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Follow your passions. Find your path. Build a lifelong community.
Answer our common call: to live as people for and with others.

Commencement

Graduation isn't a finish line — it's only the beginning. The College of the Holy Cross will celebrate its 180th Commencement Exercises for the Class of 2026 on Friday, May 22, 2026.

Commencement Events

Commencement

Graduation isn't a finish line — it's only the beginning. The College of the Holy Cross will celebrate its 180th Commencement Exercises for the Class of 2026 on Friday, May 22, 2026.

Commencement Events

Commencement

Graduation isn't a finish line — it's only the beginning. The College of the Holy Cross will celebrate its 180th Commencement Exercises for the Class of 2026 on Friday, May 22, 2026.

Commencement Events
Prior Performing Arts Center, home to art classes and performances at Holy Cross
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Arts

The arts are indispensable to a Jesuit, liberal arts education. Through hands-on experience, interdisciplinary collaboration and engagement with world-class artists, students are given the opportunity to explore themselves and the world around them.

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Your Journey Starts Here

As the nation’s only exclusively undergraduate, Jesuit, liberal arts college, Holy Cross invites students to ask the most challenging intellectual, philosophical and religious questions.

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Commencement

The College is excited to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2026 alongside their family, friends, mentors, faculty and staff. A full schedule of events is provided on the commencement page.

Commencement
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A virtual campus tour can help you get a lay of the land at Holy Cross.

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Our Alumni Community

Whether you graduated five or 55 years ago, you’re a part of the Holy Cross community for life. Connect with classmates and fellow grads, stay involved and find ways to live and support the mission.

Forever grateful for my time on The Hill. The growth I experienced there is a result of the people who supported me in the classroom, on the playing field, around campus and in the greater Worcester area.

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