| Year | Location | Commencement Speaker | Honorary Degree(s) |
| 1966 |
H. Randall Wickes - Doctor of Laws |
||
| 1967 | Cardinal Gymnasium | Harlan H. Hatcher |
Harlan H. Hatcher - Doctor of Humanities |
| 1968 | Cardinal Gymnasium | Leland John Haworth |
Lloyd W. Bartlett - Doctor of Laws |
| 1969 | Cardinal Gymnasium | The Rt. Rev. Richard S. Emrich | Durward B. Varner - Doctor of Laws |
| Year | Location | Commencement Speaker | Honorary Degree(s) | |
| 1970 | Cardinal Gymnasium | The Right Hon. John G. Diefenbaker |
|
|
| 1971 | Cardinal Gymnasium | Robben W. Fleming |
|
|
| 1972 | Cardinal Gymnasium | Judge Wade H. McCree, Jr. | ||
| 1973 | Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
||
| Cardinal Gymnasium | Dr. Paul W. McCracken |
|
||
| 1975 | Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
||
|
Awarded at the Inauguration of the President on September 19, 1975 | |||
| 1976 | Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
||
| 1977 | Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
||
| 1978 | Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
||
| 1979 | Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
||
| Year | Location | Commencement Speaker(s) | Honorary Degree(s) | |
|
Cardinal Gymnasium |
Dr. James H. Brickley |
|
||
| 1981 | Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
||
|
Cardinal Gymnasium |
Paul F. Oreffice |
|
||
|
Cardinal Gymnasium |
Maurice Harari |
|
||
| 1984 | Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
||
|
Cardinal Gymnasium |
Richard V. Wolohan (May 3) |
|
||
| The Honorable J. Robert Traxler (May 4) | ||||
|
Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
|||
|
Cardinal Gymnasium |
Lorene R. Fischer (May 1) |
|
||
| Bishop Kenneth E. Untener (May 2) | ||||
|
Cardinal Gymnasium |
|
|||
| 1989 | Health and Physical Education Center | Richard H. Gilmore - Doctor of Laws | ||
| Year | Location | Commencement Speaker(s) | Honorary Degree(s) | |
|
Ryder Center for Health and Physical Education |
|
|||
| 1990-1991 |
Ryder Center for Health and Physical Education |
|
||
| 1991-1992 | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Dr. Drew E. Hinderer | ||
| 1992-1993 | Ryder Center for Health and Physical Education | Hatuo Saito - Doctor of Science | ||
|
1993 |
Doan Center | Robert S.P. Yien | ||
| James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Dr. Rosalie Riegle Troester | |||
|
1994 |
Ryder Center for Health and Physical Education |
|
William J. Edwards - Doctor of Laws | |
| December | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Dr. Albert J. Beutler | ||
| 1995 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | ||
| December | Bradley J. Miller | Madappa Madaiah - Doctor of Laws | ||
|
1996 |
James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena |
|
||
| December | Jon A. Cicky - Doctor of Laws | |||
| 1997 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | ||
| December | Donna J. Roberts | |||
| 1998 | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Alan Ott - Doctor of Humanities | ||
|
1999 |
James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena |
|
Connie B. Binsfeld - Doctor of Laws |
|
| August | Founders Hall | Paul J. Uselding | ||
| December | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Dr. Harriet Tillock | ||
| Year | Location | Commencement Speaker(s) | Honorary Degree(s) | |
| 2000 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena |
|
|
| August | Founders Hall | Violet Chou-Chu Tsai | ||
| 2001 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | James A. Barcia - Doctor of Laws | |
| August | Founders Hall | Dr. Shuh-Kuen Chen | ||
| December | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Burnett S. Kelly | ||
| 2002 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Frank P. Popoff - Doctor of Laws | |
| August | David H. Swenson | |||
| December | Kenneth R. Wahl | |||
| 2003 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Dave Camp - Doctor of Laws | |
| August | Eldon L. Graham | |||
| December | Robert C. Braddock | |||
| 2004 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | John D. Cherry Jr. | John D. Cherry Jr. - Doctor of Laws |
| August | Lloyd J. Yeo - Doctor of Laws | |||
| December | Peter D. Boyse - Doctor of Laws | |||
| 2005 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Linda L. Sims | |
| August | Thomas L. Ludington | |||
| December | Robert S.P. Yien | |||
| 2006 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena |
Mike Goschka - Doctor of Laws |
|
| August | Paul Chaffee | |||
| December | Paul Tzung-Tsann Mu - Doctor of Humanities | |||
| 2007 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Bart Stupak - Doctor of Laws | |
| December | Ken Follett - Doctor of Letters | |||
| 2008 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Debbie Stabenow | Debbie Stabenow - Doctor of Laws |
| August | D. Brian Law | |||
| December | Michael D. Hayes | Bokanakere S. Yeddyurappa - Doctor of Laws | ||
| 2009 | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Anthony J. Ceccacci | Eldon L. Graham - Doctor of Science | |
| Year | Location | Commencement Speaker(s) | Honorary Degree(s) | |
| 2010 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Michael Finney | |
| August | Robert L. Maurovich | |||
| December | ||||
| 2011 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Earl Shipp | |
| August | Mary Hedberg | |||
| 2012 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Janice Wolff | |
| December | Bob Hansen | |||
| 2013 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena |
Charles Curtiss - Doctor of Laws |
|
| August | Rev. Dr. Ohene-Kyei | |||
| December | Eric R. Gilbertson | Chuan Lee PhD - Doctor of Laws | ||
| 2014 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Patrick McMinnus | |
| December | David Kepler | |||
| 2015 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Harold R. Wilde | |
| December | Billy Dexter | |||
| 2016 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Joseph Fifer | Karin M. Nichols - posthumous degree (Master of Arts) |
| December | Janet M. Botz | Roxie Rose Reno - Canine Support | ||
| 2017 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Shaun M. Johnson | |
| December | Rob Vallentine | Evan R. Willman - posthumous degree (Master of Science in Occupational Therapy) | ||
| 2018 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Marylin E. Atkins | |
| December | Jenee Velasquez | |||
| 2019 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Patti Poppe | Joseph DuCharme - posthumous degree (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering) |
| December | Scott L. Carmona | |||
| Year | Location | Commencement Speaker(s) | Honorary Degree(s) | |
| 2020 | Online | |||
| 2021 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena |
|
|
| December |
|
|||
| 2022 | May | James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena | Weiju Chen | |
| December | ||||
| 2023 | ||||
| 2024 | ||||
| 2025 | ||||
| 2026 | ||||
| 2027 | ||||
| 2028 | ||||
| 2029 | ||||