Graduation and Convocation

Congratulations on your graduation from Grady College.

We are proud to add you to our list of alumni. We hope that you are proud of the effort and achievement that your degree represents and that you feel well prepared to begin a career.

Here are some details about our next Grady College Convocation:

What:
Grady’s Fall Convocation honors students graduating in Fall 2019. The Convocation brings students, faculty, family and friends together to celebrate Grady student achievement and to welcome graduates into the professions in journalism and mass communication.
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2019
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Place: Hodgson Hall (in the UGA Performing Arts Center)
Directions & Parking: Directions to Hodgson Hall and parking information are available at https://musi.franklin.uga.edu/directions-and-parking
Additional Information: Questions related to the Grady College Convocation ceremony may be directed to Beth Rector at (706) 542-2526 or brector@uga.edu.
Seating: The event is free but tickets will be required for family members and friends. Each student will receive up to four tickets with the possibility of receiving more two days before Convocation. Ticket information will be sent to students via the Grady listserv in mid November.
Dress: Business attire. Caps and gowns are NOT worn for Convocation.
Students: Check-in will be from 9:00-9:30 a.m. at Hodgson Hall. All students wishing to participate in the Convocation ceremony must arrive for check-in before 9:30 a.m.

UGA Fall 2019 Commencement will be held on Friday, December 13, 2019.

Grady’s Spring 2020 Convocation will be held on Wednesday, May 6 at 3 p.m. at the Classic Center.

The University of Georgia’s Spring 2020 Commencement ceremonies will be held on Friday, May 8. For more information about UGA Commencement, visit commencement.uga.edu.

 

Pictures from previous convocations:

Links to all pictures and videos can be found on our Spring 2019 Grady Convocation recap.

Check back for pictures from the Spring 2019 Grady Convocation on the UGA Grady Flickr gallery
▪ Miscellaneous Ceremony Pictures
▪ Convocation Candids
▪ Graduate Students
▪ Advertising Students
▪ Public Relations Students
▪ Journalism Students
▪ Entertainment and Media Studies Students

 

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Tell us about your time at Grady

While your college experience is still fresh in your mind, we would like to know how you evaluate your education. We would like to know what you think we did well and, perhaps, not so well. What suggestions would you offer to strengthen the program? Comments from previous graduates have prompted changes to the program. Please take a few minutes now to answer the short questionnaire. This should take about five minutes, although we encourage you to write as many comments as you wish. AdPR Exit Survey EMST Exit Survey Journalism Exit Survey

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