OSU’s 2025 Commencement Ceremonies and Speaker

Jan. 27, 2025

Dear Oregon State Community Members,
 
We are pleased to announce that Oregon State University will hold its 156th commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Reser Stadium in Corvallis.


All on-campus and Ecampus students graduating between summer 2024 through summer 2025 are invited to participate in the Corvallis commencement ceremony.


The 24th commencement ceremony for OSU-Cascades will be held on Sunday, June 15, 2025 in Bend. All OSU-Cascades students graduating between summer 2024 and summer 2025 are invited to participate in the Bend commencement ceremony.


We are looking forward to welcoming New York Times columnist and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, as our commencement speaker at this year’s university-wide ceremony in Corvallis. Kristof has won two Pulitzer Prizes and an Emmy, and has made several television documentaries. Kristof grew up on a farm in rural Yamhill, Oregon, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College; he later studied law at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. His extensive writing and television commentary on human rights, conflict, global health, education, rural communities and many other topics continue to inspire and motivate. We are delighted he will address OSU graduates as they begin their lives beyond OSU.


We look forward to recognizing graduates’ academic success and celebrating with their families and friends this June. Visit the university-wide commencement ceremony website and the OSU-Cascades ceremony website for more information.
 
Thank you for your support and enthusiasm as we prepare to honor Oregon State’s 2025 graduates.

Sincerely,
Jayathi Y. Murthy
President
 
Edward Feser
Provost and Executive Vice President