Ogden Calendar

This event includes the Topper Walk, Commencement Ceremony in Smith Stadium, and Big Red Bash on South Lawn. Student/Faculty Line up for the Topper Walk will begin at 5:45 pm on the Avenue of Champions in front of the Kentucky Museum. The walk begins at 6:30 pm. Commencement will begin immediately following the seating of students at L.T. Smith Stadium. The Big Red Bash will immediately follow the Commencement Ceremony. Graduates and their guests are invited to South Lawn to enjoy live music by Music City Sound, a celebratory toast, and food vendors. Parking for Thursday, May 5 is open in all structures. 

Topper Walk:

Line up at 5:45pm. Topper Walk begins at 6:30pm.

Western Kentucky University's Commencement Ceremony begins as all graduates join together representing their colleges to take their final walk across campus before the conferring of their degrees.

For Commencement, students will receive their red towels to wave as they Topper Walk from the meeting place of their academic college into L.T. Smith Stadium. Family and friends can watch the procession into the stadium to their seats on the field, then they will find their seats in L.T. Smith Stadium.

Commencement will begin immediately following the seating of students into L.T. Smith Stadium. This event will be held outdoor rain or shine. 

Western Kentucky University's Commencement Ceremony will begin once students have been seated in L.T. Smith Stadium  on Jimmy Feix field from the Topper Walk. During the Commencement Ceremony, each college will acknowledge their graduates, and President Timothy C. Caboni will present the graduates to the Board of Regents for the conferral of degrees.