Announcing this year's Undergraduate Commencement Speaker
The Undergraduate Commencement address will be given by journalist and bestselling author Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s flagship international affairs program and a prominent columnist for The Washington Post. Honorary degrees will be awarded to Fareed Zakaria, lawyer Jack Arthur Blum ’62, business owner Patricia L. Bowman, public health researcher and activist Robert E. Fullilove, philanthropist Marieluise Hessel, Bard High School Early College founding principal Raymond Peterson, historian Oliver Rathkolb, physicist Thomas F. Rosenbaum, musicologist Elaine Sisman, immunologist Kathryn E. Stein ’66, and composer Richard Wilson.
Photo by Wais Kakarr ’26
Looking for Graduate Degrees Commencement?
Celebrating the long history of Bard’s graduate programs, this new ceremony will honor students who are receiving their graduate degree through Bard.
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Advance Registration is Now Closed.
Online registration for Commencement Weekend is now closed.
The Graduate Degrees Commencement is at full capacity. The Undergraduate Degrees Commencement is open to the public.
Tickets for many meals will be available on campus at Kline Commons or at the onsite Undergraduate Registration. Visit the registration table at the Reem Kayden Center for Science and Computation for more information. Hours and details below:
The Graduate Degrees Commencement is at full capacity. The Undergraduate Degrees Commencement is open to the public.
Tickets for many meals will be available on campus at Kline Commons or at the onsite Undergraduate Registration. Visit the registration table at the Reem Kayden Center for Science and Computation for more information. Hours and details below:
You’re Invited!
The Trustees and Faculty of Bard College and the Members of the Class of 2026 request the honor of your presence on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
Graduate Degrees Commencement, Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, 10:30 am
Undergraduate Degrees Commencement, Commencement Tent, Seth Goldfine Memorial Rugby Field, 2:30 pm
Undergraduate Degrees Commencement, Commencement Tent, Seth Goldfine Memorial Rugby Field, 2:30 pm
