• Spring 2022: Clint Owlett
• Spring 2021: Dr. Nana Ama Kwarteng Baryeh
• Spring 2020: Steve McCloskey ('91), postponed to August 8 due to COVID-19
• Fall 2019: Dr. Leroy Wright
• Spring 2019: Dr. Daniel Greenstein, Chancellor PASSHE
• Fall 2018: Nancy Sidell
• Spring 2018: Dolores Stafford
• Fall 2017: J. Dennis Murray
• Spring 2017: Richard Cashman
• Fall 2016: Cancelled (weather)
• Spring 2016: Sheri Beam
• Fall 2015: Russell Dodson
• Spring 2015: Lt. Col. Jim Reese
• Fall 2014: Steven Crawford
• Spring 2014: Francis Duffy
• Fall 2013: Marie McKee
• Spring 2013: Freddie Coleman
• Fall 2012: William Robertson
• Spring 2012: Harold Shields
• Fall 2011: Renee Haynesworth
• Spring 2011: Robert Weigand
• Fall 2010: D. Keith Palmer
• Spring 2010: Stuart Weiss
• Fall 2009: Ali Soufan
• Fall 2007: Matthew Baker
• Spring 2005: Dr. Bob Arnot
• Spring 2004: Dr. Anthony Lake
• Fall 2003: Gary Tuchman
• Spring 2003: Linda Chavez
• Fall 2002: Susan Dentzer
• Fall 2001: Hamilton Jordan
• Spring 2001: Dr. Rushworth Kidder
• Spring 1942: Dr. Roscoe L. West
• Spring 1941: Dr. Henry W. Holmes
• Spring 1940: Dorthy Canfield Fisher
• Spring 1939: Dr. Henry Klonower
• Spring 1938: Dr. Ambrose L. Suhrie
• Spring 1937: Dr. William McAndrew
• Spring 1935: Hon. George W. Maxey

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.