Graduate Commencement Speakers
| Date | Name |
July 22, 1992 (Convocation) | The Honorable Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. |
| May 8, 1993 | Dr. Harry M. Lightsey, Jr. |
| May 13, 1995 | Tommy Barfield Baker |
| May 11, 1996 | Albert Simons, III (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| June 23, 1996 | His Excellency Guntis Ulmanis - |
| May 10, 1997 | Theodore Sanders Stern (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 9, 1998 | John Drummond (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 14, 1999 | No honorary degrees presented |
| May 13, 2000 | James B. Edwards (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 12, 2001 | Louise Guenveur Street (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| August 11, 2001 | Mrs. Mady Smets (Doctor of Humane Letters- Ceremony in Annot, France) |
| May 11, 2002 | Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 10, 2003 | Shirley Mahaley Malcom (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 15, 2004 | Mark Musick (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 13, 2005 | James M. Micali (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 5, 2006 | M. Edward Sellers (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 11, 2007 | Lt. General John W. Rosa (Doctor of Humane Letters) |
| May 9, 2008 | John Calhoun Land III |
| May 8, 2009 | Dennis “Jody” Encarnation (Doctor of Humane Letters Received honorary degree from The Graduate School) |
| May 7, 2010 | Lucy Garrett Beckham (Doctor of Humane Letters Received honorary degree from The Graduate School) |
| May 6, 2011 | José Miguel Insulza (Doctor of Humane Letters Received honorary degree from The Graduate School) |
| May 11, 2012 | Richard N. Wilkerson (Doctor of Humane Letters Received CofC honorary degree) |
| May 10, 2013 | Chloe Knight Tonney (Doctor of Humane Letters Received CofC honorary degree) |
| May 9, 2014 | James I. Newsome III (Doctor of Humane Letters Received CofC honorary degree) |
| May 15, 2015 | Steven Dean Swanson ’89 (Doctor of Humane Letters Received CofC honorary degree) |
| May 6, 2016 | Deborah Lee James (Doctor of Humane Letters Received CofC honorary degree) |
| May 12, 2017 | Sam Stafford III (Doctor of Humane Letters Received CofC honorary degree) |
| May 11, 2018 | Brian C. Rutenberg ’87 (Doctor of Humane Letters Received CofC honorary degree) |
| May 10, 2019 | Sonya Houston ’86 (Doctor of Humane Letters Received CofC honorary degree) |