Commencement Ceremonies

Commencement ceremonies will take place on Saturday, May 16. The undergraduate ceremony will take place at Carver Arena at the Peoria Civic Center​ with the processional beginning at 8:45. Mr. Jerre L. Stead will give the commencement address.

He is the executive chairman of IHS, Inc., a global information and insight firm based in Englewood, Colorado. From 2006 until 2014, he served as chief executive officer and was chairman of the board from 2000 to 2014. He also has held the top spot at seven publicly traded companies, including Ingram Micro.

The Graduate School ceremony will take place in Renaissance Coliseum with the processional beginning at 1:45. Mr. Calvin G. Butler Jr. will give the commencement address.

He is a 1991 graduate of Bradley and is the CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. He previously held several executive-level positions with the utility’s parent and sister companies as well as with RR Donnelley. The vice chair of our Board of Trustees, he also has served as president of the Bradley University Alumni Association.