How is the College of Business Graduation Ceremony different from the OSU Commencement?

The College of Business Graduation Ceremonies and OSU Commencement at Reser Stadium are very different experiences. The College of Business Ceremonies are organized by school, and much smaller than the one in Reser, which allows the College the opportunity to be more personalized, read the names of each graduate in attendance and to give graduates a graduation gift in the form of a College of Business stole. Graduates (other than Masters and Ph.D. candidates) will NOT have their names read at Commencement in Reser Stadium on June 15. For this reason, some graduates and their families prefer the College of Business ceremony as it feels more intimate and graduates’ names are read aloud.

However, Commencement in Reser Stadium delivers the wonderful sense of “pomp and circumstance” that one may expect from a university as large as OSU, and diplomas are also handed out at Commencement. Graduates are invited and welcome to attend either or both ceremonies as they choose, but should be aware of the differences.