Graduation 2010 Important Information
Take note of the following steps to prepare for participation in graduation:
- Fulfill your degree/certificate requirements.
- Check to see if your Approved Degree Program (ADP) is complete.
- Pay the appropriate graduation fee in the Business Office or online via Genisys. This fee is assessed only one time per degree/certificate earned. The fee applies regardless of when all graduation requirements are completed.
- $70 - Law, Ed.S. and all Doctorate
- $60 - All Other Degrees
- Submit your Graduation Application
to the Registrar's Office.
Deadline dates to submit graduation applications are as follows:
September 15 for fall graduation
December 15 for spring and summer graduation
Certificate applications are accepted year round. Students who are not approved to graduate for either the degree or certificate in the semester stated on the application must file another application in a subsequent semester. -
Order regalia. The Oak Hall website will open early Spring 2010 for regalia orders. You may also order announcements and other graduation related items online from Herff Jones . Contact the Regent Bookstore for information on ordering diploma frames.
- RSVP for participation in commencement and commissioning. All students who have submitted a graduation application must RSVP
for commencement with the Registrar's Office. If you do not notify the Registrar's Office that you will be attending, we cannot guarantee that you will be seated with your classmates.
You must RSVP for your commissioning service separately. Commissioning dates and times TBA. - Pick up your regalia. Regalia must be picked up on campus at the Student Center, 1st Floor. (Regalia cannot be mailed out on an individual basis.) You must present a picture ID to pick up your regalia. Regalia will only be released to someone other than the graduate if the graduate has submitted prior written consent to the Registrar's Office.
- Attend Commissioning and Commencement. Commencement 2010 will be held on the Regent University campus in Virginia Beach on Saturday, May 8, 2010. The processional begins promptly at 9:30 a.m., so make sure you arrive to line up no later than 8:45 a.m. (fully dressed in your regalia, including hood and cap.) Graduate line-up takes place on the sidewalk behind the Administration Building beginning at 8:15 a.m. Staff persons and faculty marshals will be available to assist you. Graduates may not carry handbags or other personal items, banners, placards, etc. A small camera is permissible. Immediately after commencement, there will be an outdoor reception for graduates and guests.
