Ceremony details

The Carey Business School Graduation Ceremony will be held on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in downtown Baltimore and will conclude by approximately 4:15 p.m. If you are attending the graduation ceremony, you must be inside the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall wearing your regalia by 1:00 p.m. Graduates should plan to be in line no later than 12:45 p.m. Graduates who arrive late may not be able to participate. Guest admittance to the Carey Graduation Ceremony is by ticket only. Participating graduates as well as children under 1 year of age do not need a ticket. Guest entrance begins at 1:00 p.m. There is no assigned guest seating; however, your guests should be seated by 1:45 p.m. Please note: The Meyerhoff Symphony Hall does not allow balloons, luggage, or strollers inside the auditorium. Strollers may be parked in the lobby, outside of the auditorium.

Diplomas

Please note that per Johns Hopkins University requirement, Summer 2023 graduate diplomas will not be distributed at the ceremony. All diplomas will be mailed at a later date. More information about diploma mailing will be emailed to Summer 2023 graduates in late June.

Covid-19 protocols

Graduates participating in commencement ceremonies and events must comply with the JHU vaccination mandate and must have received the COVID-19 vaccination and booster or an approved medical or religious exception prior to the day of the ceremony. Students who are 100% remote and are only coming to participate in graduation ceremonies are not required to submit vaccination documents for Influenza or COVID-19. Guests and family members will also not need to provide proof of vaccination at this time.

All measures are subject to change based on JHU and Baltimore City COVID health & safety protocols.

Regalia (cap and gown)

All graduates participating in the Carey Graduation Ceremony are required to wear the appropriate cap, gown, hood, tassel, and professional attire.
You must obtain your regalia from Oak Hall, either online or in person. The deadline to order online is July 5, 2023.
Regalia should be removed from wrapping and pressed prior to the ceremony.
For questions and further details, please call Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins at (410) 662-5850.

Personalized announcements and diploma frames

For questions and further details, please call Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins at (410) 662-5850.

Guest tickets

Due to limited seating, only graduates who have RSVP’d that they are attending the ceremony will receive up to two guest tickets. Participating graduates as well as children under 1 year of age do not need a ticket. If you need more than the allotted amount, please email Carey.Student@jhu.edu and we will try to accommodate requests on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Special seating

Seating for guests who use wheelchairs, as well as those with limited physical mobility or medical conditions, will be available for the ceremony. Arrangements for this type of seating may be made by submitting your email request to Carey.Student@jhu.edu by July 5, 2023. In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the event) will be made to provide accommodations.

Disabilities

A large screen will project the ceremony and each graduate as he/she crosses the stage. The ceremony will also be captioned. To request ASL interpreters, assisted listening devices, and large print or braille program booklets, please submit your request by emailing Carey.Student@jhu.edu by July 5, 2023. In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the event) will be made to provide accommodations.

Arrival

Graduates must check in once they enter the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, where they will receive a name card with the spelling and pronunciation of their name. DO NOT LOSE THIS NAME CARD – Graduates will hand their name card to the reader before walking across the stage. Once graduates check in and receive their name card, they will process into the auditorium to be seated within their degree program.

• Regalia – If graduates need help with their regalia (cap and gown) prior to the start of the ceremony, there will be a designated station to provide assistance.
• Seating – All graduates must be seated in the auditorium within their degree program by 1:45 p.m.
• Personal Items – Graduates may not carry any items during the procession or leave personal items in their seats. Please give all items, such as purses, to a guest to hold.
• Children – If you have children attending as guests, please make certain that an adult guest is available to watch over and assist your children at all times. For safety reasons, children may not process or cross the stage with the graduate.

Photos

Grad Images will photograph graduates as they cross the stage. Your proofs will be available within two weeks after the ceremony. You may visit the Grad Images website to view your proofs online. Further details and ordering information will be emailed from Grad Images after the ceremony.

Flowers and t-shirts

A vendor will be at the ceremony selling flowers and Graduating Class of 2023 t-shirts. You may visit the vendor website to pre-order items.

Livestream

The ceremony will be livestreamed and anyone with internet access will be able to view it. The link to livestream is https://video.ibm.com/jhu-carey-business-school.

Parking at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

• Maryland Avenue Garage, 1120 Maryland Avenue – Guests can purchase a pass online prior to the event and can receive a QR access code at https://ubalt.t2hosted.com/Account/Portal
• MICA Parking Lot - 364 Cathedral Street (Uncovered Parking)
• The Fitzgerald Garage (between Mt Royal Avenue and Maryland Avenue at 80 West Oliver Street, Baltimore, 21201). The garage is 2 blocks from the Meyerhoff.  
• Parking may be limited so we encourage carpooling and ridesharing.

Questions?

For questions regarding the Carey Business School graduation ceremony, do not reply to this email and instead email Carey.Student@jhu.edu.

Program Features

Gain the skills and relationships to manage a rapidly diversifying global workforce.  Realize your leadership potential with executive coaching, high-touch, interactive learning, and opportunities to immediately apply knowledge to your work.

Join a high-performing cohort and global network of alumni.  Propel your success managing diverse teams in business and communities.

Curriculum

The depth of the Leadership Development Program experience involves two on-site residencies and online coursework (synchronous) between residencies. You will engage in discussions with corporate, government, and nonprofit leaders and work in teams on real-time entrepreneurship, business, and community-based projects. The Leadership Development Program curriculum features case studies and simulations, while exploring and integrating dimensions of leadership approaches and strategies applicable in the multicultural and multinational environment.

Alumni Spotlight

"It was an honor to be accepted into the first class of the Leadership Development Program. In addition to learning both soft and hard skills, I developed personal and professional relationships that are still important to me today. LDP helped lay the groundwork for my success at P&G, as the head of Marketing and Creative Services for a global humanitarian organization, and today, as the CEO of my own leadership coaching and nonprofit marketing communications consultancy. Thank you Hopkins and the LDP!"

—Cheryl Hudgins-Williams, CEO at Hudgins Williams Associates and Senior Consultant at Tecker International, Leadership Development Program ‘91

“[LDP was a] real turning point, an awakening of my aspirations and the feeling that I could, if I applied myself, rise to a senior management position."

—Tony Wells, chief brand officer for USAA, Leadership Development Program '97 

Juan Torrico, Leadership Development Program, ‘04, is a digital marketing professional, documentary photographer, seasoned entrepreneur, and expert in the American Latino market. As the Founder and CEO of TorricoMedia, a digital media agency, he works with underrepresented entrepreneurs and influencers throughout the country to drive business outcomes and brand awareness for his clients.

Program Features

The part-time Master of Science in Real Estate and Infrastructure program is built upon the fundamental pillars of data, decisions, policy, and community. These pillars apply to commercial real estate professionals and entrepreneurs from entry- to executive level. This program will prepare you to both anticipate and influence the evolution of real estate in—and for—your community.

Curriculum

For over 30 years, the Edward St. John Real Estate Program at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School has featured a powerful combination of research-focused faculty members and practitioners who are leading experts in their fields.

Keep up to date with the MS Real Estate and Infrastructure program

• Quarterly JHU Real Estate Market Update Newsletter: A quarterly market report newsletter for our alumni, from leading commercial real estate firms about real estate finance, capital markets, and the real estate economy.  (coming soon)
• What’s Next in Real Estate Speaker Series: An ongoing series focused on challenges, uncertainties, or innovations in the real estate industry. Dean Alex Triantis facilitates each event, featuring distinguished Carey alumni and industry leaders.

Attend an event

Carey Business School hosts various virtual admissions events for prospective students to meet with members of our admissions team. With virtual visits, informational online sessions, and regional and international events, the Carey team is ready to answer questions and support your business school journey.

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Global Immersion

The Global Immersion program embeds students within foreign markets, exposing them firsthand to the most pressing challenges facing international businesses. These seven-day travel courses take students out of the classroom and into the heart of today’s biggest business questions, such as global health, Brexit, and the impact of technology in business, and more.

Typically held during the January Intersession, Spring Break, start of Summer term, or at the end of Summer term, Global Immersion is an intense, one-week, two-credit course, with some engagements held at a university abroad. Classroom work is supplemented with on-site visits to government offices and corporate partners. Students collaborate with business leaders to examine a particular industry problem from the businesses’ perspective. Students learn firsthand how businesses are adapting to emerging political developments and how political outcomes impact business decisions and strategy. Topics include technology, financial systems, health care systems, innovation, sustainability, and organizational management strategies, and social impact.

For students interested in a global immersion without the travel component, the Virtual Global Immersion is an opportunity to work on an international business challenge with graduate business students from an overseas partner institution.  The 8-week Virtual Global Immersion is a cross-cultural collaboration that takes place entirely online via synchronous class sessions.  These weekly synchronous sessions incorporate faculty lectures from each institution, cultural activities, virtual business site visits, and group project work to give students a truly international educational experience in which they learn firsthand from one another about the business culture in each of their respective countries.

Global Immersion Offerings

Chile—Business in Latin America: (BU.003.903.91)

Join us for a seven-day travel course examining business in Chile. Students will gain insight into Latin American business trends and opportunities. With a focus on sustainability and innovation, students will meet with government agencies, corporate businesses, and academic institutions to gain varied perspectives on Chile’s business and economy.

Date: January Intersession
Location: Santiago, Chile
Faculty: Luis Quintero, PhD

To participate in the Chile Global Immersion, students need to be prepared to graduate no earlier than the Spring term.  Registration for January Intersession courses opens in April.

Virtual Global Immersion: Peru - Cross-Cultural Teaming on Business Challenges  (BU.003.930.41)

In this eight-week Virtual Global Immersion, graduate students from both Carey and CENTRUM Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) work together in cross-cultural teams on an international business challenge. At the start the course, the students from each school are introduced to their teammates and learn about the scope of the real-world business challenges they will tackle together. In preparation for their collaboration, the students are guided through effective multicultural team-building principles to create a team contract and develop their project work plan.  Over the following weeks the students explore the variances between their respective countries’ business environments and share their own perspectives about the project topic. Lectures are delivered by faculty from each academic institution. Weekly synchronous class sessions include virtual business site visits, workshops, expert panels, and cultural enrichment activities to complement the intensive team project work.

Date: Spring, Term 1 (January - March)
Location: Online
Faculty: James Calvin, PhD

To participate in the Virtual Peru Global Immersion, students need to be prepared to graduate no earlier than the Spring term.  Registration for Spring I courses opens in November.

Italy—Health Care in Europe: Models, Regulation & Business  (BU.003.904.91)

In this global immersion, students will gain insights into European health care models and will analyze similarities and differences with U.S. models. They will explore the diverse landscape of public and private health care models in Europe, understand the regulatory aspects (both at the country and EU levels), and become acquainted with the business dynamics within the health care sector. Drawing from varied perspectives, such as government agencies, corporate businesses, health care providers and clinics, and/or academic institutions, students will develop a well-rounded view of different health care models in Europe. This course includes two pre-departure lectures (accessible remotely), with a week-long travel component in Milan, Italy (including a day-trip to Bologna).

Date: Spring Break
Location: Milan, Italy
Faculty: Mario Macis, PhD

To participate in the Italy Global Immersion, students need to be prepared to graduate no earlier than the Spring term.  Registration for Spring I courses opens in November. Note that required travel for the Spring Break Immersion may conflict with some Spring 1 final exams. 

UK—Technology & Society through a Behavioral Economics Lens (BU.003.906.91) 

Does social media make us happier? Are hidden fees exploitative? Can online marketplaces mitigate discrimination? Using a behavioral economics lens, this course will explore how technology platforms impact our wellbeing. Through interactive panels, discussions, and hands-on project work, you will learn to apply insights from behavioral economics to understand and improve technology's societal implications. We will connect with tech companies, consulting firms, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders; with the UK Behavioural Insights Team – a leading behavioral policy organization – as a key course partner. Students are expected to actively participate throughout the course, to contribute to a thoughtful learning experience for the class as a whole, and to complete a group project during the trip proposing changes to a product or policy based on behavioral economics principles to enhance societal wellbeing. This course includes two pre-departure lectures (accessible remotely), with a week-long travel component in London, United Kingdom

Date: Spring Break
Location: London, United Kingdom
Faculty: Michael Luca, PhD

To participate in the UK Global Immersion, students need to be prepared to graduate no earlier than the Spring term.  Registration for Spring I courses opens in November. Note that required travel for the Spring Break Immersion may conflict with some Spring 1 final exams.

Germany: Finance and Fintech in the EU (BU.003.911.91 & BU.003.916.91)

This  course is offered to Carey Business School students interested in learning more about European financial markets, including the local fintech industry. It aims to develop in-depth knowledge of the European financial system through a partnership with the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (FSFM). Both Carey Business School faculty and FSFM professors will provide classes on the history and current status of the financial system in Europe and compare those systems to the U.S. financial landscape. Activities will also be aimed at local fintech and startup industries. Corporate and government organization visits will complement lectures and case studies.

Date: Late May (Week after Spring II finals)
Location: Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (FSFM)
Faculty: Yuval Bar-Or, PhD

This course consists of two 1-credit co-requisites: BU.003.911.91 (1 credit) in Spring II and BU.003.916.91 (1 credit) in Summer.

To participate in the Germany Global Immersion, students need to be prepared to graduate no earlier than the Summer term. Registration for Spring II courses opens in November.

United Kingdom—Navigating Strategic Crises  (BU.003.900.91)

Whether financial collapse, public health emergencies, infrastructure failure, or geopolitical tension, business leaders across all industries face a variety of risks that can quickly evolve into crises. Using recent events in both the United Kingdom and continental Europe as case studies, students in this course will sharpen their skills to manage effectively through a wide variety of challenging business situations. This immersion will consist of on-site visits and lectures with government agencies and corporate partners examining the UK’s finance, health care, and logistics industries. This course is open to 30 students.

Date: Late July (Week after Summer finals)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Faculty: Rick Smith, PhD

To participate in the United Kingdom Global Immersion, students need to be prepared to graduate no earlier than the Summer term. Registration for summer immersions open in March.

Peru—Community and Societal Impact  (BU.003.907.91)

In this global immersion, students will gain insights into issues of international social and environmental impact, aligning with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.  The course aims to empower students to create positive changes in local businesses and communities while examining the role of social impact work in Peru. Students from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School will attend two synchronous, virtual pre-departure lecture sessions to begin working together on team projects related to community and social impact.  Then they will travel to Lima, Peru, between Sunday, 3 August, to Saturday, 9 August 2025, to continue their project group work in person and to attend lectures with faculty from CENTRUM Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Perú (PUCP) Graduate Business School.  They will also gain varied perspectives through site visits and presentations from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and local businesses.

Date: Early August
Location: Lima, Peru
Faculty: James Calvin, PhD

To participate in the Peru Global Immersion, students need to be prepared to graduate no earlier than the Summer term. Registration for summer immersions open in March.

Navigating Innovation in India  (BU.003.908.91)

This course offers students an immersive experience in India, a dynamic and rapidly growing economy. Students will explore the Indian innovation ecosystem, gaining insights into the unique consumer preferences, cultural nuances, and business practices that drive success in this diverse market. Through incubator and customer visits, guest lectures, and hands-on activities, students will deepen their understanding of how to navigate the complexities of doing business in India. The course culminates in an entrepreneurship challenge where students will pitch a startup idea—either a novel concept or an adaptation of a successful US model tailored to the Indian market. This experience will equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in a global business environment, particularly within the context of emerging markets.

Date: January Intersession (starting in 2026)
Location: Hyderabad, India
Faculty: Supriya Munshaw, PhD

To participate in the India Global Immersion, students need to be prepared to graduate no earlier than the Spring term. Registration for January Intersession courses opens in April. This course is intended to be offered every other year (next offered in January 2028).

Eligibility

To participate in these courses, students must be currently enrolled as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and have completed 12 credits.*

*The 12-credit requirement can be waived, per course faculty approval, if students demonstrate significant industry experience in the subject matter or international business.

Enrollment varies per program, but is generally limited to 26 students with a minimum of 20 students. Tuition, international residency fees, and nonrefundable deposit are applicable to all students, regardless of status.