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Skip to content Skip to search Skip to footer Commencement Open Menu Back Close Menu Search for: Search Close Search May CeremonyMay Ceremony Planning Guide for May Commencement Commencement Ceremony Details Commencement Festival Celebrate your Graduate December CeremonyDecember Ceremony Planning Guide for December Recognition Recent Communications Visiting CampusVisiting Campus Visiting Campus in MayVisiting Campus in May Accessibility Visiting Campus in December Nearby Lodging Visiting St. Louis Commencement FAQ History &＃038; TraditionsHistory &＃038; Traditions Academic Dress Alma Mater Banners Latin Diploma Translations Past Ceremonies University Ring University Shield Open Search History &＃038; Traditions The Commencement Ceremony Washington University in St. Louis and other American universities, public and private, follow the pattern of degree granting developed at the University of Paris, founded about 1100. In the early days of the University of Paris, the discipline and education of the students fell under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Paris, who claimed supervision of curriculum and degree-granting. However, the Bishop faced opposition from the teaching masters, who felt that they were the proper judges of the students’ qualifications. The masters demanded the right to grant the degree. By 1200, the Bishop and the teaching masters had reached a compromise: the masters judged the merits of the students and then recommended them to the Bishop, who conferred the degree. The contemporary Commencement ceremony is the successor to this medieval compromise. The faculty sits on the platform in its role as teacher and examiner. Its leaders, the deans, present the qualified candidates to the chancellor. Acting upon the recommendation of the faculty, the chancellor, as executive officer of the Board of Trustees, formally confers the appropriate degree. A Celebrated Tradition Trace the history of Commencement at Washington University in St. Louis from the first ceremony in 1862. Washington University in St. Louis was founded in 1853 under the name Eliot Seminary. It was located in downtown St. Louis for its first 50 years until, in 1894, the university purchased ground for a new site on the edge of the city. Frederick Law Olmsted developed the site plan, and the architecture firm of Cope and Stewardson designed buildings. In 1900, construction began on the first five buildings of a plan based on the medieval courtyards of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges. The first Gothic buildings – Brookings Hall, Ridgley Hall, Cupples Hall I and Busch Hall – form the Brookings Quadrangle, the site of the university Commencement ceremony each spring. A more comprehensive history of WashU Commencement is also housed in the University Archives on the Library website. History &＃038; Traditions Academic Dress Alma Mater Banners Latin Diploma Translations University Ring University Shield Commencement OfficeCampus Box 12027425 Forsyth Blvd, Suite 3100St. Louis, MO [email protected] Faculty Regalia Student Regalia ©2024 Washington University in St. Louis