STEP ONE

• Complete the Intent to Graduate Form. If you have questions regarding the status of your intent to graduate form, please contact your graduation analyst.
• Check with your graduation analyst to see that you have met all degree requirements.

STEP TWO (To be completed within the semester in which you are graduating)

• Review your name on the Program Proof.
• Check your name for accuracy. If you find an error, please contact Michelle Stout in the Graduate School to make changes/updates.
• Complete the Career and Employment Survey.
• Do you know where your diploma is being mailed?
  • Update address for diploma mailing within the Intent to Graduate Form.
  • Please note: Diplomas are mailed two months after graduation
    • May diplomas are mailed after July 1
    • August diplomas are mailed after October 1
    • December diplomas are mailed after February 1

STEP THREE (To be completed ONE/TWO days prior to Graduation)

• Students attending the Commencement exercises must complete the following:
  • Pick up your personalized pronouncer card and cap and gown in the PAN-Hellenic Ballroom
  • Please refer to Graduation Day Instructions.

STEP FOUR (To be completed immediately following graduation)

• Pay all University fees. To clear any outstanding debts, please contact the University Bursar's Office (901-678-5547)
  • Students with financial holds through the University will be unable to receive their diploma until the hold is cleared.

Special Notes and Instructions for Graduate Students

• For specific information related to the graduation process for graduate students, including ordering regalia, click HERE.
• Graduate students DO NOT submit an attendance card
  • Your cap and gown order will serve as your attendance form. Please submit your cap and gown order through the graduate school website.  Please be aware of the deadline.
• Doctoral Candidates
  • If you plan to attend the ceremony, please contact the Commencement Office immediately, by calling 678-5547 or email vmuldrow@memphis.edu . Please be ready to provide the office with your hooding professor by the deadline. Also, please contact your hooding professor, inviting him or her to assist you in the Hooding Ceremony at the graduation. It is most important that the Office knows who your hooding professor will be.
  • The day of graduation, please arrive 45 minutes before the processional and follow the doctoral signs to meet up with all participating doctoral students and your doctoral marshal.
• • In the event that you are unable to attend, please contact the Commencement Office, immediately. Thank you!

Instructions for Wearing your Regalia Hood

• To insure proper fit of your hood, we suggest that men wear a dress shirt and women wear a blouse with buttons or a suit.
• Hold the hood in your hand by the velvet at the narrowest point. The loop should be hanging straight down. Grasp the loop in your right hand and place the hood over your head so the loop continues to hang straight down in front of your neck.
• Fasten the loop over a button on your shirt/blouse or jacket, or you may pin it in place. This will prevent the hood from pressing on your throat.
• Midway down the back of the hood you will find another satin cord and loop. Fasten this loop around the button on the inside of the hood to prevent the hood from falling off your shoulders. This may require the assistance of another person.
• Be sure to have someone "fluff" the back of the hood just below the button, i.e., turn the velvet side underneath to expose the satin colors on the inside.