate Commencement Speaker Stephanie Rodriguez Salguero
Media information and communication studies major Wilma Agustianto will deliver the student remarks during the CLA Undergraduate Commencement on Sunday, May 17 at 4 p.m.