College graduations start throughout Virginia in the next two weeks, with thousands of students receiving their diplomas and taking their hard-earned knowledge out into the world. Below are some of the upcoming ceremonies:

Virginia Commonwealth University will recognize graduating students with a university-wide commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. at the Greater Richmond Convention Center at 403 N. 3rd St. Gov. Glenn Youngkin will serve as the commencement speaker. A livestream link for the ceremony can be found at vcu.edu when the ceremony begins.

Spring graduates at Virginia Union University will be celebrated across multiple venues and times, with the main commencement held at Hovey Stadium on Saturday, May 11 at 9 a.m., Anthropologist, educator and past college president Johnnetta B. Cole is the commencement speaker. Separate school ceremonies for the School of Arts and Sciences and the Sydney Lewis School of Business will be held at the Stadium at 1 and 3 p.m. Graduates in the Evelyn Reid Syphax School of Education and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology will be recognized at ceremonies in Coburn Hall at 1 and 3 p.m. All ceremonies will be streamed online via VUU’s various social media pages. More information is at www.vuu.edu.

The University of Richmond hosts its main commencement ceremony, celebrating the School of Arts and Sciences, the Robins School of Business and the Jepson School of Leadership Studies on Sunday, May 12, in the Robins Center at 365 College Road at 2 p.m., with doors opening at noon. Ceremonies will also be held for the Richmond School of Law and School of Professional & Continuing Studies on Saturday, May 11. Sherwin-Williams CEO and UR 1997 alum Heidi Petz will serve as commencement speaker for the main ceremony, while Judge Kelley Hodge of the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania will address law graduates. Graduating student Zariah Chiverton, alumna Annette Ardler and adjunct professor Elisabeth E. Wray also will speak at the SPCS graduation ceremony. More information is at: commencement.richmond.edu/main/index.html.

The 2024 Reynolds Community College Commencement Ceremony for students will occur on Tuesday, May 14, at 2 p.m. in the VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center at 1200 W. Broad St. The ceremony will be available to view live online, and the link will be posted at go.reynolds.edu/graduation the day of the ceremony.

In lieu of a commencement speaker, Reynolds President Paula P. Pando, Faculty Senate President Karen Neal and graduating student Samantha Carter will provide greetings. More information can be found at www.reynolds.edu.

Virginia State University will host its Spring 2024 Commencement with two ceremonies on Saturday, May 11, at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Center at 20809 2nd Ave. The College of Education, and College of Humanities and Social Sciences will be the focus of the 9 a.m. ceremony, while the Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering & Technology, Natural & Health Sciences and RFL College of Business will be part of the 2 p.m. ceremony. More information, can be found at www.vsu.edu/graduation.

Hampton University will host its 154th Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 12, at 10 a.m. at the Hampton University Convocation Center at 700 Emancipation Drive. Pastor Howard Wesley of Alfred Street Baptist Church will serve as the commencement speaker. The commencement will be livestreamed online at home.hamptonu.edu/livestream.

More information is at home.hamptonu.edu/graduation.

The Norfolk State University 112th Commencement Ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, in William “Dick” Price Stadium at 700 Park Ave. Virginia House Speaker Don Scott will deliver the keynote address to nearly 600 graduating students. The ceremony will also be livestreamed on the NSU homepage at www.nsu.edu/livestream. More information is at www.nsu.edu.