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Previous Convocation events:
SoMAS Convocation 2024
Photo above: Dean Paul Shepson Congratulates the SoMAS Class of 2024 Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation event was held on Friday, May 17, 2024 at the Bauman Center for Leadership and Service. Students gathered with their friends and family...
SoMAS Convocation 2023
Photo above: Dean Paul Shepson Congratulates the SoMAS Class of 2023 Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation event was held on Friday, May 19, 2023 at the Bauman Center for Leadership and Service. Students gathered with their friends and family...
SoMAS Convocation 2022
Photo above: Dean Paul Shepson Congratulates the SoMAS Class of 2022 Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation returned to an IN PERSON event on Friday, May 20, 202 at the Bauman Center for Leadership and Service. Students gathered with their...
SoMAS Celebrates the Class of 2021
Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred virtually on Friday, May 21, 2021 on the SoMAS website, Facebook and YouTube. Students gathered with their friends and family and SoMAS faculty, staff, and fellow students to celebrate the...
Celebrating the Class of 2020 – SoMAS Convocation
Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred virtually for the first time on Friday, May 22, 2020 on the SoMAS website, Facebook and YouTube. Students gathered with their friends and family and SoMAS faculty, staff, and fellow students to...
SoMAS Convocation 2019
Photo above: Dean Shepson welcomes the Class of 2019 at the SoMAS Convocation. Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred on Friday, May 24, 2019 at the Center for Leadership and Service. Students gathered with their friends and family...
SoMAS Convocation 2018
Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred on Friday, May 18, 2018 at the Student Activities Center auditorium. Students gathered with their friends and family and SoMAS faculty and staff to celebrate the completion of their journey at...
SoMAS Convocation 2017
Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Student Activities Center auditorium. Students gathered with their friends and family and SoMAS faculty and staff to celebrate the completion of their journey at...
SoMAS Convocation 2016
Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred on Friday, May 20, 2016 at the SAC auditorium. Students gathered with their friends and family and SoMAS faculty and staff to celebrate the completion of their journey at Stony Brook University....
SoMAS Convocation 2015
Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred on Friday, May 22, 2015 at the SAC auditorium. Students gathered with their friends and family and SoMAS faculty and staff to celebrate the completion of their journey at Stony Brook University....
SoMAS Convocation 2014
Each year graduation is an exciting day for all involved and this year’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences graduation was no exception. As the traditional song, Pomp and Circumstance pervaded through the auditorium, SoMAS’ 85 graduating students streamed into...
SoMAS 2013 Convocation
A cool and cloudy spring day could not dampen the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences convocation ceremony on Friday, May 24th, 2013. This year we had 79 undergraduates in our ATM, ENS, MAR, and MVB majors and a total of 22 graduates in the MA, MS and PhD...
SoMAS Convocation 2012
After what has been a cool and rainy spring, Friday, May 18th, 2012, dawned sunny, bright and warm on Long Island. Perfect weather in which to graduate! The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences 2012 convocation ceremony began with a slideshow of its graduating...
SoMAS Convocation 2011
After what has been a cool and rainy spring, Wednesday, 25 May dawned sunny, bright and warm on Long Island. Perfect weather in which to graduate! The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences 2011 convocation ceremony began at 8:30 am in the Student Activities Center...
SoMAS Convocation 2010
On the morning of Friday May 21, more than 300 people filled the SoMAS courtyard at a convocation ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of graduating SoMAS students. This spring SoMAS awarded thirteen master's degrees and nine doctorates in Marine and Atmospheric...