Past Livestreams
For more information on past Wake Forest commencement ceremonies, including speakers, programs, and diploma ceremony videos, please visit the Commencement News Archive website.
2022
Commencement Ceremony
May 16, 2022
Keynote Speaker:
- Van Jones, CNN host and Dream Corps founder
Baccalaureate Ceremony
May 15, 2022
Keynote Speaker:
- Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University
2021
Commencement Ceremony
May 16, 2021
Keynote Speakers:
- Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State (recorded)
- Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation (recorded)
- Kendall Hinton, NFL Wide Receiver (recorded)
Baccalaureate
May 15, 2021
Speaker:
- Bishop Michael Curry
2020
Commencement Ceremony
September 18, 2021
Keynote Speaker:
- Nathan O. Hatch, Wake Forest Univeristy President Emeritus
2019
Commencement Ceremony
May 20, 2019
Keynote Speaker:
- Frederick J. Ryan Jr, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Washington Post
Baccalaureate
May 19, 2019
Speaker:
- Gary A. Haugen, CEO and Founder of International Justice Mission (IJM)
2018
Commencement Ceremony
May 21, 2018
Keynote Speaker:
- Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley
Baccalaureate
May 20, 2018
Speaker:
- His Eminence Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York
2017
Commencement Ceremony
May 15, 2017
Keynote Speaker:
- Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Presidential Historian
Baccalaureate
May 14, 2017
Speaker:
- The Reverend Kathy Killian Noe, Founding Director, Recovery Café
2016
Commencement Ceremony
May 16, 2016
Keynote Speaker:
- Eboo Patel, Author, Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core