The University of Minnesota Duluth’s (UMD) 2026 commencement ceremonies will be held on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at AMSOIL Arena, 350 Harbor Drive at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

UMD students have been working toward this achievement for years. The pomp and circumstance around this event is to acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice required to earn a degree and to celebrate this milestone achievement.

There are two ceremonies:

• 10 a.m. The College of Education and Human Service Professions and the Labovitz School of Business and Economics
• 3 p.m. The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, and the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth Campus (Master’s Degrees)

Meet the grads and student speakers

Nearly 2,000 Bulldogs will be participating in this year’s commencement exercises, in recognition of their earning bachelor’s degrees, doctoral degrees, or master’s degrees, supported by the roughly 12,000 guests expected to be in attendance across the two ceremonies.

The morning student speaker is Dallas Fix from the Labovitz School of Business and Economics, and the afternoon speaker is Remi Foust from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. You can learn more about them below.

See the video from last year’s Commencement in our video archive for a taste of the festivities.

Student Speakers

10 a.m. Ceremony Speaker

Name: Dallas Fix
School: Labovitz School of Business and Economics
Dallas Fix (he/him) is graduating with a Bachelor of Accounting degree from the Labovitz School of Business and Economics. Dallas served as vice-president of the student Accounting Club, played intramural basketball and volunteered his time on the practice squad for the Bulldogs women’s basketball team. He also interned at RSM, a global accounting firm, where he will begin working as an auditor in the industrial sector later this year.

3 p.m. Ceremony Speaker

Name: Remi Foust
School: College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Remi Foust (she/her) is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a triple major in English, writing studies, and environment, sustainability & geography, with minors in digital writing, literature & design, professional writing, and deaf studies, alongside a creative writing certificate. Remi served as president of the Student Government Association for the past two years, and has been deeply involved in sustainability on campus.