Students who have completed 90 semester hours or more are eligible to apply for graduation online. It is strongly recommended that eligible students apply for graduation at least one full year before they intend to graduate. (See information about deadlines below)
Students must apply for graduation through PAWS. The application link is found under your Student tab in PAWS. You will select the term of your graduation, provide the address for your diploma and tell us exactly how you would like your name to appear. There will be a one-time charge of $40 per degree.
Students must apply or reapply for graduation prior to the deadlines established for any given semester.
Your student account will be automatically billed a $40 application fee. There is no fee for any reapplications.
Students who have applied for graduation, but need to change their date of graduation or diploma information, must reapply for graduation online (see published deadline dates). No additional fees are charged for reapplying. Students only wanting to change minor or catalog year must notify Lori Brewer to make that change.
Students may reapply for graduation through PAWS. No additional fee is charged for reapplication. Reapplication should be done if you need to change your graduation term, the degree or major you are pursuing or want to alter the way your name appears or the address your diploma will be sent. Don’t reapply just because you want an updated degree checklist, contact your certifying dean's office for that. Reapplying will not generate another checklist.
Exceptionality allows students to walk at commencement early in certain circumstances. Students can now apply online by selecting the appropriate college link:
Information about commencement can be found at the /commence/.
It is the student's responsibility to notify the Office of the Registrar of any courses being taken at other institutions which will complete the requirements for graduation.
Official transcripts documenting the completion of those courses must be in the Office of the Registrar (宅男研究所, 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL 61920) prior to the Deadline to Complete Graduation Requirements for the current semester. This date can be found on the Academic Calendar.
The diploma will not be given to the student and the conferral of the degree will not be recorded on the student's permanent record until all such documents have been received. If the student does not complete all graduation requirements at the end of the grading period, he/she must reapply for graduation online for a later semester/term.
At the end of each semester, or summer term, and once all graduation requirements have been verified by the college certification officer, the student's name is forwarded to the Office of the Registrar as having completed all graduation requirements. The degree/major/option/ concentration/minor information is then entered on the student's transcript in the Office of the Registrar.
An official transcript can be requested by the student through the Office of the Registrar when verification of graduation is needed.
Regardless of participation in a commencement ceremony, no student will be certified for graduation and awarded a degree and diploma until the college certification officer has provided the Office of the Registrar with official verification of the completion of all degree requirements.
Diploma covers are handed out at commencement ceremonies. After all graduation requirements have been verified by the college certification officer, the student's official diploma is mailed to the student, at the address indicated on the Application/ Reapplication for Graduation, approximately 6-8 weeks after the semester ends. Inquiries concerning diplomas should be directed to the Office of the Registrar at (217) 581-3511