Faculty and Staff Instructions

Invitations to participate in the academic procession have been distributed.

The Academic Procession will begin in the Library of The Cooper Union. Faculty members may pick up their academic regalia on Commencement Day in the Library beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Faculty members who have their own academic regalia should arrive at the Library no later than 9:45 a.m.

The Academic Procession will begin promptly at 10:00AM.

For additional information please contact Gloria Nicholas in the Office of the President at nicholas@cooper.edu

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.