Pitt Logo
School of Health and
Rehabilitation Sciences

Graduation is your last step before exploring the next step in your professional health career.

SHRS Spring Graduation Ceremonies

The SHRS 2025 Spring Graduation Ceremonies will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.

  • Invitations were emailed to the students’ Pitt email at the end of February.
  • Students must RSVP using the link in the email invitation by March 21.
  • Guests are limited to 6 guests per student.
  • Graduation Central

Morning Ceremony
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

  • Doors open at: 8:30 a.m.
  • This ceremony will include students from these programs:
    • Undergraduate programs
      • Emergency Medicine
      • Rehabilitation Science
    • Graduate programs
      • Counseling
      • Occupational Therapy
      • PA Studies
      • Physical Therapy
      • Prosthetics and Orthotics,
      • Rehabilitation Science PhDs
      • Rehabilitation Technology
  • Click here to record your name in NameCoach for the name announcer. The deadline is April 19.
  • Click here to view additional information about the morning ceremony (PDF).
  • Click here to view information on regalia and other related information (PDF).
  • This ceremony will be livestreamed. (The link will be provided the week of April 28, 2025.)

Morning Ceremony | Keynote Speaker

Joseph M. David, DPT, MS, PT, OCS, CSCS (BS ’88, MS ’88)

  • Owner, David Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Centers
  • Head Basketball Coach, Mt. Lebanon High School
  • Co-Owner, Pistoia Basketball Professional Team, Pistoia, Italy
  • Author, “The BORA Defensive System” (basketball book)

Afternoon Ceremony
2 - 4 p.m.

  • Doors open at: 1:00 p.m.
  • This ceremony will include undergraduate, graduate and PhD students from these departments:
    • Communication Science and Disorders
    • Health Informatics
    • Sports Medicine and Nutrition
  • Click here to record your name in NameCoach for the name announcer. The deadline is April 19.
  • Click here to view additional information about the afternoon ceremony (PDF).
  • Click here to view information on regalia and other related information (PDF).
  • This ceremony will be livestreamed. (The link will be provided and the week of April 28, 2025.)

Afternoon Ceremony | Keynote Speaker

Meagan Sampogna Williams, PhD, MBA, RHIA (HIM BS ’00)

  • SHRS Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
  • SHRS Board of Visitors Member
  • Pitt Alumni Association (PAA) Board Member, Awards Committee Chair
  • Chief Operating Officer, The US Oncology Network

University Commencement

For Undergraduates Only

In May, we will be graduating the largest class in Pitt history!

Spring Commencement will be held at PPG Paints Arena on May 4, 2025. The ceremony will take place at 2:30 p.m.

VISIT WEBSITE

Celebration Graphics

Celebrate the University of Pittsburgh graduates with signs for your yard and windows, designs for the tops of cookies, cakes and cupcakes, social media assets, selfie signs, regional campus signage, pennants, stickers and Zoom/Teams digital backgrounds. Congratulations, Pitt grads!

VISIT WEBSITE

International Students and Families

The Office of International Services (OIS) offers a Fact Sheet about inviting friends and relatives to the U.S.

Download PDF

If you have any additional questions, please contact OIS:   

Office of International Services 
Email: OIS@pitt.edu
Phone: +1-412-624-7120

Friends and Family Attending an SHRS Ceremony

Pre-order gifts for your SHRS graduates!

All online orders will be available for pickup on-site the day of graduation. To retrieve your order, please stop by our booth located conveniently at the entrance to graduation before the ceremony begins.

Please take a look at the selection of gifts through the link below! 

Visit Website

Forbes Tower
Fourth Floor, Suite 4019
3600 Atwood Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

(412) 383-6565

About

Departments

Apparel Shop

Privacy Policy

SHRS RESOURCES:

Pitt Passport required.

Current Student Hub

Faculty and Staff Resources

Room Reservations

Program Finder
DIRECTORY
Facebook Instagram Linkedin

It's Possible at Pitt