Binghamton University to host nine Commencement ceremonies in May

Binghamton University will confer more than 5,900 degrees for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral candidates when it holds nine separate Commencement ceremonies in May. Three ceremonies will be held daily from Thursday, May 9, through Saturday, May 11.

Doctoral candidates from all over the University, except those earning PharmD degrees, will have their hooding ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9. Each school and college will have its own ceremony and confer bachelor’s and master’s degrees to its graduates. The PharmD degrees will be conferred during that school’s ceremony. The Doctoral Hooding and the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ceremonies will take place in the Anderson Center’s Osterhout Concert Theater, while all other ceremonies will be held in the University’s Events Center.

“Commencement is a special day for our graduates to celebrate and reflect on all their accomplishments,” said President Harvey Stenger. “I am also excited to welcome and thank their families and friends, as well as the University’s faculty and staff, for all the support they’ve provided to the Class of 2024. My congratulations go out to all of Binghamton’s graduates, and I wish them all the best in their future endeavors.”

Over the three days, more than 4,200 of the degrees awarded will be baccalaureate degrees, and more than 1,300 master’s students will cross the stage. Nearly 400 doctoral candidates will be hooded.

Commencement Schedule

The complete 2024 Commencement ceremonies schedule is:

Thursday, May 9

• 9 a.m. – School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osterhout Concert Theater, Anderson Center
  Keynote speaker: Michelle Schwartz ’76, president, Steve & Andy’s Organics; member, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board
  Student speaker: Paul Puccio
  
• 12:30 p.m. – Doctoral Hooding Ceremony, Osterhout Concert Theater, Anderson Center
  Keynote speaker: Krishnaswami “Hari” Srihari, dean, Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science; distinguished professor, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
• 4:30 p.m. – Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Events Center
  Student speakers: Anthony DiBartolo and Abigail Taylor (bachelor’s) and Tessa Davidson (master’s)
  

Friday, May 10

• 8:30 a.m. – Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, Events Center
  Honorary degree recipient: Govindasamy Viswanathan, founder and chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology
  Student speakers: Clara Rodriguez (bachelor’s) and Basel Sultan (master’s)
  
• 12:30 p.m. – College of Community and Public Affairs, Events Center
  Honorary degree recipient: Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman ’98, former director, European affairs, U.S. National Security Council; director, Institute for Informed American Leadership
  Student speakers: Alysa Cheung (undergraduate) and Sarah Marshall ’21 (graduate)
  
• 4:30 p.m. – School of Management, Events Center
  Keynote speaker: Michael F. Lane ’89, head of Enterprise Wealth, BlackRock; member, U.S. Wealth Executive Committee and BlackRock Global Operating Committee
  Student speaker: Nora Monasheri ’23
  

Saturday, May 11

• 8:30 a.m. – Harpur College of Arts and Sciences 1, Events Center
  Honorary degree recipient: Yasmin Hurd ’82, Ward-Coleman Chair in Translational Neuroscience and professor of psychiatry, neuroscience and pharmacological sciences, Icahn School of Medicine; director, Addiction Institute, Mount Sinai Behavioral Health System
  Student speaker: Rachel Dempsey
• 12:30 p.m. – Harpur College of Arts and Sciences 2, Events Center
  Distinguished alumni speaker: Besi Brillian Muhonja, MA ’03, PhD ’08, associate vice president for research, economic development and innovation, and professor of interdisciplinary studies, James Madison University
  Student speaker: Awa Traore
• 4:30 p.m. – Harpur College of Arts and Sciences 3, Events Center
  Honorary degree recipient: Lee Ranaldo ’78, musician, artist, writer and co-founder of Sonic Youth
  Student speaker: Riya Bolander
  

For more information, contact the Commencement Office at commence@binghamton.edu.

All ceremonies will be available to watch live on the University’s YouTube channel.