Graduation Celebrations
Grainger College of Engineering Convocation
Saturday, December 19, 2026
Virginia Theatre, 203 W Park Ave, Champaign, IL 61820
We're thrilled to announce that Ulku Rowe ('97, MS, Computer Science) will be our guest speaker!
The Grainger College of Engineering will hold two ceremonies. The Siebel School of Computing and Data Science graduation ceremony will be at 2:00 pm. For a complete list of ceremony times for all schools within The Grainger College of Engineering, as well as important information about participating in the convocation, please refer to the Grainger Engineering graduation web page. The event will be live-streamed on the Grainger Engineering graduation page.
The ceremony will include speeches from distinguished alumni, current students, and Dean Rashid Bashir. Each graduate's name will be read as they cross the stage. Dean Bashir and a representative from computer science will present each graduate with a diploma cover.