O'Connell Center

Greetings | The Stephen C. O'Connell Center welcomes you! If you have any questions about visiting our venue, please contact the Box Office at 352-392-1653, that's 3. 5. 2. 3. 9. 2. 1. 6. 5. 3. or the O'Connell Center administrative offices at 352-392-5500.

UF Summer Commencement – Master’s & Bachelor’s Degrees #2

Excited to celebrate these University of Florida graduates as they take their next step in the Gator Nation!

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 8:30am for guests
Processional: Begins at 9:30am

Participating Degrees: Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS); Education (EDU); Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS); Warrington College of Business (WCB)

Additional Information

For more information on UF Commencements, please visit the Commencement website.

UF Summer Commencement – Master’s & Bachelor’s Degrees #1

Excited to celebrate these University of Florida graduates as they take their next step in the Gator Nation!

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 8:30am for guests
Processional: Begins at 9:30am

Participating Degrees: Arts (ART); Design, Construction and Planning (DCP); Health and Human Performance (HHP); Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (H.W. ENG); Journalism and Communications (CJC); Medicine (MED); Nursing (NURS); Pharmacy (PHARM); Public Health and Health Professions (PHHP); Veterinary Medicine (VET MED)

Additional Information

For more information on UF Commencements, please visit the Commencement website.

UF Summer Commencement – Doctoral Degrees

Celebrate these University of Florida graduates as they take their next step in the Gator Nation!

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 12:30pm for guests
Processional: Begins at 1:40pm

Additional Information

For more information on UF Commencements, please visit the Commencement website.

Gator Growl 2026

PLEASE NOTE: The UF student pre-sale for this event will take place on Wednesday, May 20th at 12:00pm. UF Students can purchase their tickets on ticketmaster.com. Click “Unlock Offer” to enter your 8-digit UFID to unlock the student pricing. Four ticket maximum per purchase.

Additional Information

  • Doors: 6:00pm
  • Gates: Gate 1 will be open.
  • Camera Policy: No cameras are permitted for this event. Cell phone cameras are allowed.
  • Video/Audio Recording Policy: Video and audio recording is not allowed
  • Concession Information: Open at Gate 1
  • Disabled Patron Services: Accessibility Information
  • Security: See the Security Policies listed here »
  • Prohibited Items: Please see above security link
  • Parking: Please be advised that the only General Public parking near the O’Connell Center will be in the O’Connell Center parking garage as well as the lot. Parking is first come, first serve and is lifted at 3:30 pm on the weekdays.
  • Directions: Map and Driving Directions »
  • Tickets: UF Student tickets will be available starting at 12:00pm on Wednesday, May 20th on Ticketmaster.com.

UF Commencement – College of Pharmacy (MS/PharmD)

Excited to celebrate UF Commencement with these graduates as they take their next step in the Gator Nation!

Entrance: Graduating Students enter through Gate 4 @ 8:30am – General Public enters through Gate 1 @ 8:30am
Processional: Begins at 10:00am

Participating Degrees: MS and PharmD

Additional Information

For more information on UF Commencements, please visit the Commencement website.

UF Commencement – Levin College of Law (JD’s, LLM’s & SJD’s)

Excited to celebrate UF Commencement with these graduates as they take their next step in the Gator Nation!

Entrance: Graduating Students enter through Gate 4 @ 3:30pm – General Public enters through Gate 1 @ 3:45pm
Processional: Begins at 5:00pm

Participating Degrees: Levin College of Law (JD’s, LLM’s & SJD’s)

Additional Information

For more information on UF Commencements, please visit the Commencement website.

Dance Marathon

Dance Marathon at the University of Florida is the largest student-run and highest fundraising philanthropy in the Southeast United States. Our mission is to strive to bring together the campus and community to raise funds and awareness for our local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. We are going into our 32nd year of Dance Marathon at UF, having fundraised over $33,000,000 thus far. This past year, we celebrated our 31st year by raising $1,351,566.99!

Event Information:

  • Security: Patrons will be asked to pass through metal detectors prior to entry in the building. Refer to our Metal Detector Screening page for more information on this policy.
  • Prohibited Items: Visit our Security Policies page for a list of prohibited items.
  • Camera Policy: Cameras of all types are permitted.
  • Video/Audio Recording Policy: Video and audio recording allowed for this event
  • Concession Information: Not available for this event.
  • Disabled Patron Services: Accessibility Information
  • Parking: Parking is available in the O’Connell Center parking lot and garage.
  • Directions: Map and Driving Directions »
  • More Info: For more information on the event, please refer to the Dance Marathon website.

UF Spring Commencement – Warrington College of Business #1

Excited to celebrate UF Commencement with these graduates as they take their next step in the Gator Nation!

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 7:30am
Processional: Begins at 8:30am

Participating Schools: Hough Graduate School of Business and Fisher School of Accounting

Additional Information

UF Spring Commencement – College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Excited to celebrate UF Commencement with these graduates as they take their next step in the Gator Nation!

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 6:00pm
Processional: Begins at 7:00pm

Participating Schools: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Additional Information

UF Spring Commencement – DCP/EDU/ART

Excited to celebrate UF Commencement with these graduates as they take their next step in the Gator Nation!

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 12:30pm
Processional: Begins at 1:30pm

Participating Schools: College of the Arts; College of Design, Construction, and Planning, College of Education

Additional Information