Commencement 2025

Sunday, May 18, 2025



Location

Leader Bank Pavilion, 290 Northern Ave., Boston, MA 02210

Ceremony Times

Sawyer Business School Ceremony - 9 a.m.
Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremony

College of Arts & Sciences Ceremony - 1:30 p.m.
Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremony

Law School Ceremony - 5:30 p.m.

Commencement Questions?

This Commencement website is a source of ongoing information that is being updated frequently.

If you have any questions, contact the Student Affairs Office at 617-573-8239 or email us directly.



Commencement 2025 Honorees

At this year's Commencement ceremonies, Suffolk University will award honorary degrees to three distinguished leaders whose exceptional contributions to the law, artificial intelligence, and healthcare are improving lives and advancing the common good.

Honorees are Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison; Dr. Frida Polli, a College of Arts & Sciences alumna, neuroscientist, and AI entrepreneur; and John Fernandez, president & CEO of Brown University Health and former president of Mass Eye and Ear.

Learn more about our 2025 Honorees

Composite image shows headshots of three Commencement speakers: John Fernandez, Frida Polli, and Keith Ellison

Commencement News

Set Up for Success
As setter on the women’s volleyball team, Jayla Martinez helped lead the squad to three consecutive winning seasons

When the Stakes Are High, She Kicks Into High Gear
Melissa Alburo worked a predawn drug raid while still a first-year law student. Now she’s heading to the NY Attorney General’s Office.

'My Advocacy Might Not Look Like Yours'
How BSU President Kayci Resende-Abbott learned to tune out critics and become her own kind of leader

Making the Most of Title Town
Sports management major Colin Sheehan combines a love of sports with business and entrepreneurial skills

Overcoming All Obstacles in Her Path
A three-sport athlete and honors entrepreneurship major, Catherine Madden loves a good challenge

Back to the Future
Public Administration graduate Christin Santiago returns to school after 25 years and discovers the rewards of being a student again

'A Cure for Cynicism'
Law student Omar Hajajra’s journey has taken him from a refugee camp to the halls of international justice

‘Be curious. Be memorable. But Be Yourself.’
Graduating broadcast journalist Areta Odiah shares the deceptively simple networking strategy that helped her land a job
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