Mansfield had had Commencement since at least the 1930s.
Faculty Council minutes on May 6, 1971 state: "Dr. Peltier reported that President Park would like a reaction of the faculty to the possibility of establishing a regular annual all-college convocation. Dr. Keene moved and Dr. Hill seconded that we continue holding convocation."
- 2024: Professor Michelle Lockwood, "TIME"
- 2023: Dr. Gretchen Sechrist, "Finding Joy"
- 2022: Dr. Peggy Dettwiler, "Look to This Day!"
- 2021: Dr. Matt Haner, "Fear Not the Singularity. Or College for That Matter"
- 2020: Cancelled due to COVID-19
- 2019: Dr. Kathryn Sue Young, "Self-Propelled"
- 2018: Dr. Jimmy Guignard, "Beyond the White Lines"
- 2017: Dr. Kathy Wright, "Find Your Passion from Within"
- 2016: Dr. Brian Lohrer, "Interesting Times"
- 2015: Dr. Karen Guenther, "Beginning the Quest"
- 2014: Dr. Steven Stein, "Activate Your Mind and Have Some Fun"
- 2013: Dr. Jeffrey Bosworth, "Hunting for Hope in Modern America"
- 2012: Dr. Craig Cleland, "College Secrets"
- 2011: Professor William S. Chabala, "Video Gaming and Education: What's the Connection?"
- 2010: Dr. Michael J. Chester, "Physicist and Farmer: A Few Things that I've Learned"
- 2009: Dr. Linda Rashidi, "What a Liberal Arts Education Tells Us About Ourselves, Slavery, and the Art of Resilience"
- 2008: Dr. J Richard Walker, "An Issue You Should Care About"
- 2007: Dr. Peter Keller, "Living the Mansfield Creed: Why Character Matters"
- 2006: Dr. Thomas P. Murphy, "Learning Here and Now: The Place of Education"
- 2005: Dr. Bradley Holtman, "Minds Wide Open"
- 2004: Dr. Lynn A. Pifer, "Routes to Freedom"
- 2003: Mr. Vincent W. Jenkins, "The Rewards of an Education: Responsibility, Leadership and Challenge"
- 2002: Dr. Larry Uffleman, "Confessions of a Life-Long Learner"
- 2001: Mr. Thomas R. Elsasser, "Academic Success"
- 2000: Dr. Scott A. Davis, "The Lamp of Knowledge Is... Exploding!!!"
- 1999: Dr. Jannis V. Floyd, "Confessions of a Lifelong Learner"
- 1998: Dr. Margaret Launius, "Thrivin' & Survivin'"
- 1996: Dr. Alexander I. Kubyshkin, "Information in the Open Society"
- 1995: Constance Rooke, "Paying Attention: Canada and the U.S."
- 1985: Howard Smith, MU Trustee, "Family Portrait" of a university from a trustee's eyes.
- 1967: Mansfield State College's president, Dr. Fred E. Bryan, gave the address.
- 1966: Mansfield State College's president, Dr. Fred E. Bryan, gave the address.
- 1959: Mansfield State Teachers College's president, Dr. Lewis W. Rathgerber, gave the address.
- 1945: Mansfield State Teachers College's president, James G. Morgan, gave the address.
- 1942: Mansfield State Teachers College's president, Dr. Willis E. Pratt, gave the address.
- 1941: Mansfield State Teachers College's president, Dr. Willis E. Pratt, gave the address.
- 1940: Mansfield State Teachers College's president, Dr. Lester K. Ade, gave the address.
- 1939: Mansfield State Teachers College's president, Dr. Lester K. Ade, gave the address.