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Congratulations to the Class of Spring 2025!

On Friday, May 9th, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. (CST), the School of Nursing will host a ceremony at the Bass Concert Hall in honor of the graduating Class of 2025. The School of Nursing community is excited to honor your achievements and celebrate this moment with your friends and family.

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Convocation Details

Date, Time & Location: Friday, May 9, 2025, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Texas Performing Arts Center’s Bass Concert Hall | View Map

Security & Attendee Protocol: Visit the University Commencement Security Information to learn about the security and attendee protocol.

Parking: Parking information for all ceremonies will be included soon on the University Commencement: Families & Guest page.

Contact: If you have any questions, please email Student Services Office or call us at (512) 232-4780.

Visit the University Commencement page to learn about the University-Wide Ceremony.

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Letter from the Dean

Congratulations to The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing students graduating today. Also, congratulations to the parents, partners, family, and friends who have supported and nurtured the graduates, enabling and facilitating their success. This commencement honors all that you have accomplished throughout the program and celebrates your continuous passion and commitment to the nursing profession. We also honor your future leadership and contributions to nursing.    

Our School of Nursing includes a strong community of outstanding students, committed and dedicated faculty and staff, and highly supportive alumni and friends. Our community is committed to addressing significant local, national, and global health care challenges through education, research, and service.

You will make the world healthier and better using the knowledge and skills you gained here at the Forty Acres.

As a part of this extraordinary University of Texas community, you have learned to lead and make promising changes in Texas and beyond with necessary competencies, compassion, and integrity. We are proud to call you our nurse leaders in Texas and beyond. 

I am highly excited about all the promising changes that you will bring to the nursing profession, and I am also deeply impressed with all the intellectual commitment and life experience that you will bring to the delivery of health care. This outstanding community of yours will always be here to support and celebrate your future journey and accomplishments. 

Congratulations again. Hook’em, Horns!

Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN
Dean
Professor and Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing

Keynote Speaker: Molly Cook, Texas Senator: District 15

Sen. Molly Cook is a sixth-generation Texan, born and raised in the Houston area.

She earned her nursing degree from The University of Texas at Austin and her dual nursing and public health graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University. As an emergency room nurse and grassroots organizer, Molly advocated for the health and safety of her neighbors, and she is honored to continue that work from the Texas Senate.

Molly’s community advocacy helped pass a citizen-driven amendment to the City of Houston charter, and she has been recognized by the Houston Chronicle as one of Houston’s transportation leaders.