T-Ceremony and Grad Class Dinner - 2025
We are excited about organizing graduation events for you leading up to Spring Convocation. We have been working with the Grad Class President Taylor Watson, BA’25 to begin the countdown of events — it will be a time gather with your classmates and celebrate together.
Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. M. Nauman Farooqi, will soon be inviting potentially graduating students to the T-Ceremony and Grad Class Dinner which are being celebrated on Friday, April 4, 2025. For now, we wanted to share some basic information with you.
These events kick-off a wonderful period capping your years at STU! We encourage you to make plans to participate in the T-Ceremony and Grad Class Dinner so you can share your accomplishments with your classmates.
Please Note: Future emails regarding Grad Class events and Spring Convocation will go to those who have applied to graduate by completing an Application for Graduation. If you haven’t already applied to graduate, please see here.
T-Ceremony
Friday, April 4 at 4 pm
Kinsella Auditorium, McCain Hall
The T-Ceremony gives graduating students the opportunity to reflect on the Commencement Ceremony where you were welcomed as first-year students and now celebrates you as you prepare to graduate. The T-Ring and T-Pin are symbols with which all St. Thomas students identify while they are attending STU and long after they graduate.
- Please wear your T-Rings and/or your T-Pins for the ceremony (T-Pins will be available from alumni representatives for any student who does not have one).
- For the formal Turning of the T, wear your T-Ring with the "T" turned toward you or T-Pin upside down so they can be turned during the ceremony.
- Graduates are welcome to invite guests to the T-Ceremony.
- The dress code is business attire.
Graduates’ Reception and Dinner
Friday, April 4 at 6 pm
Fredericton Inn
- The reception is sponsored by the Alumni Association and will be from 6 pm – 6:30 pm
- The Graduates’ Dinner takes place from 6:30 pm – 9 pm
- Due to space limitations, the reception and dinner are for graduates only.
- A formal invitation will be sent to you via email in early March. This invitation will only be extended to those who have applied to graduate by completing an Application for Graduation (through the Registrar’s Office via the link above).
- To reserve your seat, you will be required to RSVP to the dinner.
- The dress code is business attire.