Commencement

2018 Mills College Commencement
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Mills College—Holmgren Meadow
9:45 am–12:00 pm

Congratulations to the Class of 2018! 

The 130th Commencement at Mills College will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2018. With this ceremony the College recognizes the achievements of its students and confers upon them the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a Mills degree. The dignity and customs of this historic ceremony are rooted in medieval times, when colleges and universities developed methods and standards for marking progress in knowledge and professionalism.

In keeping with this tradition, the Mills Commencement ceremony will begin on Holmgren Meadow promptly at 9:45 am and end at approximately 12:00 pm with an academic procession of Mills graduating students, alumnae/i, faculty, Trustees, the President's Cabinet, and honored guests. The program will include remarks by President Elizabeth L. Hillman; an address to the class of 2018 by founder and current director of the Immigrant's Rights Clinic at Stanford Law School, Jayashri Srikantiah; student speakers and conferring degrees​.

The traditional farewell reception for graduating students, family, alumnae/i, faculty, and guests, will be held on the Mills College Art Museum Meadow immediately following the Commencement ceremony.

Commencement Webcast & Social Media

For those who cannot attend Commencement in person, the College will have a live-streaming webcast of the full ceremony beginning at 9:45 am on Saturday, May 12. Visit www.mills.edu/webcast for additional information and webcast viewing tips. On Saturday morning, go to the Mills homepage and click on the Commencement webcast badge to be taken directly to the webcast viewing page.

A DVD of the 2018 Commencement ceremony will be made available for purchase. 

The College will live-Tweet the Commencement ceremony on the official Mills College Twitter account and will also be posting to the official Mills Facebook and Instagram accounts throughout Commencement weekend.

We invite the Mills community to join in the conversation by tagging your congratulatory messages and photos with the hashtag #MillsGrads2018. We may share your post publicly on the Mills social media accounts!

NOTE: Comments or questions regarding Commencement may be addressed to Annie Labe unless you previously have been directed to another Mills contact.

Annie Labe
Director of College Events
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613
510.430.2145
alabe@mills.edu