The 2025 Jacobs School of Music Graduating class, their family, and friends are invited to join us for this year’s Graduate Recognition Event.
Friday, May 9, 2025
Reception – Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
Recognition Event starts promptly at 6:00 p.m.
~ At The Musical Arts Center ~
Graduates will be greeted by Abra Bush, David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean.
The names of the Jacobs School of Music Class of 2025 will be read aloud during the Recognition Event.
Registration for this event is closed. Please contact Maggie Frey at mrolfes@iu.edu with any questions.
UPDATED GUEST POLICY – FEBRUARY 2025:
This year’s IU JSoM Graduate Recognition Event WILL BE TICKETED.
We are thrilled to welcome our graduates and their family and friends for a memorable celebration! To ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all, and to comply with venue capacity limits and fire codes, this year’s event will require a ticket for entry for all graduates and their guests.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Each graduating student will receive 1 ticket for themselves and up to 2 guest tickets.
- Guests without a ticket are invited to view a live streaming of the Graduate Recognition Event in Auer Hall.
- For students and their families and friends who are unable to attend the Graduate Recognition Event in-person, we will offer LIVE streaming of the ceremony at LIVE@jacobs!
- Please keep your tickets safe! A physical ticket is required for entry. Lost or misplaced tickets cannot be replaced. You must present your ticket at the event for admission.
APRIL 2025 UPDATE
1. Extra Ticket Distribution
Graduates interested in extra guest tickets will have two designated pickup opportunities. Tickets will be available during both time slots—if tickets run out on Monday, it does not mean all tickets are gone. Another allocation will be released on Tuesday.
Please note: Extra tickets are limited and available in person only, on a first-come, first-served basis to graduates who are registered for the event. Maximum of 2 tickets per graduate.
- Monday, May 5 from 5:00-6:30pm (or until Monday's ticket allocation is gone) in the main lobby of the MAC
- Tuesday, May 6 from 11:30am – 1:00pm (or until all tickets are gone) in the main lobby of the MAC
2. Grad Packet Pick-up on Tuesday, May 6 – Thursday, May 8
Grad Packets will be available Tuesday, May 6 – Thursday, May 8 from 9 AM–4 PM in the East Studio Building, 4th Floor Dean’s Suite.
This packet contains important documents that you will need to keep and bring with you to the Graduate Recognition Event, including your Name & Degree Card and your event tickets.
If you are unable to pick up your Grad Packet in person:
- You can email the Dean’s Office (jsomdean@iu.edu) and Maggie Frey (mrolfes@iu.edu) to request that a friend pick it up for you. Your friend will sign that they have received your packet and will be responsible for the materials that it contains.
- You can pick up your Grad Packet from Kristin Martindale by the Box Office at the Musical Arts Center at the Graduate Recognition Event on Friday, May 9, beginning at 5:00pm.
Graduates are invited to celebrate with all of their family and friends at the official IU Commencement Ceremony, please find details here.
The Jacobs School of Music Graduate Recognition Event is separate from Indiana University's Commencement celebrations. For information about IU’s plans for commencement weekend and the May 2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement ceremonies, visit the Indiana University Commencement page.
For additional information regarding the completion of your degree, please visit the following links:
Undergraduate Application for Degree
Graduate Application for Degree
Please note the following important details:
- During the Recognition Event, Rows 1-9 of the Musical Arts Center auditorium will be reserved for graduates. You will sit with other graduating students, not your guests. Seating is not alphabetical.
- Family and friends are seated in the rest of the auditorium. There is no additional reserved seating.
- For those with accessibility needs, please contact Alexa Dow at aledow@iu.edu.
- Doors will close at 8:00 p.m.
- Cap and gown are not required for the Jacobs School event.
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Please direct any questions about the 2025 JSoM Graduate Recognition Event to Maggie Frey at mrolfes@iu.edu