Commencement 2024
The University-wide ceremony for all undergraduate, graduate and doctoral candidates. Syracuse University Chancellor and President, Kent Syverud, formally confers degrees at the Commencement ceremony.
Date: Sunday, May 12, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Friday, May 10, 2024
Itanwa Orinwa
Itanwa Orinwa (Our Story, Our Song) is a senior celebration highlighting the achievements of all students who choose to participate.
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Convocation
(Master's and Doctoral Degree Candidates)
Saturday, May 11, 2024
College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Convocation
(Bachelor's Degree Candidates)
College of Engineering and Computer Science Convocation
(Bachelor's Degree Candidates)
David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics Convocation
(Bachelor's Degree Candidates)
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Convocation
(Bachelor's Degree Candidates)
Martin J. Whitman School of Management Convocation
(Bachelor's and Master's Degree Candidates)
Honorary Degree Recipients
Hilton Als - An award-winning journalist, Jim Boeheim - a hall of fame basketball coach, Joan Breier Brodsky - a nationally recognized library conservationist, William "Bill" Brodsky - a global financial executive and Lynn Conway - a renowned computer scientist will be recognized with honorary degrees from Syracuse University at the 2024 Commencement on Sunday, May 12, at the JMA Wireless Dome.
Syracuse University Scholars
- Marwa Abedrabbah, a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
- Nicole Aponte, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Alana Coffman, an international relations major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
- Edward (Cole) Fluker, a chemical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Alison Gilmore, a sport analytics major in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
- Yvonne Kuo, a psychology and forensic science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
- Mitchell Mazza, a psychology and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
- Yasmin Nayrouz, an English and textual studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences, a public relations major in the Newhouse School and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
- Mariana Pérez Lugo, a nutrition science major in the Falk College and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
- Julius Rauch, a finance and entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major in the Whitman School of Management
- Matthew Snyder, a psychology and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
- Iona Volynets, an international relations and history major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
Class Marshals
Sofia Rodriguez (Miami Gardens, FL)
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Major: Communication & Rhetorical Studies
Minors: Creative Writing, English & Textual Studies
Lucio T. Maffei (West Orange, NJ)
College of Arts & Sciences, Maxwell
Majors: Political Philosophy, Ethics
Minor: History
Student Marshals
- Nicole Aponte (Franklin Square, NY)
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Major: Broadcast and Digital Journalism - Devon Brown (Los Angeles, CA)
College of Law - Lily Buckley (Berwyn, PA)
Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Majors: General Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics - Yulia Bychkovska (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Majors: Master’s in Public Administration and International Relations - Jordan Ashley Campanelli (Long Island, NY)
School of Education
Major: Inclusive Elementary and Special Education - Haig Chakamian (Closter, NJ)
Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Majors: Finance, Business Analytics
Minors: Information Management & Technology, Sociology - Sophia Lovely Darsch (Saunderstown, RI)
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Majors: Public Relations, International Relations, Environment, Sustainability and Policy - Diana Erenburg (Brooklyn, NY)
College of Arts & Sciences
Majors: Biology, Neuroscience
Minor: Philosophy - Mia-Marie Fields (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Major: Biomedical Engineering - Hannah Gardner (Buffalo, NY)
School of Education, College of Arts and Sciences
Majors: English Education, English & Textual Studies
Minor: Creative Writing - Alison Eva Gilmore (South Abington Township, PA)
David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Major: Sport Analytics
Minors: Sport Management, Information Management and Technology - Eli Golding (Baltimore, MD)
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Major: Theater Design and Technology
Minor: Animation and Visual Effects - Alexandra Grypinich (Rochester Hills, MI)
School of Architecture
Major: Architecture
Minor: Sustainable Construct Management - Ben Harteveld (Maplewood, NJ)
School of Architecture
Major: Architecture
Minor: History (Maxwell) - Walter E. Hunt Jr. (Vestal, NY)
College of Professional Studies
Major: Cybersecurity Administration - Jake Morgan Hyman (Livingston, NJ)
School of Information Studies
Majors: Information Management & Technology, Concentration in Innovation, Startups and Design - Kayla Jones (Rochester, NY)
School of Information Studies
Major: Information Management & Technology - Sydney F. Jud (Westwood, MA)
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Minor: Energy Systems - Ann Levin (San Diego, CA)
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Major: Recording and Entertainment Industries - Mariana I. Pérez Lugo (Puerto Rico)
David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Major: Nutrition Science - Gabrielle Pinkney (Virginia Beach, VA)
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Major: Music Industry
Minor: African American Studies - Andrew Ridgeway (Ithaca, NY)
Graduate School, College of Arts & Sciences
Majors: Composition & Cultural Rhetoric - Will Treloar (Woodstock, NY)
College of Arts & Sciences, Maxwell
Majors: Economics, Policy Studies - Malachi Washington (Queens, NY)
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: English & Textual Studies
Minor: Communications