Application for Degree and Commencement Participation

Students are eligible to participate in commencement activities provided degree requirements will be completed by December following spring commencement. Students are not considered a graduate in terms of transcript or diploma until final coursework is complete.

Students expecting to graduate must complete an application for graduation provided by the university registrar's office. To be included in commencement planning, students must submit the application for graduation by January prior to commencement.

Candidates for graduation are expected to be present for commencement.

Degrees will be conferred in absentia upon written request to the Provost's office. 

Students will only be listed in the commencement booklet and walk in the ceremony for the year that they originally applied to graduate. If the degree requirements are not completed as intended, they will not be eligible to be listed in the commencement booklet or walk again.