Candidates self-nominate and are asked to submit an excerpt of their proposed speeches. Nominees are strongly encouraged to solicit feedback from faculty, Writing Center staff and others before submitting their applications. The Graduate Student Council's nominations committee reviews all submissions. The nominations committee selects two finalists for both the Master’s and Doctoral ceremonies. Finalists are asked to deliver a similar excerpt of their speeches before the Graduate Student Council general body during the April meeting. All voting members of the Graduate Student Council then select the final candidate who will serve as the master’s and doctoral Commencement speakers

Questions should be directed to gsc_nominations@brown.edu.