Winter Commencement and Prayer Service 2023
Congratulations, you’re GRADUATING!
On this site, you’ll find descriptions about all graduation events and how to order your cap and gown and RSVP for you and your family. There are no graduation fees or costs to attend the ceremony.
RSVP for Ceremonies and Order Cap and Gown
Please RSVP as soon as possible if you haven't already done so. If after submitting your RSVP form, you need to adjust your RSVPs, please email Graduation [at] csm.edu.
Tuesday, December 12th and Wednesday, December 13th
Cap and Gown Pickup
3 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Campus Ministry Hub, 1st floor Walsh Hall
Tips for decorating your cap
The commencement ceremony is a time of celebration for you and your family and friends. It is a traditional and dignified event, so we don’t want to distract from the ceremony or the celebration of each student. We want it to be memorable for everyone. Use your imagination and decorate your hat as you wish, but please keep it in good taste and in the spirit of a special ceremony.
A few simple rules to follow would be:
- Nothing dangling from the sides
- Nothing elevated from the cap or sticking up high
- No lights or noises
Saturday, December 16th
2:30 p.m. Commencement | Our Lady of Mercy Chapel
- Please arrive no later than 1:45 p.m.
- Check-in at the Hillmer Art Gallery.
- Please do not bring coats or purses into the robing area.
- The ceremony will last approximately 1-1.5 hours.
- Professional photos will be taken after the ceremony in the Hillmer Art Gallery. Proofs and order forms will be emailed to you following the ceremony.
- There will also be family picture-taking stations in the Hillmer Art Gallery.
- Please return your robe to the Hillmer Art Gallery after the ceremony.
- CSM kindly asks that you not wear corsages or other accessories on your academic attire.
- Honor cords for bachelor’s degree graduates (if earned) will be distributed before the ceremony.
RSVP for Ceremonies and Order Cap and Gown
Please RSVP as soon as possible if you haven't already done so. If after submitting your RSVP form, you need to adjust your RSVPs, please email Graduation [at] csm.edu.
Fill Out Graduate Exit Survey
Each year, we ask all of our graduates to fill out an exit survey so that we can improve our academic programs, update our records and to stay in touch with you! All responses are confidential and may only be shared with our Academic Affairs and/or Alumnae Office. Fill out this short survey for a chance at a $50 Gift Card! (note: Undergraduates only fill out the Undergraduate survey; Graduate students only fill out the Graduate survey):
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
graduation [at] csm.edu (Questions?)
