More than 1,600 Santa Fe students to celebrate graduation this week

Press release from Santa Fe College

Updated on April 30 with information from a corrected press release.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Santa Fe College will hold commencement ceremonies for more than 1,600 students on Thursday, May 1, and Friday, May 2, at the Northwest Campus.

Spring and Summer 2025 graduates will be recognized.

This year, 1,522 Spring graduates will earn 1,563 credentials. The College will award Associate in Arts (A.A.), Associate in Science (A.S.), Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.), and Bachelor’s in Applied Science (B.A.S.) degrees, as well as certificates in technical and other career fields.

There are 161 expected Summer graduates, primarily earning Associate in Arts degrees.

Ceremonies open with the Nurses Pinning at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 1.

On Friday, May 2, the commencement ceremony for B.A.S., A.S., A.A.S., and Certificate graduates is at 3 p.m., followed by the ceremony for A.A. graduates at 7 p.m.

All ceremonies will be held in the Santa Fe College Gymnasium, off North Road.

Tickets for the ceremony were provided to the graduates; seating for guests without tickets and those arriving late will be available at the Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall, where the ceremonies will be streamed live on a large screen.

For details about commencement and to access the live stream from home, visit SFCollege.edu.