Commencement and Diploma
For general information about the commencement exercises (dates, schedule, FAQs, etc) please visit the Alumni and College Events Commencement page.
Progress Toward Graduation
How to view your Degree Audit
- Acceleration Information
- Checklist of Degree Requirements
- Declaring a Major
- Declaring a Major Form
- Declaring a Minor Form
- Change of Major/Minor Form
Commencement and Diploma Application
Access the application in the Student System and also look for an email from the Registrar's Office announcing that it is open.
Diploma Name
Students may elect to have their Chosen Name rather than their Legal Name on their diploma. However, an official College transcript must include the Legal Name.
Important: Some students may need to use their diploma in conjunction with their official transcript for legal, immigration, or employment purposes.
- Students who plan to live, study, or work outside of the U.S. are encouraged to use their legal name on their printed diploma. Complications could arise if the name on your diploma does not match other documents like your transcript, passport, or birth certificate.
- Students considering professional schools like law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy or dentistry, should take into account licensing requirements that often require the use of legal name on all educational documents including diplomas (i.e. State Bar applications and federal employment guidelines). Using a name other than a legal name could result in the rejection, delay, scrutiny, and/or requirements for additional proof of identification association with any applications for employment, licensure, credentialing, visa applications, and/or processes that require verification of your education records.
- Students who wish to have an additional diploma printed with their legal name will be responsible for ordering a replacement diploma and covering the related fees.