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 Commencement – Journalism and Communications

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: College of Journalism and Communications

Additional Information

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

UF Commencement – Liberal Arts & Sciences #3

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

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 5:30pm
Processional: Begins at 6:30pm

Participating Degrees/Majors: Bachelor’s Degrees in Criminology, Microbiology and Cell Science, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics/Data Science, Sustainability Studies, Women’s Studies

Additional Information

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

UF Commencement – Liberal Arts and Sciences #2

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 Degrees/Majors: All Master’s Degrees, Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics, Foreign Languages & Literatures, Geography/Meteorology, Geology, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Studies, Jewish Studies, Linguistics, Marine Sciences, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Spanish and Portuguese Studies

Additional Information

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

UF Commencement – Liberal Arts and Sciences #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 Degrees/Majors: Bachelor’s Degrees in African American Studies, Anthropology, Astronomy/Astrophysics, Biology/Botany/Zoology, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Classical Studies, Computer Science, English

Additional Information

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

UF Commencement – Warrington College of Business #2

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: Heavener School of Business

Additional Information

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

UF Commencement – Warrington College of Business #1

UF Commencement

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

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

UF Commencement – Public Health and Health Professions

UF Commencement

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

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 5:30pm
Processional: Begins at 6:30pm

Additional Information

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

UF Commencement – Doctoral

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

Entrance: Gate 1- Doors open @ 7:30am for guests
Processional: Begins at 8:40am

Participating Degrees: PhD, EdD, AuD, DAT, DBA, DMA, DNP, DPM, DPT, OTD

Additional Information

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

UF Commencement – Health and Human Performance

UF Commencement

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

Additional Information

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

Dance Marathon

Dance Marathon at UF Logo

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 31st year of Dance Marathon at UF, having fundraised over $32,000,000 thus far. This past year, we celebrated our 30th year by raising $1,531,518.24!

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.