Yale College 2026 Baccalaureate Ceremony

Since Yale’s first century, Yale College seniors and faculty have gathered before Commencement for the Baccalaureate ceremony, a ceremony with a Baccalaureate sermon at its heart. The sermon of days past has given way to an address by Yale’s president and readings by the dean of Yale College, although religious overtures remain with the participation of the university chaplain and the singing of hymns and an anthem.