Graduation

Click here to view the webcast of the 2007 Commencement Ceremonies

If you are nearing completion of your degree requirements and are preparing to graduate, you must submit an Application for Degree/Diploma. Applications will be accepted throughout the academic year; however, we suggest that you begin the application process early. We strongly urge you to not wait until the deadlines, as described below.

Traditional Students: Degrees for traditional students will be conferred on the dates below, once degree requirements are complete. You must be registered for all remaining degree requirements during the term selected in order to be eligible to graduate in that term. Any transfer, training and/or testing credit must also be completed during or prior to the selected term. Please use the following chart to identify the semester in which you will be enrolled in all remaining degree requirements and to determine which term is best suited to your situation:

Independent Study and Cohort Students: If you are enrolled in a cohort or independent study program, your degree will be conferred on the last day of the month in which you complete all program requirements, including any transfer, training and/or testing credit. Students with course end dates after August 31, 2007 are eligible to complete the 2007-2008 Application for Degree/Diploma.Applications must be received prior to the start date of your final semester. In order to participate in the May Commencement Ceremony, applications must be received no later than February 15 (regardless of a final semester start date deadline which might be later in the year).

Please refer to the Apply for Graduation link at left for additional details and instructions on obtaining an application.

Application Deadline 2008-2009
Application Deadline 2009-2010
Application Deadline 2010-2011
Application Deadline 2011-2012

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

The commencement ceremony is a separate process from the degree application process. Participation in the commencement ceremony does not guarantee that a student has graduated; it also is not a requirement to graduate. However, this ceremony is traditionally a rite of passage which family and friends anticipate and remember as a formal marker in a graduate’s life.

Students who have submitted their Application for Degree/Diploma by February 15, 2008 will receive additional information, including a Commencement Participation Form, in March 2008.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact one of the following:

Autumn Sturgill
(304) 929-1446
1-800-766-6067,ext 1446
aholley@mountainstate.edu

Michele Waddell
(304) 929-1513
1-800-766-6067,ext 1513
mwaddell@mountainstate.edu