Graduation & Commencement Information

Graduation & Commencement Information

Graduation Information

To begin the graduation process, students must apply to graduate.  Students should apply to graduate for the term in which they will complete the graduation requirements. 

General Information

• Graduation is the actual awarding of a degree.  Degrees are awarded after each term, March, June, September and December.  The graduation and diploma date are always the last date of the graduating term.
• Students are not eligible to graduate or attend commencement until their Application to Graduate is on file, processed in the Registrar’s office and authorized. Submitting an Application to Graduate will initiate the process for both graduation and commencement
• What happens after your final term at Kettering University?

Application Deadlines

• All Undergraduateapplications must be submitted upon the student receiving advisement for their final academic term, or approximately six months prior to the expected graduation date.
  • Initial audits will be performed on the applications and returned to the student.
• All Graduate applications must be submitted upon registering for their final term or approximately three months prior to the expected graduation date.
  • Initial audits will be performed on the applications and returned to the student.
• Applications
  • Undergraduate Application to Graduate
  • Graduate Application to Graduate
• All candidates for graduation will receive an informational/ graduation packet, including the results of an initial audit as confirmation that their application has been processed. If you have not received an initial packet, and believe you should have, please contact the Registrar’s office

Commencement

• Commencement is the ceremony honoring degree candidates and those who have already received degrees.
• Commencement is held twice during the 2012-2013 academic year.  Students who graduate in March and June are invited to the June ceremony. Students who graduate in September and December are invited to the December ceremony. Individuals who are unsure of their eligibility to participate in commencement should contact the Registrar's Office at (810) 762-9587. 
• Effective January 1, 2013, commencement will be held only once per year.  The 2013 commencement ceremony will be June 8, 2013.  Further information regarding this change will be available in the coming weeks.
• For commencement information, Commencement Information for Students
• For commencement information, Commencement Information for Faculty & Staff

Diplomas

• Diplomas are not distributed at commencement.  Instead, the diploma cover, including a letter from the President of the University, is handed out.
• Diplomas are mailed to graduates once all graduation requirements have been met.  It is important to have a current mailing address on file.  Update your address via Banner Web to ensure accuracy in mailing at https://jweb.kettering.edu/cku1/twbkwbis.P_GenMenu?name=homepage.
• Diplomas will be mailed approximately eight weeks after graduation

E-mail/Technology Access after Graduation

• Students are given a grace period of one term following the graduation date for continued e-mail access to copy or transition any e-mail or related messaging data. After this time students are eligible to subscribe to a free alumni e-mail service. Contact the alumni office at http://www.kettering.edu/alumni-donors/alumni-services for information on this service.

Further questions or concerns regarding the commencement ceremony may be directed to Laura DiFilippo, Secretary, University Advancement, at (810) 762-9883 or ldifilip@kettering.edu

Further questions or concerns regarding graduation may be directed to Becky Ibbotson, Coordinator, Registrar’s Office, at (810) 762-9587 or bibbotso@kettering.edu.