Morehouse School of Medicine's
5th Winter Commencement Exercises

Friday, December 12, 2025 | 9:00 AM

Commencement Details

Morehouse School of Medicine’s 5th Winter Commencement Exercises will be held in person with family, friends, alumni and other MSM community members invited to join in the celebration.

This year’s ceremony will feature our 2025 Winter Commencement speaker, Debra Houry, MD, former Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We look forward to hearing Dr. Houry’s inspiring message to the Class of 2025.

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5th Winter Commencement Events

By These Healing Hands
NCPC Auditorium
3PM | TUESDAY, December 9

Commencement Rehearsal
King’s Chapel
3PM | WEDNESDAY, december 10

Physician Assistant Hooding and Awards Ceremony
NCPC Auditorium
11 A.M. | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies
Hooding and Awards Ceremony livestream link

Dean’s Reception For The Class of 2025
Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center
12:30 PM | THursday, december  11

Graduate Education in Public Health (GEPH) Hooding and Awards Ceremony
NCPC Auditorium
2 P.M. | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
Graduate Education in Public Health
Hooding and Awards Ceremony link

Dean’s Reception
Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center
3:30 P.M. | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11

Graduate Education in Biomedical Sciences (GEBS) Hooding and Awards Ceremony
NCPC Auditorium
5 P.M. | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
Graduate Education in Biomedical Sciences
Hooding and Awards Ceremony link

Dean’s Reception
Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center
6:30 P.M. | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11

Commencement
Martin Luther King International Chapel
Morehouse College
9AM | Friday , December 12 

Alumni Reception
Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center
Friday, December 12

Parking & Transportation

Guests should park at Morehouse College upon arrival.  That address is 830 Westview Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30314.  There will be 200 spaces available at Morehouse College for guests parking on commencement day.  Once that lot fills up, there will be overflow parking available in the MSM parking garage at 436 Lee Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30310. 

Accessibility

If you anticipate problems walking to King Chapel on the Morehouse College Campus, entering or exiting the stage, or have other accessibility concerns please reach out to Ms. Aise Cannon in the Office of Individualized Learning & Accessibility Services (OILAS). If you have guests who will need assistance you can address that with Ms. Cannon.