The University of Central Arkansas will hold spring commencement on Thursday and Friday, May 1 and May 2, 2025. All ceremonies will be held at the Farris Center and will be live-streamed.
The university will confer 1,042 undergraduate degrees and certificates and 274 graduate degrees and certificates from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; College of Business; College of Education; College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; College of Science and Engineering and the Graduate School.
The times for commencement are:
Graduate Ceremony
Thursday, May 1, 2024
5 p.m.
Undergraduate Ceremonies
Friday, May 2, 2024
9 a.m.
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
12 p.m.
College of Business & College of Education
3 p.m.
College of Health and Behavioral Sciences (Exercise Science, Health Sciences, Nutrition and Family Sciences, Psychology and Counseling)
6 p.m.
College of Health and Behavioral Sciences (Nursing, Communication Sciences and Disorders) & College of Science and Engineering
Students receiving the President’s Medallion for Outstanding Student of the University for 2024-25 are:
- Phoenix Vu — College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
- Jane Nim — College of Business
- Raven Guess— College of Education
- Chaelann Vickers — College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
- Nathan Taylor — College of Science and Engineering
The university will award Distinguished Professor Emeritus designations to John Murphy and Michael Rubach. Murphy served as a professor of school psychology from 1995 to 2022. Rubach served as a professor of marketing and management from 1997 to 2023.
Upon approval by the UCA Board of Trustees, the designation of Distinguished Professor Emeritus can be granted to a tenured faculty member one year after retirement from active service with the university at or after age 62 who served the university with extraordinary distinction.
More information about spring commencement can be found here.
