Event Series
Commencement Celebrations Calendar
The Oberlin Community is planning a weekend of exciting celebrations for the Class of 2023.
The Commencement ceremony will take place May 22, 2023. While we are putting together this year’s program of events, take a look below to see last years’s signature events, identity-based celebrations, and campus-based events.
Past Events
College Archives Displays: 25th and 50th Reunions
Friday, June 3, 2022
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Mudd Center, Seeley G.
Displays available to view in the College Archives.
Campus Carbon Neutrality Tour
Friday, June 3, 2022
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Bibbins Hall
This walking tour is led by members of the Office of Environmental Sustainability, and starts on the North steps of Bibbins. It will last roughly one hour and runs from Bibbins, past Terrell (Mudd),...
Heisman Club Senior Parent & Alumni Happy Hour
Friday, June 3, 2022
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Austin E. Knowlton Athletics Complex - Social Space Alumni Social Club
An open house hosted by the Department of Athletics and Physical Education.
The Grand Piano Extravaganza
Friday, June 3, 2022
8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Warner Concert Hall
Webcast Available
Watch the webcast – streamed live at concert time. How many pianos can we get on stage? This not-to-be-missed Oberlin tradition features performances by faculty, staff, and graduating seniors...
Organ Pump: Late Night Music and Antics
Friday, June 3, 2022
9:45 pm to 10:30 pm
Finney Chapel
Enjoy a fun-filled musical spectacle! Hilarity guaranteed. Sponsored by the Organ Pump Committee of Oberlin.
Crimson and Gold Celebration
Saturday, June 4, 2022
10:30 am
Finney Chapel
President Ambar will join Assistant Vice President of Admissions Communications Ben Jones '96 for a state of the college conversation and to celebrate the generous philanthropy of our milestone...
Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (OSCA) Picnic to Celebrate OSCA!
Saturday, June 4, 2022
11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Tank Hall
OSCA & OSCAlums are excited to cooperatively host the 2022 OSCA Picnic! Please join us to collectively honor graduating students and their families, current OSCA members who re-opened co-ops...
Class of 2022 Family Social
Saturday, June 4, 2022
11:30 am
Wilder Bowl
Enjoy an informal social celebration with graduates, family members, and guests. Light lunch fare and beverages will be served. Advanced registration is required. Complimentary tickets are available...
Commencement Recital
Saturday, June 4, 2022
1:00 pm
Finney Chapel
Webcast Available
Watch the webcast – streamed live at concert time. A performance featuring Conservatory of Music students from the graduating Class of 2022. If you are driving to the concert, please review the...
Multifaith Baccalaureate Celebration
Saturday, June 4, 2022
2:30 pm
Finney Chapel
Finding Hope, Cultivating Purpose By classmates for the class of 2022, their families, and friends The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life presents one of the signature Commencement weekend events...
Black Families Appreciation Ceremony
Saturday, June 4, 2022
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Warner Concert Hall
A pre-commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduation and accomplishments of students of the African diaspora.
OCircus! Commencement Show
Saturday, June 4, 2022
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Science Center
For the first time in two years, OCircus! is bringing back their commencement show- the largest circus show of the year! Join our talented aerialists, acrobats, stilters, and jugglers as they take...
Newman Catholic Community Mass
Saturday, June 4, 2022
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Fairchild Chapel
All are welcome to celebrate Catholic mass in Fairchild Chapel with the Oberlin Newman Catholic Community. Sponsored by the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry and the Office of Religious and Spiritual...
Illumination and Social on the Square
Saturday, June 4, 2022
7:30 pm
Tappan Square
Tappan Square at its most beautiful, with hundreds of colorful Japanese lanterns are strung across the green. Join us for this Oberlin tradition that gathers faculty, alumni, graduates and their...
Posse Scholars Commencement Reception
Saturday, June 4, 2022
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Birenbaum Innovation and Performance Space
Celebrating the graduation of the Posse Scholars class at Oberlin College (by invitation only).
Bonner Scholars Graduation Celebration
Saturday, June 4, 2022
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm
David H. Stull Recital Hall
A ceremony celebrating graduating Bonner Scholars and their accomplishments (by invitation only).
Oberlin College Commencement
Sunday, June 5, 2022
9:30 am
Tappan Square
We will honor the graduates of the Class of 2022 with a Commencement ceremony on Tappan Square featuring President Ambar and Board of Trustees Chair T. Chris Canavan ’84. No tickets are...
Performance of Mozart's Requiem by the Classes of 1970, 1971, and 1972
Sunday, June 5, 2022
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
First Church in Oberlin
Members of our reunion classes will perform Mozart’s Requiem in honor of the 1970 National Cathedral performance following the tragedy at Kent State University. It will be a moving and...
