Commencement 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025

2 p.m. | Heminger Center

Congratulations to all tu graduates!

Below you’ll find information about commencement as it becomes available.

Graduation Day Schedule: 

12:30 p.m. – Doors to the Heminger Center open 

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Student check-in, cord and regalia distribution at the Gillmor Student Center 

1:35 p.m. – Students assemble for the procession 

1:40 p.m. – Procession down Miami St. begins 

2 p.m. – Commencement ceremony starts

Graduation Day Description  

Students, family and friends should arrive to campus with enough time to find parking, before student check-in begins at 12:30 p.m. (Parking details are listed below.) While students are checking in and preparing for their special moment, family and friends can settle into their seats at the Heminger Center. At approximately 1:40 p.m., students will process down Miami Street. Students will enter the Heminger Center at 2 p.m., surrounded by faculty and staff who have supported them throughout their time at TU. Students will take their seats and remain seated throughout the ceremony. They will walk across the stage when their name is announced, then they will return to their seats for the remainder of the event. After the ceremony concludes, students will join their family and friends to celebrate their achievement. 

Parking Information: 

Parking will be available in various locations throughout campus and there will be personnel available to direct vehicles to parking lots with open space. There will also be golf carts/shuttles running throughout the day from multiple locations to transport people from one location to another.    

There will also be extra parking options off-campus. A complimentary shuttle service will start at 11 a.m. and provide return trips following the ceremony until 6 p.m..  

Off-campus parking is located at: 

Tiffin Big Lots Parking Center 
644 W. Market St  

Tiffin, Ohio 44883

Graduation Day Pointers for Family and Friends 

Ways You Can Celebrate:

• Let everyone know you are graduating. Check out our social media toolkit for some celebratory ways to do just that.
  • Try out our customized TU graduation filters with your Snapchat account.
  • Frame your face with our customized digital profile picture frames.
  • Download mobile wallpapers to your phone.
  • While Zooming with friends, family, in meetings and even in interviews, be sure to download a virtual Zoom background to show your Dragon Pride.
• Share your graduation celebrations with us. Take photos of your at-home celebrations. Take videos. This is your day.
• Get social. Use #TUgrad #TiffinUniversity in your celebratory social posts to be included in our social wall.
• Tell your friends. A list of graduates will be published on TU’s website and social media.

Graduation Application Deadlines

• Fall 2024 – September 15
• Spring 2025 – February 1
• Summer 2025 – February 1

Fall 2024 graduates: degrees will be conferred by mid-January, and diplomas and transcripts will be mailed out approximately mid-February.