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Commencement Weekend

May 16-18, 2025 • Please join us for the 242nd Commencement of Washington College. We will be celebrating and honoring our newest members of the alumni community, the Class of 2025.

If you'd like to get involved in the planning for Commencement Weekend or have questions, please contact Emily Kate Smith '10 at esmith6FREEwashcoll or 410-778-7883.

Friday,  May 16

Time TBD                   
  • Sophie Kerr Prize Announcement
    Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson

Saturday, May 17

4:30 - 7:30 PM                            
  • Dinner
    Hodson Hall Commons
5:00 - 7:30 PM
  • Preakness Party  (1782 Society members only)
    Casey Academic Center
7:30 - 8:30 PM 
  • Senior Toast
    Hynson Terrace 

    Alumni, come join us to toast to the class of 2025 and their parents. Enjoy a short ceremony honoring legacy graduates.

 Sunday, May 18

7:00 - 10:00 AM                      
  • Breakfast
    Hodson Hall Commons
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM                              
  • College Bookstore open                                
    Casey Academic Center, First Floor
    Stop by and grab some Washington College gear!
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM                               
  • 242nd Commencement Exercises
    Campus Lawn (rain location: Johnson Fitness Center Field House)
    Please join the Class of 2025 on the occasion of their graduation from Washington College. If rain, admission is by ticket only to the JFC. Each graduate is given six tickets to distribute as desired.  (For anyone on campus, if fair weather. If foul weather, admission is by ticket only.) The event will be simulcast in in Norman James Theater, Smith Hall and Decker Theater if inclement weather.

Have questions? Contact alumni_officeFREEwashcoll. We look forward to seeing you!