Commencement Participation

Students must file an Application for Graduation by the deadline for each semester. Students are responsible for any applicable filing fees. 

Students who have completed all graduation requirements and who have received formal approval from the Board of Trustees, upon recommendation of the Faculty, may participate in commencement.

The names of students who complete degree requirements at the end of spring semester shall be submitted for approval to the Faculty and Trustees prior to the May commencement. The names of students who complete degree requirements at the end of summer session or fall semester, August and December respectively, shall be presented for Faculty approval at the first faculty meeting of each following semester and to the Board of Trustees thereafter. Students approved for graduation by the Faculty and Trustees following summer session and fall semester shall have approval of graduation eligibility noted on their transcripts, and may request certification of completion in writing from the Registrar.

All graduates (August, December and May) shall receive diplomas after the semester in which they have completed their degree requirements.

In addition to the above, students may participate in the May commencement exercise who are certified by Academic Affairs as enrolled for the immediately succeeding summer session in their total remaining classes needed for graduation, which, if successfully concluded, would complete all their graduation requirements, and who obtain permission from both their Academic Advisor and the Registrar. Such participation shall in and of itself not constitute actual graduation nor preclude the need for approval by the Faculty and Trustees in order to graduate. Students who participate in one commencement exercise under these circumstances shall not be allowed to participate in a subsequent commencement for the same degree(s).