In keeping with Stanford’s commitment to ensure everything flows smoothly for our students before and during commencement, University IT (UIT) supports the annual commencement freeze, which extends from June 4 through June 21.
For over a decade, UIT has supported a commencement freeze in collaboration with the Registrar’s Office. This freeze helps ensure the campus IT environment remains as stable as possible so that commencement-related activities are not interrupted by planned or unplanned outages. Learn more about the commencement freeze.
UIT is rigorous about not making any changes that could interrupt the campus backbone, phone systems, Axess and PeopleSoft applications, and related services. Likewise, we do not alter core services, such as email, calendar, or authentication services (e.g., WebAuth, WebLogin, Two-Step Authentication, Cardinal Key).
This year, commencement activities begin on June 17, with the primary commencement events taking place over the weekend of June 18. Accordingly, the campus-wide commencement freeze dates are the morning of Sunday, June 4, through 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21.
Please be mindful of the following information during this freeze period:
- No changes to any systems should be made during this time to prevent affecting commencement activities.
- IT changes to local school and unit systems should be postponed until after commencement.
- Emergency changes to fix existing problems and restore service should still move forward.
- Exception processing is available at change.stanford.edu/freeze.
- Contact your manager if you need more information.
While commencement is primarily about the students, we shouldn’t overlook the contributions of the many faculty and staff whose efforts supported their Stanford accomplishments, including all of us in IT.
