Commencement Spring 2025

Commencement Ceremony

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥'s Commencement Ceremony will be held Friday, May 30, 2025, 4:30 – 6 p.m. at Tanglewood, 297 West St, Lenox, MA. We are excited to announce that our keynote speaker will Noe Ortega, Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Year-end Events

Keynote Speaker

  • Read about Noe Ortega

    Commissioner Ortega was appointed Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education in 2022 and has since guided the Department of Higher Education through an era of historic investment in public higher education. Under his leadership, the Commonwealth has made bold strides in affordability and access, including making community college free for all residents and expanding financial aid across public colleges and universities.

    Throughout his career, Commissioner Ortega has championed equity and access in higher education. From early work in financial aid and enrollment management in Texas, to academic roles at the University of Michigan, to leading statewide efforts in Pennsylvania and now Massachusetts, his focus has consistently been on closing opportunity gaps and advancing student success for historically underserved populations.

    Noe Ortega

Join us!

We are overjoyed to be celebrating our students in a manner that befits their accomplishments, and we encourage our community to join us in celebration. Commencement is a graduation ceremony that takes place each spring semester. It is an end-of-spring semester celebration for students projected to successfully complete all of their graduation requirements. Our ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ students are commencing on toward something greater — after having successfully earned their certificate or degree — and are ready to use their skills in the workforce or continue on to a four-year school after they graduate.

Are you ready to graduate next spring?

Directions

View of the mountains at Tanglewood

Commencement

Tanglewood
297 West St
Lenox, MA 01240

Year-end Events 2025

Event Date Time Location Contact
ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Falconer Awards Thursday, April 17 2 – 4 p.m. Robert Boland Theatre and Koussevitzky Lobby Kaila Mullaney
ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Players Spring Musical: Lucky Stiff Friday, May 2 – Sunday, May 11 7 p.m., 2 p.m. Robert Boland Theatre Alzie Mercado
PTK Ceremony Thursday, May 8 2 p.m. Connector Geoff Tabor
ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert Tuesday, May 13 2 p.m. Koussevitzky Arts Center, Room K111 Ellen Shanahan
End-of-year Student Art Show Thursday, May 15 4 – 7 p.m. Koussevitzky Gallery and Lobby Lisa Griffith
ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Employee Celebration Monday, May 19 4:30 p.m. Off-campus Human Resources
Wednesday, May 21 5:30 – 10 p.m. Connector Erica Barreto and Toni Buckley
PTA Pinning Thursday, May 22 6 – 8 p.m. Connector Nicole Tucker
ADN Pinning Tuesday, May 27 6 – 8 p.m. Robert Boland Theatre Lori Moon
Massage Therapy Pinning Wednesday, May 28 5:30 p.m. Robert Boland Theatre Judy Gawron
Honors Program Celebration Thursday, May 29 3 p.m. M301 Chris Laney
Commencement
Keynote by Noe Ortega, Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education
Friday, May 30 4:30 p.m. Tanglewood Celia Norcross
LPN Pinning Thursday, June 26 6 – 8 p.m. The Connector Lori Moon
51st Annual Awards Night Wednesday, Sept. 17 6 p.m. Robert Boland Theatre ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Foundation