Class of 2025
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Transylvania University looks forward to celebrating our Class of 2025 with an in-person ceremony that honors our graduates and provides a welcoming environment for our guests.
The Commencement ceremony is scheduled to take place on Old Morrison lawn. Guest tickets are not required for this ceremony. Should the ceremony be moved inside due to rain, each graduate will have general admission rain tickets to distribute to guests (number of tickets to be finalized in January). Moving the ceremony inside will be necessary only if there is inclement weather on the ceremony day; that decision will be made at 6:00 am on the morning of the ceremony. Graduates may pick up their rain tickets at the Senior Send-Off event (details below).
The Commencement ceremony will be streamed live here for family and friends to watch from home. In addition, a recording of the ceremony will be posted for people to watch at their leisure.
Senior Grad Fair
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
12-6 p.m.
This event will be held in the Transy Bookstore, located in the Campus Center. Seniors will be able to order their regalia packages, announcements, and other commencement-related items. For pricing and other information, please contact the Bookstore at bookstore@transy.edu or 859-281-3570. (For those who do not attend the Grad Fair, please go to the bookstore to order your regalia and place your order for invitations and announcements directly from Jostens.)
Senior Challenge Events
Senior Challenge Trivia
Date TBD
7-10 p.m.
Location TBD
Details TBD
Senior Challenge Graduation Celebration
Date TBD
Time TBD
Location TBD
Details TBD
Senior Week Events
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2025
Lavender Graduation
Invitation only. For more information, please contact Ashley Hill at ahill@transy.edu.
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025
Senior Send-Off
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Alumni Plaza (rain location: Campus Center)
Join us as we celebrate you, our 2025 Senior Class! Lunch will be served by Bon Appetit and seniors can pick up their cap and gown and their commencement guest rain tickets. There will also be treats, valuable information, music, and fun!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025
Seniors Only Event
Time TBD
Location TBD
Open to graduating seniors only.
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025
Candy Buffet
2:30-3 p.m.
Campus Center Hearth Room
Open to graduating seniors only.
Senior Toast
3-5 p.m.
Campus Center Pioneer Rooms
Open to graduating seniors only.
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025
Last Lecture
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Carrick Theater
Senior Awards
3:45-5 p.m.
Carrick Theater
Senior-Family Reception
5-6:30 p.m.
Alumni Plaza
Rain location: Campus Center
Registration requested – RSVP here (link will be active closer to commencement)
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025
Graduate Group Photo
8 a.m.
Front steps of Beck Athletic Center
Rain location: Haggin Auditorium
Commencement Celebration
9-10:30 a.m. (approximately)
Old Morrison Lawn
Rain location: Beck Center (rain tickets required)
Student speakers: TBD
Alumni Welcome Reception
Immediately following the ceremony
Alumni Plaza
Rain location: Campus Center
Ceremony Livestream and Recording
A livestream link will be active the morning of the ceremony. We will also post a recording of the ceremony above following the event.
Photography
A professional photographer will capture each graduate crossing the stage and accepting their diploma. A link to these photographs will be posted on this webpage within two weeks of the ceremony and may be downloaded free of charge.
Parking
Complimentary parking can be found around the Transylvania University campus. Note that a permit is not required on the ceremony day and guests may park in any open lot on campus. The lot at the corner of 4th Street and Upper will be reserved for disabled parking only. If you require access to disabled parking, please return to this site closer to the ceremony date to request it via the link that will be available below. An overflow lot is available at the Lexington Traditional Magnet school located at 350 N. Limestone, which is about two blocks from Transy’s campus.
Accessibility Services
If you require access to disabled parking, or if you require transportation from the parking lot to the ceremony site via golf cart, please submit a commencement accessible services request (a link here will be active closer to commencement). Please note that we do not have wheelchairs available onsite. The ceremony site is located about 200 feet from the disabled parking lot.
Amenities
Our Gratz Perk Café (located in the Glenn Building next to the ceremony site) will open at 7:30 a.m. on Commencement morning and offer a variety of beverages for purchase. Restrooms are available onsite, located on either side of the ceremony site in the Glenn Building and the Cowgill Building. A medical team is also available in the Cowgill Building.
Accommodations
There are numerous hotels in the vicinity of campus. For more information, please consult our list of nearby hotels.
Please share your Commencement day photos with us using #TransyGrad.
Please direct questions to the Office of the Academic Dean: academicdean@transy.edu.
Alma Mater
“Hail, Transylvania!”
Hail, Transylvania, thine own are we,
Our hearts in loyal love we pledge to thee;
True to thy crimson flag thro’ all our days,
Hail, Transylvania! we sing thy praise.
First in the West to rise, seeker of truth,
May He who guides above renew thy youth;
Far thro’ the coming years, firm in the right,
Hail, Transylvania! pass on thy light.