The University of Notre Dame will bestow 3,234 degrees during a virtual conferral ceremony on Sunday, May 17, which will be live-streamed to graduates, their families and the entire Notre Dame community around the world. Available at , a pre-program show of photos and music will begin at noon followed by degree conferrals at 1 p.m.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Notre Dame postponed the 175th University Commencement Ceremony until Memorial Day weekend of May 2021.聽聽
During the online ceremony, degrees will be conferred on 2,113 undergraduate students by University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Also participating in the ceremony will be Thomas G. Burish, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost; John J. Brennan, chairman of the University鈥檚 Board of Trustees; and the deans from Notre Dame鈥檚 schools and colleges. Along with undergraduates, 460 students will receive master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees from the Graduate 91视频, along with 406 master鈥檚 degree students from the Mendoza College of Business and 228 from the Law 91视频.
The awarding of the 2020 Laetare Medal to Kathleen McChesney聽will take place during the University Commencement Ceremony next year. Class of 2020 valedictorian Brady Stiller and salutatorian Love Osunnuga will deliver the valedictory address and invocation during next year鈥檚 ceremony.