Asian Student Graduation Celebration
Friday, May 2, 2025
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Power Center
Event Information
Friday, May 2nd, 2025
1:30-3:30 pm
Power Center for the Performing Arts
121 Fletcher St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Information for Students
- We encourage you to wear your traditional cultural clothing under your graduation gown.
- You are free to wear whatever clothing you wish. Some graduates choose to wear something special or less casual, but there is no dress code for this event.
- Doctoral students: please bring your hoods, unattached, so you can be hooded on stage.
Registered students need to check in at the registration table! Students who have NOT yet registered need to register at the table in the graduation room at the Power Center
If you have not yet registered, plan to arrive promptly at 12:30 pm.
Information for Guests
Doors will open for all guests at 1:00 pm.
This is a non-ticketed event and is open to the public.
The graduation will be recorded and available on the OAMI website after the ceremony.
U-M Parking Services suspends parking enforcement for commencement ceremonies. Commencement guests may park for free in any unrestricted University parking space (blue, yellow, or orange spaces).
From Washtenaw Avenue, turn on Palmer Drive, and proceed approximately 100 yards to the 2nd parking entrance on your left marked "Visitor Parking."
Permitted and Prohibited Items
Guests and Graduates are encouraged to bring ONLY necessary items to the graduation celebrations. All items are subject to search.
Changes in local, regional, and national security levels may affect security procedures at Graduation Celebrations. Exceptions for guests with medical or childcare needs (e.g., medical prescriptions, diapers for a baby, etc.) requiring larger bags than permitted will be addressed individually at the doors. All subjects and items are subject to search.
We appreciate your cooperation with these security measures. Enjoy the celebration!
- Bags, wallets, and clutches no larger than 4” X 6” X 1.5” are permitted
- Binoculars -- CASES are not permitted
- Cell phones and pagers
- Cloth flags that are not on poles or sticks
- Small cameras (those with a lens shorter than 6 inches)
- Blankets and rain apparel -- UMBRELLAS are not permitted
- Walking canes/Walkers
- Strollers
- All bottles (including all types of water bottles)
- Alcoholic beverages
- Aerosol and spray cans
- Animals (except service animals for persons with a disability)
- Apparel displaying profane or abusive language
- All signage/posters
- Bags, purses, and clutches larger than 4" x 6" x 1.5"
- Containers of any kind (including coolers, thermoses, cups, cans, flasks)
- Flags and flagpoles
- Food of any kind
- Irritants
- Projectiles of any kind
- Seat cushions of any kind
- Video cameras, tripods, and selfie sticks
- Umbrellas
- Weapons
- Any other item that may obstruct or impair the view or enjoyment of another attendee
History
Asian Student Graduation Celebration, formally titled Asian & Pacific Islander Graduation Celebration, was first held in April 2018. The Asian Student Graduation Celebration is an annual event that celebrates graduating students of the East Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian communities and recognizes their individual and collective contributions to the University. The celebration is key to bringing together several communities made up of different ethnic and cultural identities and from across student-staff-faculty areas of the University of Michigan campus. The celebration also brings together families and friends. The Asian Student Graduation Celebration Student Committee plans this annual celebration to honor students of Asian heritage here at the University of Michigan.
Mission
The Asian Student Graduation Celebration celebrates the shared connections and differences that characterize the experiences of Asian students at the University of Michigan and serves as an example of the University of Michigan’s commitment to diversity. The ceremony acknowledges the value and uniqueness of the Asian student experience and serves to commemorate the accomplishments of those students who participate in the celebration. The celebration recognizes faculty and staff who provide academic enrichments, research opportunities, programs, and activities that promote the communal striving and sense of accountability that help students to achieve and thrive. The Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI), in partnership with the Asian Student Planning Committee, institutes this annual celebration as an expression and tradition of valuing the University’s cultural offerings and commitment to diversity.
