Purdue Winter Commencement to Celebrate Giant Leap for Over 3,000 New Boilermaker Grads

Years of persistence and thousands of small steps together will culminate for nearly 3,000 Boilermakers at Purdue University’s three Winter 2022 Commencement ceremonies on Dec. 17-18 in Elliott Hall of Music.

Eligible to participate in Purdue’s winter commencement are 2,957 students, including 1,679 undergraduates and 946 master’s, 326 doctor of philosophy and six professional program candidates. And 67 Purdue alumni who were unable to participate in previous commencements — 18 baccalaureate, 25 master’s and 24 PhD alumni — plan to take part.

From their first day at Purdue through these final months, these Boilermakers persisted in overcoming unexpected turns, difficult classes, brutal nights, a global pandemic. Big challenges and small victories. Again and again, they kept going, determined to reach this milestone in their academic journey.

Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth, Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Purdue and director of both the Center for Families and the Military Family Research Institute, will deliver the Division III commencement address for Sunday’s ceremony.

The commencement ceremonies will take place as follows:

• Division I — Saturday, Dec. 17, 9:30 a.m. – Undergraduate, professional and master’s degrees for College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Management, College of Pharmacy, Polytechnic Institute, College of Science and College of Veterinary Medicine.
• Division II — Saturday, Dec. 17, 2 p.m. – Undergraduate and master’s degrees for the College of Agriculture, College of Education, College of Engineering and College of Liberal Arts.
• Division III — Sunday, Dec. 18, 9:30 a.m. – Graduate School (doctor of philosophy only).

Deepak, Boes to give student responses:

Giving the student response at the Division I ceremony is Eesha Deepak of San Jose, California, who is receiving a Bachelor of Science in computer science and data science with a focus on machine intelligence. Deepak will begin her professional journey as an entry-level software engineer with Intel in Santa Clara, California.

Kevin Boes of Great Falls, Montana, who is receiving a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, will be the student responder for the Division II ceremony. Boes, who worked as a Starship operations engineering intern at SpaceX in Texas, plans to continue his research in pursuit of a PhD through Purdue’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories.

Admission tickets required:

Tickets are required for admission into Elliott Hall. Doors open 90 minutes before each ceremony. Any bags attendees are carrying will be checked at the door before entry into the venue. All ceremonies will be livestreamed (info available at purdue.edu/commencement/winter2022/Graduation-Ceremony.php.) For those who have tickets to attend in person, parking information is available at purdue.edu/commencement/parking/index.html.