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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 5 guests per student.
These ceremonies will be livestreamed.
Regalia details and links coming soon.
Graduation Central details coming soon.

Morning Ceremony: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Doors open at: 8:30 a.m.
More information coming soon.
Keynote Speaker: TBD
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

Afternoon Ceremony: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Doors open at: 1:00 p.m.
More information coming soon.
Keynote Speaker: Meagan Sampogna Williams, PhD, MBA, RHIA (HIM BS ’00)
- SHRS Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
- Chief Operating Officer, The US Oncology Network
This ceremony will include undergraduate, graduate and PhD students from these departments:
- Communication Science and Disorders
- Health Informatics
- Sports Medicine and Nutrition

University Commencement

For Undergraduates only

Information coming soon from the Office of Special Events.

International Students and Families

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

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!