What’s confirmed

NC A&T’s own academic calendar confirms Commencement is Saturday, May 8, 2027, at First Horizon Coliseum — a real date pulled directly from the university’s official calendar.

Where the ceremony happens

First Horizon Coliseum at the Greensboro Complex, at 1921 W Gate City Blvd — NC A&T’s standing commencement venue, with separate morning and afternoon undergraduate ceremonies in recent years.

The nation’s largest HBCU, at scale

NC A&T is the nation’s largest HBCU. Its own GHOE homecoming each fall — projected to draw more than 200,000 people, per the university’s own vice chancellor — compresses the same Greensboro hotel market that Commencement itself relies on, even on a separate weekend.

Where this fits with your hotel plan

If you’re still deciding where to stay, see where to stay for the Sheraton Greensboro, or sold out, now what for High Point and Winston-Salem.