Trinity Announces Winter 2025 Commencement Ceremony

Join us in sending warm wishes to our winter graduates!

On Saturday, December 20, at 10 a.m., Trinity University will conclude 2025 with the Winter Commencement Ceremony in Laurie Auditorium. Immediately following the ceremony, a commencement celebration will be held at the Magic Stones (weather permitting).

Trinity has a total of 88 students graduating in Winter 2025, including the following: 

• Bachelor of Arts - 18
• Bachelor of Science - 41
• Master of Science in Health Care Administration - 29

One of these 88 students is Janka Rutkovszky ’25, an international student from Debrecen, Hungary. Rutkovszky found Trinity to be a welcoming community of scholars and is looking forward to pursuing a graduate degree in architecture. 

“Trinity’s small school setting provided an intimate classroom environment where I was able to develop close professional relationships with my professors, which helped me build relationships outside the Trinity community,” Rutkovszky says. “I think one of Trinity’s biggest strengths is the opportunity it provides its students to interact with its alumni network and receive support to go beyond the classroom and have a real-world impact, even while we are still in our undergraduate careers.”  

Rutkovszky double majored in urban studies and architectural studies and sustainability, a major she created herself with the support of Trinity’s faculty to help her qualify for the architecture master’s programs she’s interested in pursuing after graduation.

“Trinity allowed me intense control over what I wanted to study. I knew I wanted to pursue a unique approach to urban and architectural studies, and through its interdisciplinary secondary major, Trinity allowed me to do just that,” Rutkovszky says.

Commencement Ceremony Details

Imogene & Harold Herndon Professor of Geology Kathleen DeGraaff Surpless, Ph.D., the 2025 Z.T. Scott Award recipient, will give the commencement address. Omar Ratrut ’26, president of the Student Government Association, will speak on behalf of the graduating students.

Families and guests are encouraged to arrive at least one hour before the ceremony to allow sufficient time for parking and seating. Electronic tickets are required for the commencement ceremony. All graduates will receive an email with information on how their families and guests can sign up for their electronic tickets for the commencement ceremony. Each graduate is eligible to request up to 20 tickets. Guest registration will remain open until midnight on Thursday, December 18.

For those who can’t attend in person, the ceremony will be livestreamed on Tiger Network at the start of the event in Central Standard Time. Additionally, the ceremony will be available to watch on demand the same day.

For all faculty and staff interested in presenting a diploma cover to a loved one at the Winter Commencement, as well as staff who wish to volunteer at or attend the ceremony, please submit your requests using the involvement form. Submissions are due by Wednesday, December 10.

More details on the ceremony can be found on the Trinity Winter Commencement website.