Graduation Information
2008 August 9, 2008......Deadline to Apply: June 5, 2008
2008 December 13, 2008......Deadline to Apply: September 9, 2008
Degree Plans
Must be submitted one year prior to the expected date of graduation.
Application for Graduation
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All students must apply online for graduation through the Pioneer Portal.
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August and December applications become active online the first weekday of April.
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Applications must be completed and submitted by the official Census Day of the semester that you plan to graduate. August graduates be aware that this occurs the first week of June. To see what the online application looks like without actually applying, you may go to How to Apply for Graduation.
Deadline Dates for Graduates - No applications can be accepted after the deadline for any semester
- Thursday, May 8, 2008: Credits for correspondence courses, incomplete work, and changes of grades, courses to be transferred must be filed in the TWU Records and Registrations Office. Receiving a grade of Incomplete in the last semester will make you ineligible for graduation.
- Thursday, May 8, 2008: If an official transcript for a transfer course is not available until after graduation, then undergraduate candidates must obtain a letter of good standing from the transfer institution's instructor and submit it to the TWU Office of Records and Registration (This letter can also be faxed to 940/898-3097).
To receive a refund of your application fee, the Registrar's Office MUST receive your written withdrawal from graduation no later than eight weeks before the ceremony (March 14, 2008).
Failure to meet these deadlines or any other requirement of your degree will require you to reapply for the next semester.
If you are a GRADUATE STUDENT, please check with the Graduate School for deadlines, additional forms, and information.
Information for Houston Center Candidates
Information for Denton and Dallas Candidates
Guest Tickets
Tickets for guests must be issued because of our growing numbers of graduates attending the ceremonies. Therefore, we must request that you limit the number of guests that you invite to not more than FIVE. Your guests should be advised to arrive early. Guests MUST have a ticket to enter the arena for the ceremony. Guests without tickets will be denied entrance . If you indicated on your application that you would be attending the ceremony, you must pick up your tickets for your guests in the Records and Registration Office, Admissions Building 128 beginning April 7, 2008.
The Office of Records and Registration will be open from 8.00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2008, to provide ticket pick up service for candidates who cannot come earlier.
Attention Dallas Students Walking in Denton Ceremony: If you would like to pick up your tickets in Dallas, you must sign a courtesy list before 4:30 p.m. on April 30th. This list is available in FPH 106 on the Parkland Campus or DPB 107A on the Presbyterian Campus. Otherwise, your tickets will be available for pick up in the Denton Records and Registration Office prior to the ceremony on Saturday, May 10, 2008.
Only students who marked on their application that they would be attending are eligible for tickets.
Special Accommodations
If you or your guests will need specific accommodations (sign language interpreters, escorts, or accessible seating, etc.) for the ceremony, please notify the Commencement Committee through the Disability Support Services office at 940/898-3835 or dss@twu.edu at least one week prior to the commencement ceremonies.
Line Up
Upon arriving at Pioneer Hall, undergraduate candidates will line up on the south end of the second floor and graduate candidates will line up on the north end of the second floor. Please arrive with your regalia at the correct location no later than 45 minutes before your ceremony to allow for lining up in alphabetical order. Doctoral candidates will receive specific instructions about hooding upon arrival. ONLY CANDIDATES WILL BE ALLOWED UPSTAIRS.
Photography
A professional photographer will be at the ceremony to take a photograph of each graduate. There is no obligation to purchase pictures, but you will receive a proof of the picture at a later date.
Bookstore
Representatives will be available in the Bookstore to assist with regalia problems from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Information about announcements and regalia will be available starting March 12th at the bookstore. Please contact the bookstore after this date for further information.
Information about hometown press releases: Office of Marketing and Communication
Diplomas
All diplomas will be mailed 6weeks after May 10, 2008 unless:
- You are an undergraduate candidate and checked on your application, "Do not order my diploma until after graduation when final grades are calculated," your diploma will require several additional weeks beyond the normal shipping time required. (All holds on students' accounts must be cleared before transcripts and diplomas can be issued. This includes parking tickets, library fines, account balances, etc.), or
- Written notification is received by the Office of Records and Registration that you would like to pick up your diploma instead of having it mailed. This written notification is due in our office on or before May 10, 2008. Otherwise, your diploma will be shipped approximately 6 weeks after graduation.
If you are moving after graduation, please submit to the Office of Records and Registration a written request for an address change as soon as possible and specify on this request, "New address for mailing diploma".
Free diploma covers will be available on the day of Commencement at the TWU Bookstore and in the Office of Records and Registration located on the first floor of the Admissions Building, Room 128 or at any other time during regular business hours.
If there are any questions concerning graduation or diplomas, please contact the Office of Registration, P.O. Box 425559, TWU Station, Denton, TX 76204, (940) 898-3036.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT!
Commencement Information
page updated 5/14/2008 13:50
