Undergraduate Celebration

Columbian College graduates are invited to attend the in-person Undergraduate Celebration ceremonies on May 17 at the Charles E. Smith Center. The celebration is open to graduates receiving their bachelor's and associate's degrees, along with family and friends. Not sure which ceremony to attend? See the list of participating majors. Graduates will need to register themselves and their guests in order to obtain tickets.

All graduates are also invited to attend the May 18 University-wide Commencement on the National Mall.

We look forward to celebrating the class of 2025! Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using #CCASOnward.
 

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Participating Majors

 Program and Awards

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Download the 2025 CCAS Undergraduate Ceremony PDF to view digitally or print at home. Plus, browse the list of this year's student awardees by academic department.

 

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Undergraduate Awards

Our Speakers

Associate Professor Peter Loge

Associate Professor, Media and Public Affairs
Director, School of Media and Public Affairs
Director, Project on Ethics in Political Communication
12 p.m. Ceremony

Peter Loge, associate professor and director of Columbian College’s School of Media and Public Affairs, joined the faculty full time in 2017. He directs the Project on Ethics in Political Communication and developed and teaches one of the few undergraduate classes in the nation on political communication ethics. Formerly, he led and advised a range of public and private sector organizations and campaigns. Professor Loge regularly lectures about strategic communication, politics, and ethics around the US and in the Basque Country.
 

Associate Professor Antonio López

Associate Professor of English
Chair, Department of English
3:30 p.m. Ceremony

Antonio López is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English. He teaches courses in Latinx literature, American literature, and literary and critical theory. He has written on topics such as Cuban American culture and racial identity and being a community-college student. 

Cecilia Culver, 2025 Distinguished Scholar

BS in Economics and Statistics '25
12 p.m. Ceremony

Cecilia Culver from Waukegan, Ill., is an economics and statistics major. Cecilia has interned for a number of financial institutions, applying her analytical skills to research and policy challenges; and was vice president of GW’s Association for Women in Mathematics where she helped foster a supportive community for underrepresented students in STEM. She is a sister of the Delta Zeta chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, through which she regularly volunteered at the Foggy Bottom Food Pantry. After graduating in December, Cecilia joined Ernst & Young’s Quantitative Economics and Statistics group where she works at the intersection of data, economics and policy.

Quinn Stefan, 2025 Distinguished Scholar

BS in Physics, minor in Geological Sciences '25
3:30 p.m. Ceremony

Quinn Stefan from Santa Barbara, Calif., is a physics major with a geological sciences minor. She received a Luther Rice Fellowship, a Francis E. Walker Fellowship and a Berman Prize for Experimental Physics for her research in nuclear physics working with Professor Axel Schmidt. Quinn has interned at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator facility in Newport News, Va., and the Irène Joliot-Curie Lab in Orsay, France, working on accelerator upgrades and detector design and software. As president of GW’s Society of Physics Students, Quinn facilitated outreach events with local elementary school students. She is a member of the Physicists of Underrepresented Genders group and plans to pursue a PhD in physics at Duke in the fall.

Faculty Awards

View Student Awards by Academic Department