Stories about Commencement

Graduate Ceremony

Lehigh holds 2022 Doctoral Hooding, Commencement for Graduate Students

Those receiving postgraduate degrees from the Class of 2022 were honored Sunday morning.

Judy Marks ’84 ’13P

Influential Business Leader Judy Marks ’84 ’13P to Deliver 2022 Lehigh Commencement Address

Marks ’84 ’13P—the Chair, CEO and President of Otis Worldwide Corporation—will deliver remarks over commencement weekend.

Screenshot of E.J. Dionne Jr. giving his address

Professor, Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. Delivers Virtual Baccalaureate Address

Dionne is a Washington Post columnist, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and professor in the foundations of democracy and culture at Georgetown University.

grads toss up their motarboards

Celebrating Lehigh’s Class of 2021

Lehigh holds two in-person Commencement ceremonies Monday for Class of 2021 undergraduates.

graduation day for class of 2020

Former NASA Astronaut Terry Hart ’68 to Graduates: Be an Effective Team Member

The Lehigh mechanical engineering and mechanics professor virtually addresses the Classes of 2020 and 2021.

UPDATE: In-person ceremony is held Saturday morning for undergraduates of the Class of 2020.

Graduates walk across the Goodman Stadium grass

Lehigh holds Doctoral Hooding, Commencement for Graduate Students

Those receiving master’s and doctoral degrees from the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021 were honored in a joint ceremony Friday afternoon.

Terry Hart ’68

Distinguished NASA Astronaut Terry Hart ’68 to Deliver Lehigh Commencement Address and Celebration Kickoff

Hart ’68—a former NASA astronaut, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and telecommunications executive who joined Lehigh’s faculty in 2006—will address the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 virtually as this year’s Commencement speaker.

First-generation graduates

Celebrating Commencement with First-Gen Families

Lehigh hosts luncheon to honor first-generation graduates and their families.

Lehigh graduates toss their caps in the air at commencement

Verma to Graduates: Face the World with Humanity, Heart, Grace and Respect

The former ambassador to India and Lehigh trustee shared life lessons gleaned from three decades on the world stage.

Lehigh Holds Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on May 19 2019

Lehigh Ph.D. Graduates Honored at 2019 Hooding Ceremony

President John D. Simon urges doctoral candidates to ‘use your talents to the fullest.’