The Black Graduation Celebration of Excellence is an African-centered pre-commencement ceremony that honors undergraduate, graduate and professional school students who have successfully completed their studies at Wayne State University. The Black Graduation Celebration of Excellence provides a forum where excellence among students can be celebrated and achievements acknowledged. It is not an alternative graduation, but rather a celebration of success and is open to people from all backgrounds and identities. 

Bridging the past with our present, the Black Graduation Celebration of Excellence serves as a cultural rite of passage that recognizes and affirms graduating students who have completed a rigorous course of study at WSU.

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024

Time: Noon - 2P.M.

Location: Wayne State Fieldhouse

 The BGCE is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Engagement (OMSE), Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI), Department of African American Studies (AFS), and Wayne State University Organization of Black Alumni (OBA)/Alumni Association