The Student Recruitment and Retention Center supports student-led cultural graduation celebrations each academic year and serves as the advising department for two graduation celebrations. Both celebrations are planned by student leaders for students and supported by their respective community programs. All students are welcome to attend and celebrate with their peers.
Filipinx Graduation Celebration
FilGrad will be held at Wright Hall (210 Hutchison Dr, Davis, CA 95616) on Saturday, June 14, 2025, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
The Filipinx Graduation Celebration Ceremony (FilGrad) is an annual celebration honoring the personal and academic achievements of graduating students — both undergraduate and graduate — who identify as Filipinx American or are friends of the FilAm community. Fil-Grad differs from the UC Davis Commencement ceremonies held at the Golden 1 Center by providing an intimate, personal environment that fully embraces the significance of each graduating student's experience.
Learn more and apply: https://tinyurl.com/FilGrad2025App
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 4th, 2025 @ 11:59 pm
Questions? Email FilGrad Coordinators, ucdfilgrad@gmail.com or Carol Huang (SRRC Operations Director), cyyhuang@ucdavis.edu
Southeast Asian Graduation Celebration
SEAGrad will be held at the California Hall (205 California Ave, Davis, CA 95616) on Friday, June 13, 2025, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
The Southeast Asian Graduation (SEA Grad) is an annual graduation celebration commemorating the personal and academic achievements of graduating students — both undergraduate and graduate — who identify as Southeast Asian or are friends of the Southeast Asian community. The ceremony honors the experiences of Vietnamese, Hmong, Cambodian, Lu Mien, Laotian, Sino-Vietnamese, more Southeast Asian ethnic identities and allied graduates throughout their college careers. SEA Grad differs from the UC Davis Commencement ceremonies held at the Golden 1 Center by offering a more intimate and personal environment to celebrate our graduates and their successes.
Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/SEAGradApp25
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 25th, 2025 @ 11:59 pm
Questions? Email Sidney Rang (SAFE Staff), skrang@ucdavis.edu or Carol Huang (SRRC Operations Director), cyyhuang@ucdavis.edu
Co-Sponsored Graduation Celebrations
Annually, the SRRC provides support and funding for the following department-sponsored celebrations:
- Black Graduation
- Chicanx/Latinx Graduation Celebration
- ImmiGrad
- Lavender Graduation
- Middle Eastern, North African, and Southeast Asian (MENASA) Community Graduation
- Native American Graduation
- Pacific Islander Graduation
The SRRC provides over $10,000 of sponsorship support to campus partners in their programming efforts to celebrate the accomplishments of the students that we serve.
Please note: While all graduation celebrations are open to all students, participation and guest count are limited to the capacity of the event venue and budget allocation for each celebration. Some events may include participant applications and RSVPs.
To learn more about the identity, cultural and affinity graduation celebrations, please visit the UC Davis Commencement website.