Archives & History
Commencement History
Essay: "The Feast of Reason and the Flow of Soul" A history of Commencement at Emory
Ceremony Archives
178th Commencement - 2023
Speaker: Anthony Ray Hinton
Class of 2023 Commencement Program
- Video: Emory University Commencement Ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: Anthony Ray Hinton Keynote Address
- Video: Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Video: Goizueta Business School, BBA
- Video: Goizueta Business School, MAF, MBA and MSBA
- Video: Laney Graduate School
- Video: Rollins School of Public Health
- Video: School of Law
- Video: School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine
- Video: School of Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy
177th Commencement - 2022
Speaker: Tyler Perry
Class of 2022 Commencement Program
- Video: Emory University Commencement Ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: Baccalaureate 2022
- Video: Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Video: Goizueta Business School, BBA
- Video: Goizueta Business School, MBA and MSBA
- Video: Laney Graduate School
- Video: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
- Video: Oxford College
- Video: Rollins School of Public Health
- Video: School of Law
- Video: School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine
- Video: School of Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy
176th Commencement - 2021
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Fauci
2021 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: Dr. Anthony Fauci Award Presentation and Keynote Address
- Video: Class Day 2021 featuring Senator Jon Ossoff
- Video: Baccalaureate 2021
- Video: Candler School of Theology
- Video: Class of 2020
- Video: Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Video: Goizueta Business School, BBA
- Video: Goizueta Business School, Evening MBA and Executive MBA
- Video: Goizueta Business School, Fulltime MBA and MSBA
- Video: Laney Graduate School
- Video: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
- Video: Oxford College
- Video: Rollins School of Public Health
- Video: School of Law
- Video: School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine
- Video: School of Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy
- Video: School of Medicine, Genetic Counseling Program
- Video: School of Medicine, Medical Imaging Program
175th Commencement - May 11, 2020
Speaker: Bryan Stevenson
- Video: 2020 Our Moment
- Video: 2020 Ceremony Open
- Video: 2020 President's Address
- Video: 2020 Your Moment
- Video: 2020 Commencement Awards
- Video: 2020 Presentation of Honorary Degrees
- Video: 2020 Conferral of Degrees
- Video: 2020 Ceremony Close
- Document: 2020 Commencement Program (PDF)
174th Commencement - May 13, 2019
Speaker: Ambassador Andrew Young
- Document: 2019 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2019 Keynote Address (Youtube)
- Video: 2019 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: 2019 Emory College diploma ceremony
173rd Commencement - May 14, 2018
Speaker: Michael Dubin
- Document: 2018 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2018 Keynote Address (Youtube)
- Video: 2018 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: 2018 Emory College diploma ceremony
172nd Commencement - May 8, 2017
Speaker: Natasha Trethewey
- Document: 2017 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2017 Keynote Address (Youtube)
- Video: 2017 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: 2017 Emory College diploma ceremony
171st Commencement - May 9, 2016
Speaker: William H. Foege
- Document: 2016 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2016 Keynote Address (Youtube)
- Video: 2016 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: 2016 Emory College diploma ceremony
170th Commencement - May 11, 2015
Speaker: Salman Rushdie
- Document: 2015 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2015 Keynote Address (Youtube)
- Video: 2015 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: 2015 Emory College diploma ceremony
169th Commencement - May 12, 2014
Speaker: Congressman John Lewis
- Document: 2014 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2014 Keynote Address (Youtube)
- Video: 2014 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: 2014 Emory College diploma ceremony
168th Commencement - May 13, 2013
Speaker: Rita Dove
- Document: 2013 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2013 Keynote Address (Youtube)
- Video: 2013 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
167th Commencement - May 14, 2012
Speaker: Dr. Ben Carson
- Document: 2012 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Document: 2012 Keynote Transcript (PDF)
- Video: 2012 Keynote Address (Youtube)
- Video: 2012 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
166th Commencement - May 9, 2011
Speaker: Janet Napolitano
- Document: 2011 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2011 Keynote Address (Youtube
- Video: 2011 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
165th Commencement - May 10, 2010
Speaker: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Document: 2010 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Newspaper: Special edition Emory Report (PDF))
- Video: Schwarzenegger keynote address (YouTube)
- Video: 2010 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
164th Commencement - May 11, 2009
Speaker: Vicente Fox
- Document: 2009 Commencement Program (PDF)
- Video: 2009 All-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle
- Video: Fox keynote address (YouTube)
163nd Commencement - May 12, 2008
Speaker: Bernie Marcus
162nd Commencement - May 14, 2007
Speaker: Paul Farmer
161st Commencement - May 15, 2006
Speaker: Marian Wright Edelman
160th Commencement - May 16, 2005
Speaker: Tom Brokaw
159th Commencement - May 10, 2004
Speaker: Mary Robinson
158th Commencement - May 12, 2003
Speaker: Seamus Heaney
157th Commencement - May 13, 2002
Speaker: Alfred Uhry
156th Commencement - May 14, 2001
Speakers: Deborah E. Lipstadt,Bradley Currey Jr.,Elias Chacour, Richard J. Goldstone,and Charlayne Hunter-Gault
155th Commencement - May 15, 2000
Speaker: George Mitchell
154th Commencement - May 12, 1999
Speaker: Robert Reich
153rd Commencement - May 11, 1998
Speaker: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama