Office of the University Registrar

Graduation Application is available on Patriot Web.

Graduation Application will be inactivated on Patriot Web.

Late Graduation Applications will be required if above deadline was missed.

Thesis and Dissertation Submission Deadline

Degree Conferral

The Office of the University Registrar Graduation Section will begin to award degrees after this date. Degrees will not be officially awarded prior to this date.

A 6-Week "Grace Period" is given to students to resolve certain issues delaying degree conferral such as incomplete grades, outstanding study elsewhere transcripts, or need for substitutions and waiver forms.

End of the 6-week grace period

All incomplete coursework, even if not being applied to the degree, must be resolved and grades posted.

NOTE: All courses, projects, theses, dissertations, comps, credit-by-exam and scholarly papers must be completed by their deadline prior to the conferral date.

Approximate mailing date of diplomas

Commencement Ceremony
Patriot Center

Students who will graduate in 2012 (January 2012, May 2012, and August 2012) may participate.

**Ph.D. students who will earn their degree in August 2012 may participate in the May 2013 Commencement.