Morehouse School of Medicine's
42nd Commencement Exercises

Saturday, May 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM

Commencement Details

Morehouse School of Medicine’s 42nd Commencement Exercises will be held in person with family, friends, alumni and other MSM community members invited to join in the celebration.

This year’s ceremony will feature our 2026 Commencement speaker, Congressman Rich McCormick, MD, MBA (Class of 2010) U.S. Representative, Georgia's 7th Congressional District.

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42nd Commencement Events

By These Healing Hands
NCPC Auditorium
3PM | TUESDAY, may 12 LIvestream LInk

Commencement Rehearsal
King’s Chapel
3PM | WEDNESDAY, May 13

Graduate Education in Biomedical Sciences Hooding and Awards Ceremony
NCPC Auditorium
12 noon | friday, may 15
Hooding and Awards Ceremony livestream link

Dean’s Reception For The Class of 2026
Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center
12:30 PM | Friday, May 15

Graduate Education in Public Health (GEPH) Hooding and Awards Ceremony
NCPC Auditorium
2 P.M. | friday, may 15
Hooding and Awards Ceremony link

Dean’s Reception
Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center
3:30 P.M. | friday, may 15

Physician Assistant and Doctor of medicine Hooding and Awards Ceremony
NCPC Auditorium
5 P.M. | friday, may 15
Hooding and Awards Ceremony link

Dean’s Reception
Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center
6:30 P.M. | friday, may 15

Commencement
Martin Luther King International Chapel
Morehouse College
9AM | saturday, may 16

Alumni Reception
Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center
saturday, may 16

Parking & Transportation

Guests should park at Morehouse College upon arrival.  That address is 830 Westview Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30314.  There will be 200 spaces available at Morehouse College for guests parking on commencement day.  Once that lot fills up, there will be overflow parking available in the MSM parking garage at 436 Lee Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30310. 

Accessibility

If you anticipate problems walking to King Chapel on the Morehouse College Campus, entering or exiting the stage, or have other accessibility concerns please reach out to Ms. Aise Cannon in the Office of Individualized Learning & Accessibility Services (OILAS). If you have guests who will need assistance you can address that with Ms. Cannon.