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 Columbian College Undergraduate & Graduate Celebrations
May 14-16, 2026

 

 

Each CCAS undergraduate will receive 4 guest tickets to school ceremonies. Doctoral and master's graduates will receive 6 guest tickets to celebrations. GW Commencement on the National Mall will be held on Sunday, May 17. View the full schedule on the GW Commencement site.

 

Participating Undergraduate Majors

12 p.m. Ceremony
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Criminal Justice
  • Data Science
  • Economics
  • Human Services and Social Justice
  • Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Political Communication
  • Political Science
  • Political Science: Public Policy Focus
  • Psychological and Brain Sciences
  • Sociology
3:30 p.m. Ceremony
  • Africana Studies
  • American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Arabic Studies
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biophysics
  • Chemistry
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
  • Cognitive Science of Language
  • Communication
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Art History
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Art History and Fine Arts
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Dance
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Fine Arts 
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Graphic Design
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Interaction Design
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Interior Architecture 
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Music
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Photojournalism
  • Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Theatre
  • Creative Writing and English
  • English
  • Environmental and Sustainability Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • French Language, Literature, and Culture
  • Geography
  • Geological Sciences
  • German Language and Literature
  • History
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • Judaic Studies
  • Korean Language and Literature
  • Mathematics
  • Neuroscience
  • Organizational Sciences
  • Peace Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy: Public Affairs Focus
  • Physics
  • Religion
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Spanish and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
  • Special Interdisciplinary Major
  • Statistics
  • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Associate in Arts, General Studies

 

 

Dean Paul Wahlbeck Columbian College
 
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"Your graduation is a moment of great pride for me and, of course, a moment of tremendous significance for you. It symbolizes an important starting point, the beginning of a new chapter, the commencement of a new journey in your life."

Paul Wahlbeck
Dean, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

 

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