All academic requirements must be completed before the degree conferral date (listed on the commencement website) in order to have your degree awarded to your transcript and receive a diploma.

This includes:

• your Ladder showing all requirements as complete (if applicable)
• resolution of all Incomplete (I) and Not Reported (NR) grades
• final transcripts submitted to the Registrar’s Office for missing transfer credit

In addition to having met all academic requirements, students must

• settle all financial obligations
• return all library materials
• return all keys

Undergraduate, Caspersen, and Theological students are permitted to walk in commencement if they have applied to graduate and meet the academic requirements by commencement day.

Undergraduate students:

• August graduates may participate in the preceding May ceremony if after the Spring term they only have two outstanding courses/requirements to be completed over Summer and their degree audit clears with Summer registrations applied.
  • A CLA student planning to graduate at the end of Summer with more than two outstanding courses/requirements must petition the Academic Standing Committee and provide a degree completion plan by the beginning of their final term that demonstrates the completion of requirements.
• January graduates may participate in the following May ceremony.

Theological School students may participate in the May ceremony if:

• they complete all requirements by the May conferral date.
• they are a master’s student and only have 3 credit remaining (not a thesis/extended paper) that will be completed by the end of the Summer term following the May conferral date.

Caspersen School students may participate in the May ceremony if:

• they complete all requirements by the May conferral date.
• they are in the MAT program and only have 6 credit remaining that will be completed by the end of the Summer term following the May conferral date.
• they are in the M.Litt non-thesis program and only have 3 credit remaining (not a thesis/extended paper) that will be completed by the end of the Summer term following the May conferral date.
• they are in the Data Analytics or Finance program and only have 6 credit remaining that will be completed by the end of the Summer term following the May conferral date.

Any students who completed their requirements, RSVP’d yes to the ceremony, and is unable to attend will receive their diploma in the mail to the address provided on the graduation application.

Additional information pertaining to the commencement ceremony will be available on the commencement website closer to the date: http://www.drew.edu/commencement/