Commencement Information
Ticket Information
Information is forthcoming.All questions can be sent to commencement@ndm.edu.
Venue Information
The 2024 Commencement will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at the Baltimore Convention Center.
Vendors
The NDMU Gift Shop will remain open during commencement week events.
Personal Belongings
Graduates should refrain from bringing personal belongings (purses, cell phones or other electronic devices) to commencement. There is no secure location to store these items, and they should not be carried into the ceremony.
Neither the University nor the venue will be responsible for lost personal items.
Check-In
Graduates should plan to arrive at the Baltimore Convention Center by 9:00 a.m. on Level 4 at the check-in desk.
Graduates do not receive a ticket, and will receive a card listing your name as it appears on your diploma and Latin Honors (if applicable). DO NOT LOSE THIS CARD.
When you walk to the stage, hand your card to the reader before your name is announced. Please do not add or erase any notations on the card.
Procession will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m., and the ceremony will conclude around 1:30 p.m.
Ceremony Program Order
- Prelude Music and Processional
- Academic Procession
- Invocation
- The National Anthem
- Presentation of Honorary Degree
- Commencement Address
- Presentation of Mullan Distinguished Teacher Award
- Presentation of Candidates for Degrees
- Investiture in Academic Hood
- Bestowal of Degrees
- Student Response
- Presidential Closing Remarks
- Benediction
- Alma Mater
- Recessional