{"id":32978,"date":"2026-10-02T15:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=event&#038;p=32978"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:03:48","slug":"spring-2027-ahs-commencement-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/events\/spring-2027-ahs-commencement-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2027 AHS Commencement ceremony"},"template":"","event_categories":[83,53,57],"class_list":["post-32978","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","event_categories-ahs-grad-event","event_categories-ahs-ug-event","event_categories-inside-ahs-digest-rss"],"acf":{"event_series":"","all_day":false,"start_date":"2027-05-06","start_time":"18:30:00","end_date":"2027-05-06","end_time":"20:45:00","time_zone_show":"yes_list","location_building":"Credit Union 1 Arena","location_address_1":"","location_address_2":"","location_city":"","location_state":"Select","location_zip":"","show_map":false,"show_virtual_meeting_link":false,"cost":"","description":"<p><strong>CONGRATULATIONS AHS GRADUATES!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The College of Applied Health Sciences&#8217; Spring 2027 commencement has been scheduled for May 6, 2026.\u00a0 See details below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday, May 6, 2027<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doors open:<\/strong> 5:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ceremony begins:<\/strong> 6:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ceremony ends:<\/strong> 8:30pm (approximately)<\/p>\n<p><strong>GRADUATE INFORMATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration<\/strong> is required to attend the commencement ceremony.\u00a0 The link to register for the ceremony will be mailed to students who apply to graduate for the spring 2027 semester in early March.\u00a0 Graduates will register for the ceremony through the personalized TASSEL link sent to their UIC email. <em>Additional updates will be available for the spring ceremony in late February.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TICKETS:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>All guests over the age of 1 year are required to have a ticket for entry to the ceremony.\u00a0 At the time of registration, you can request guest tickets.\u00a0 <em>Additional updates will be available for the spring ceremony in late February.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual Ceremony:<\/strong>\u00a0In addition to the in person ceremonies, each college will have a virtual ceremony which will contain a link to the live webcast and the graduate slides.\u00a0 For the slides on the virtual website, you are invited to customize your slide with a photo and personal message. The slides can be downloaded to share with family and friends or post to social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduation Slide:\u00a0<\/strong> The customized slides of graduates who have registered for the in-person ceremony will also be displayed at the venue prior to the ceremony.\u00a0 They will not be used during the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caps and gowns<\/strong> can be ordered directly from<a href=\"http:\/\/University of Illinois Chicago CHICAGO, IL | Jostens\"> Josten&#8217;s website<\/a>.\u00a0 Details will be sent out to graduating students once the order form opens for spring 2027.\u00a0 (NOTE: The site is currently accepting orders for the fall 2026 ceremony only.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grad Fest:<\/strong> <em>Additional details with date and time of the event will be sent early in late February.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>General commencement information, venue details, livestreams, photography, etc. can be found at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.uic.edu\/\">UIC commencement site<\/a>.\u00a0 The ceremony will last approximately two hours.\u00a0 Graduates are expected to stay for the duration of the ceremony.\u00a0 Additional details about diplomas, applying to graduate (intent to graduate), FAQs, etc. can be found on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/registrar.uic.edu\/student-records\/graduation\/\">Records Office site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional details about the spring ceremony will be available in February 2027.\u00a0 Please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.uic.edu\/\">commencement website<\/a> for updates as they become available.\u00a0 If you have any questions in the meantime, please email\u00a0 ahsinfo@uic.edu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","group_marketing_image":{"include_image":false,"image":false,"is_decorative":false,"":null,"image_alt_text":"","image_caption":"","image_attribution":"","image_alignment":"right-third"},"intro_text_excerpt":"","files_external":false,"contact_name":"Eileen Doran","contact_email":"eileend2@uic.edu","contact_phone":"","submitter_name":"","submitter_email":"","submitter_phone":"","speakers":false,"include_rsvp":false,"components":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"SEO_meta_description":"","time_zone_global_list":"America\/Chicago"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/32978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/32978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32979,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/32978\/revisions\/32979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=32978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}