Commencement
Class of 2025 Commencement
Graduation is a culmination of your hard work, sacrifice and dedication, and you should be commended. Our Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025 will be held on May 16, 2025 at 10 a.m. (rain date May 17 at 10 a.m.).
If you intend to graduate, you must fill out the Petition to Graduate form and return it to the Registrar’s Office immediately. Without submitting this form, you will not automatically graduate.
Congrats to all 2025 grads!
Ceremony
The ceremony is in the C lot by the Wellness Center. Each graduate may bring guests to the ceremony. There is no limit to the number of guests each graduate can bring. We do ask that you use this link to RSVP for commencement and to let us know how many guests you are planning to bring for our
planning purposes. We want to make sure everyone has a place during the ceremony.
If you or a family member needs to request accessibility accommodations, including accommodations for the hearing impaired, please contact Accessibility Services at (603) 271-6484 ext. 4291. Space is set aside for those requiring special accommodation. One individual may accompany each person requiring special accommodation.
Parking for Commencement will be in the A, B and D lots. Campus Safety Officers will direct people to the different parking areas. Parking for approved accommodation will be closer. Please make sure that if you or any of your guests need Handicapped Parking, that you let Accessibility Services know in advance. See their contact information in the paragraph above.
On Commencement Day, all graduates will meet by academic programs in their assigned rooms in Sweeney Hall/Student Center by 8:30 a.m. Commencement begins promptly at 10 a.m. Out of respect for your fellow graduates, families, and friends, it is expected that all graduates will remain throughout the entire ceremony.
Student Portraits
Individual photos will be available from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the second-floor balcony of the Student Center. Photographs of the graduates will also occur during the ceremony.
Caps & Gowns
You can pick up your cap and gown at the Campus Bookstore. Caps and gowns can be picked up during normal business hours beginning April 7. Please contact the bookstore directly at (603) 224-8231 with any questions or concerns.
Diplomas & Certificates
We are expecting diplomas/certificates will be mailed to graduates by our vendor, Jostens, during the first week of July for graduates who have earned diplomas/certificates at the end of the Spring 2025 term.
If you have any questions about the ceremony, please email NHTIGraduation@ccsnh.edu.
Message from NHTI’s President
Dear Class of 2025,
Welcome to the commemoration of a historic event in your life: your college graduation!
Your journey is one that not everyone takes because the journey requires excellence, fortitude, and humility.
It also requires love. You have loved yourself enough to want more in life and to believe you can achieve more.
The love of family and friends has blessed and buttressed you, perhaps for a ride to class, or a few dollars to pay a bill, or some advice—and a lot of encouragement.
And then there’s the love of your NHTI faculty and staff. We who are privileged to serve at NHTI engage this work because of our love for others. You have been gracious in allowing us to be part of your life.
Your success also represents your love of country and community. America needs an educated, nimble workforce for what shall be a most amazing century. Whatever your age, we need you to be the generation that makes our nation better for the next generation, and that is who you are as you walk across this stage on graduation day.
As we proceed with the ceremony, I hope you and those in your circles of love will make a deafening noise. Let all of Concord hear you. Let them hear you in Pittsburg, let them hear you in Claremont, let them hear you in Nashua and in Portsmouth. Let the heavens know we are here today in acclamation of you.
And always remember: You are a Lynx. You are NHTI made flesh in our community. Please encourage others that they can forge their futures, just as you have done. We need more people like you, and we love you very much.
Patrick Tompkins, Ph.D.
President, NHTI – Concord’s Community College
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