Mark your calendars for Commencement 2025!

The 2025 Advanced Degree Ceremony for the Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University will be held Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 10 a.m. EDT at Chartway Arena, 4320 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23529.

This ceremony will celebrate the achievements of legacy students in Eastern Virginia Medical School and EVMS School of Health Professions. The weeks preceding will be filled with events and activities for our graduating class.

Details will start to emerge in fall 2024 with a full website launching in early 2025. Be sure to check back for updates.

We look forward to celebrating the Class of 2025!

Happy grads wave at the camera

Learn about this year's celebrations

A gowned Black female graduate poses for a photograph with two family members in a crowd of celebrating grads and family members.

Graduate Guidelines and Requirements

Find information about eligibility, requirements and an application to graduate.

More than a dozen family members enthusiastically pose with a graduate in front of Norfolk Scope

Graduate Checklist

Find information about eligibility, requirements and an application to graduate.

A Black female graduate walks the stage at Norfolk Scope

Schedule of Events

FInd a schedule of Commencement Week events scheduled for May 10 - 17, 2025.