Notre Dame commencement ceremony moved to Joyce Center at 8 a.m. | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame commencement ceremony moved to Joyce Center at 8 a.m. Notre Dame commencement ceremony moved to Joyce Center at 8 a.m. Published: May 19, 2019 Author: Dennis Brown Commencement 2018. Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame. Due to the high probability of heavy rain and lightning, the University of Notre Dame has moved its 174th University Commencement Ceremony on Sunday (May 19) to Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center, beginning two hours earlier than scheduled, at 8 a.m. Individual diploma ceremonies also will start earlier than scheduled, at noon Sunday. No tickets are required for those ceremonies. Only guests with a red severe weather ticket will be seated in Purcell Pavilion. For guests without a ticket, a closed-circuit broadcast will be available in the north dome of the Joyce Center; in auditoriums in the DeBartolo Hall classroom building, Jordan Hall of Science and Compton Family Ice Arena; and on commencement.nd.edu and WNIT2 (Channel 34.2). Doors to the center will open at 7 a.m. There will be no procession by the graduates or faculty, who may enter through any door and seat themselves beginning at 7 a.m. Posted In: Commencement Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related July 06, 2022 Antonio Ortiz to speak at ACE Commencement ceremony May 29, 2022 The Commencement of the class of 2020 May 29, 2022 Class of 2020 Graduate School degree recipients encouraged to ‘embrace the uncomfortable middle’ and to ‘seek joy’ May 26, 2022 Robert J. Bernhard, vice president for research, to keynote 2020 Graduate School Commencement Ceremony May 25, 2022 Class of 2020 returns for a Commencement ceremony two years in the making For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn