This collection includes surviving print commencement bulletins from the University Archives and Special Collections. They were acquired from the Office of the Registrar and donations from university faculty and staff.
Summer Convocation programs from the 1930s to the 1950s are also included as many graduates of A&T received their degrees at these ceremonies.
Please also check college bulletins for more complete listings of university graduates, degrees and enrolled students in the Campus Bulletins and Catalogs links to the left sidebar.
A Note on a Numbering Discrepancy of the Commencement Bulletins
The first commencement from North Carolina A&T to award bachelor's degrees was on May 26, 1899. Until 1958, which was called the 60th, all the spring commencements were numbered in alignment with 1899.
For unknown reasons, the 1959 spring commencement was changed to the 65th. The 1960 commencement became the 69th which may have been intended to recognize the university’s founding year of 1891. This new commencement numbering order continued through 1999.
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1966, June 05 - The 75th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College, with Commencement Exercises Planning Papers
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Warmoth T. Gibbs Sr.
Commencement Exercises Program held Sunday, June 05, 1966. The address as given by The Honorable John Schnittker, Undersecretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. This copy includes commencement exercises papers is from the collection of President Emeritus Warmoth T. Gibbs Sr., (1892-1993).
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1965, May 30 - The 74th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 74th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina that took place on May 30, 1965. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1964, May 30 - The 73rd Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 73rd Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina that took place on May 30, 1964. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1963, June 01 - The 72nd Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 72nd Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina that took place on June 1, 1963. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1962, June 02 - The 71st Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 71st Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina that took place on June 2, 1962. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1961, June 03 - The 70th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 70th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on June 3, 1961. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1960, May 29 - The 69th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 69th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on May 29, 1960. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1959-06-01 - The 65th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 65th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on June 1, 1959. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1958-06-02 - The 60th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 60th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on June 2, 1958. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1957, June 03 - The 59th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 59th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on June 3, 1957. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1956, June 04 - The 58th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 58th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on June 4, 1956. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1955, May 30 - The 57th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 57th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on May 30, 1955. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1954, May 31 - The 56th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 56th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on May 31, 1954. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1953, June 06, - The 55th Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for the 55th Annual Commencement from the Agricultural and Technical College that took place on June 6, 1953. Program includes lists of speakers and degrees with awardees.
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1952-06-02 - The 55th Annual Commencement with Dedication of the New Buildings of the Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
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1951, May 28 - The 53rd Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
The famous Spring 1951 commencement with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Ralph J. Bunche as the speaker.
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1949, May 30 - 51st Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
The program from the Spring 1949 commencement at A&T, with Dr. Felton Grandison Clark the longtime president of Southern University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) as the speaker.
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1948, May 31 - Fiftieth Annual Commencement of The Agricultural and Technical College Greensboro, North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program for 50th consecutive spring baccalaureate commencement at A&T. Commencement speaker was Dr. Howard H. Long Associate Supervisor·of Public Schools, Washington, D. C.
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1945, May 28 - Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
The program for the spring 1945 Commencement with Lester Blackwell Granger, the longtime head of the National Urban League as the speaker.
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1944-05-29 - The Forty-Sixth Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College Greensboro, North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
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1944, Aug 24 - Eleventh Annual Summer Convocation of the Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, N.C.
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Four page program for the A. and T. College summer convocation that took place on Sunday, August 24, 1944. The address was given by Lt. Joseph E. Robinson, Chaplain for the Army Air Forces at the Overseas Replacement Depot in Greensboro, N. C.
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1943-08-20 Tenth Annual Summer Convocation of the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
The Tenth Annual Summer Convocation at A&T College, which features summer graduates of the Class of 1943. The commencement address was given by Major Lennox Polk McLendon who was president of the North Carolina Bar Association, and co founder of what is now the Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP. McLendon was also a trustee at A&T.
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The Forty-Third Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Special Bulletin for the Monday, June 2, 1941 commencement ceremonies. The speaker was Dr. Howard W. Odum, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Notable milestones include Woodland Ellroy Hall as the first degree recipient of the Graduate School, and Margaret Tynes (1919-2024) earning her bachelor's degree in science.
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The Forty-Second Annual Commencement of the Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, N. C.
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Bulletin for the commencement exercises held on Monday, June 3, 1940 in the Richard B. Harrison Auditorium. Address was given by Hon. Jonathan Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News-Observer.
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The Seventh Annual Summer Convocation of the Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, N. C.
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Four page program for the A. and T. College summer convocation that took place on August 23, 1940. The address was given by Dr. John H. Cook, Ph.D, head of the department of education, Women's College of the University of North Carolina (now University of North Carolina at Greensboro).