Fall 2024 Commencement Ceremony
The Fall 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony will be held on Friday, December 13, 2024, at 1 PM in the Holmes Convocation Center.
For details, visit appstate.edu/commencement.
Commencement Macebearer
The Appalachian State University mace is carried by a senior faculty member in all academic processions. Traditionally, the macebearer precedes the chancellor of an institution, both upon entering and leaving a ceremony. The mace serves as a symbol of authority just as it did during the Middle Ages, when a macebearer accompanied an official taking office or opening court.
The App State mace symbolizes the university’s mountain heritage, the rustic location and the sophistication of an emerging, national leader in higher education. To learn more about the App State mace's design, visit appstate.edu/commencement.
About Dr. William Brewer
We are pleased to announce that Dr. William Brewer, professor of British romantic literature in Appalachian State University's Department of English, will serve as the macebearer for the Fall 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony.
Dr. Brewer joined the Department of English in 1987 and served as director of App State’s English graduate program from 2005 to 2008. In 2003, he received the Donald W. Sink Outstanding Scholar Award, which honors a tenured faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences who has made outstanding scholarly contributions throughout their career.
Dr. Brewer is the author of four scholarly monographs, the latest of which, “Representing and Interrogating Dueling, Caning, and Fencing during the Romantic Period,” will be published by Liverpool University Press in 2025.
Fall 2024 Hooding Ceremonies
Master’s candidates will wear their hoods to the commencement ceremony but will not be hooded during the event. Some departments hold special hooding ceremonies prior to commencement. For a list of hooding ceremonies, please check back soon.