Steps to Graduate

Graduation is the conferral of a degree and the issuance of a diploma. A student gradautes when they have applied to graduate online, have met all formal degree requirements and their degree has been officially conferred. 

Commencement is the formal ceremony that is held each May to recognize the achivements of degree candidates and graduate receipients. 

No, if you participate in the commencement ceremony, this does not guarantee that you have completed your degree requirements for your degree to be posted (please see information above to complete your degree requirements).

It is recommended that you meet with your Counselor or Advisor to review your program requirements before applying for graduate.

Review of your academic record begins approximately two weeks after your graduation term or the degree conferral date. Once all grades have been received, it takes 6 weeks to review all graduation applications. You will be notified via your CLU email address when the degree has been conferred.

Please submit the Graduation Application Update Request Form to make any edits/updates, including your graduation term, diploma name or mailing address.

This is the date recorded on your transcript signifying when your degree was officially recognized. All requirements must be met by this date. Degrees are posted to the students academic record within 30-44 days from the conferral date