VCUarts will not be holding a Fall 2025 Commencement ceremony, but instead has invited August, December and May graduates to attend the department’s spring celebration.
Departments typically have their own celebrations outside of the main, university-wide ceremonies. Fall graduates will still be able to attend the Dec. 13 university-wide commencement, but the only VCUarts-specific ceremony will be the May 8 celebration, according to the VCUarts commencement page.
Students told The CT they found out about the change not through the department, but through their professors, who told them it was due to budget constraints…