SSW Event information

SSW Graduation Celebration
Thursday, June 12th at 7-9:30pm (graduating students will need to arrive by 6pm)
Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
We are no longer requesting RSVPs, but we prepare for all graduating students to attend and, for friends and family, there are unlimited tickets. If you forgot to RSVP, you are still welcome to come to graduation - no need to let us know.
In general, the Alaska Airlines Arena has pre-arranged accommodations for hearing and mobility impaired needs. We also have ASL interpreters present in a designated seating section. We will send detailed instructions for these accommodations in our next email. If you or your guest/s need accommodations beyond those mentioned above, please email mswadvising@uw.edu.
If you or your guests are unable to attend, we will be livestreaming the event at: https://youtube.com/live/hO7BjuVm0s0?feature=share. The recording will be posted at that graduation website following the event.

Parking, regalia, UW commencement registration – May 25th deadline

May 25th is the last day to order your cap/gown/hood or pre-order parking for graduation week through the main UW Commencement Website. You’d also register for the UW Ceremony through this link. Please order asap to ensure your regalia order arrives in time. Also order parking tickets for yourself and your guests through the same website. All parking on campus the entire week of graduation is managed by UW Parking and all must have a permit, including people with disability placards.

Regalia Loans

At this point, we have more requests for loaner regalia than what we are likely able to give out. You will hear from us individually within the next week whether or not we are able to loan you regalia. If you do end up buying your own, please consider donating your cap, gown, and/or hood to SSW for students in future years. We’ll have donation boxes near the exits or you can drop off to SSW after the celebrations.

Submission of optional powerpoint slide - Deadline June 2nd at 11:59pm

For 20 minutes before the event starts, we will play a rotating show of slides submitted by the graduating students. We suggest each student fill their slide(s) with photos of family and/or peers, quotes, messages of appreciation, and their art. We also encourage representation of first gen status, cultural background, and other important identities you’d like to share, or virtually anything that would be seen as interesting, inspiring and appropriate for the wide range of ages and cultures of family and friends in attendance. Graduating students may submit up to 2 slides.

Guidelines for slide submission:

Please use a horizontal orientation and, if photos, the resolution needs to be at least 1280 x 720 if it will be the full screen (the slides will be projected behind the stage on a large screen.) The screen will be a 16:9 (widescreen style).
Please name your file as follows: LastNameFirstName_ slide 1 (and 2 if you do a second slide).
By submitting photos, you agree to the following:
* You have received consent from all the participants in the photo you submit. The SSW, UW, and Office of Student Services are not liable for photo submissions that are displayed.
The photos you submit are your own personal property or you have received authorization to have them displayed at the SSW Graduation Celebration. For pictures that are not your own, the author's name must be cited.
We reserve the right to not use all slides submitted.
Link to submit: https://forms.gle/c3pAuSCntVaDT27F6

Problems logging into the Google submission form?

If you are having difficulty accessing the form, please make sure that you are logged in using your MyUW email. You may need to use an Incognito window to sign into your UW account if you have a personal google account. If you still cannot access the form, you may need to turn on the G-suite for your UW email first. Click on this URL, login with your UWNetID, and then under UW G Suite, change account status from Inactive to Active. Still questions? Email mswadvising@uw.edu.

Photo Booth available (May 28-30th)

Brooks, the SSW Media Services staff, and Student Services will be setting up a self-serve photo booth with an SSW theme in the first floor gallery. There will be a backdrop, lighting, a tripod to attach your phone and some props to use during that time period. We encourage you to bring family/friends to take photos or come with other SSW students. Please leave the area neat – props in container, turn light off.

Post-graduation access to UW/SSW interfaces:

Please read here for information about access to STAR, UW email, G Drive, and Canvas. Some access to UW IT services will expire as early as late June , so refer to this link to find out how to preserve your UW work.

Alumni Resources available here.

Licensure information, job search resources, ordering transcripts, alumni outreach/involvement, and more. All graduating students can receive a free 1 year membership to the UW Alumni Association at link above.

Next communication

We’ll be sending out more detailed information at the very beginning of June with final logistics - when and where to arrive, lining up for the celebration, what to bring and not bring, etc.

For more information, copies of previous graduation announcements/emails as well as answers to FAQs, please first look at our 2025 SSW Graduation Canvas page. If you still have questions, please email mswadvising@uw.edu.

We’re looking forward to celebrating with you!

Office of Student Services

mswadvising@uw.edu