Welcome, ENVS seniors!
This page is your home base for your Commencement Weekend with IBES, with everything you and your families need for your Departmental Ceremony—from RSVP details and guest seating to helpful links for the big weekend.
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Commencement Weekend: May 22-24, 2026
Essential information for graduating ENVS seniors
Commencement Weekend: May 22-24, 2026
Essential information for graduating ENVS seniors
Departmental Ceremony: Time to RSVP
ENVS seniors: please confirm your biographical details and RSVP for the IBES Departmental Ceremony (UP TO 4 GUESTS SEATS per graduate). Submitting this before April helps us plan, and you can always edit your responses later. Thank you in advance!
Your Commencement Weekend at a Glance
Friday, May 22
7 – 9 p.m.
Annual IBES Cocktail Party
For Environmental Sciences & Studies alumni and graduating seniors
Please join us for a delightful evening of refreshments and camaraderie, where you can reconnect with old friends and talk with students from this year’s graduating class of Environmental Sciences & Studies concentrators.
Urban Environmental Lab (UEL), 135 Angell St
9 p.m. – midnight
The biggest outdoor party of the year and a decades-old Brown tradition.
College Green and Simmons Quad
Saturday, May 23
A multifaith service for graduating seniors.
Procession from College Green to service at First Baptist Church
Sunday, May 24
University Procession & College Ceremony
Seniors march through the Van Wickle Gates in this decades-old Brown tradition.
From Waterman Street to First Baptist Church
College Green
ENVS Departmental Ceremony
2:30 – 4:45 p.m. (estimate)
IBES Departmental Ceremony
For Environmental Sciences & Studies concentrators and their families
Kasper Multipurpose Room, 75 Waterman Street or via Zoom
Tip for families: Look for the bronze Bruno statue on the Main Green and walk down the adjacent stairs.
Important ENVS Departmental Ceremony Info for Seniors
See what it's like: 2025 ENVS Ceremony
On Sunday, May 25, 2025, our Environmental Sciences and Studies graduates crossed the stage and marked this milestone together.
Diploma covers will be conferred by ENVS tracks. When your group is announced, please gather by the stairs to wait for your name to be called. Please be mindful of those preceding you and try to keep noise to a minimum when you line up.
Single-use, all-gender restrooms are located down the hall behind the catering tables: two on the main floor, one upstairs.