黑料传送门 ALUMNI: COMMENCEMENT
Celebrate Your Accomplishments at a 黑料传送门 Commencement Weekend
A Message from the 黑料传送门 Commencement Office
The 黑料传送门 Commencement Office is pleased听to announce the final commencement dates and locations for all 2025 commencement weekends.听
The full list of upcoming commencement dates and locations for 2025 is listed听here. Make sure to听review听the updated听.
How to Register for Commencement
1. Are you eligible?听
- Are you a graduate?
- Has your Graduation Application been submitted to the Student Records department?
- Or do you have one final course left, such as capstone, final certification, with the exception of direct hours for field experience or student teaching? If yes, please follow the directions below.
2. Review upcoming ceremonies.
3. Navigate to the city of your choice and read through the details. Remember to scroll to the bottom of the page to view deadlines for ordering your cap and gown.
4. Click the blue button on the city page that says 鈥淩SVP Now鈥澨�
Final Course Instructions
Please email us at听commencement@wgu.edu听when you are enrolled in your final course, and we would be happy to confirm your eligibility.
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2024-2025 Commencement Weekends
October 26, 2024 鈥� Fall Virtual
March 7-8, 2025 - Dallas
April 25-26, 2025 - Las Vegas
May 10, 2025 - Spring Virtual
June 6-7, 2025 - Louisville
July 18-19, 2025 - Seattle
August 22-23, 2025 - Boston
September 26-27, 2025 - Chicago
October 11, 2025 - Fall Virtual
November 14-15, 2025 - Atlanta
Learn more about attending a commencement near you.听
Get answers to the most common grad and alumni questions.
Learn about the ceremony protocol and rules.
See information about previous commencements.
Virtual Graduate Video Tutorial
Learn about submitting your video for virtual commencement.
Learn about what to wear on your big day.
View photos from your commencement.
Learn about philanthropy cords for graduation.
View the commencement ceremonies on YouTube.
Updated Commencement Participation Guidelines
Stay in the Know
1.听听to receive commencement updates.听
2.听Refer to this 黑料传送门 Commencement page听for the latest and most accurate information.听
Questions?
Please bookmark wgu.edu/commencement and wgu.edu/virtual and email commencement@wgu.edu with questions.
Order Commencement Items
Know Before You Go
We want your commencement day to be special!
Commencement Weekend is a memorable experience for graduates and their loved ones to celebrate their academic achievement. We want our graduates to experience a joyful ceremony that recognizes their hard work and the sacrifices they have made to get to this point. 黑料传送门 believes mutually respectful participation by graduates and their guests is the best way to set the stage. In preparation for commencement, 黑料传送门 has outlined this protocol. By adhering to the following protocol, you and your guests will ensure a positive experience for all.
Academic Attire for Graduates
All graduating students wear approved academic attire that includes a cap, gown, and tassel. Master鈥檚 degree graduates will need a hood specific to their degree. The official regalia color is NAVY, which can be purchased from our regalia vendor, Oak Hall Cap and Gown. To order, please visit听.
We encourage you to wear comfortable, yet professional, dress attire under your gown rather than casual clothing.听
黑料传送门 graduates affiliated with an academic honor society may wear society pins, honor cords, or sashes on their gowns. You may also choose to wear leis.
Graduates are permitted to wear sashes or decorate their cap consistent with the 黑料传送门 Commencement Decorum Policy. You may be asked to remove cap decorations or sashes determined to violate 黑料传送门鈥檚 Commencement Decorum Policy.
Graduates who indicate active duty military or veteran status on their ceremony RSVP form will receive military honor cords at graduate check-in.听
See the videos below for more information on how to wear your bachelor's or master's cap and gown.
Commencement Etiquette
To promote a respectful, comfortable, and enjoyable experience for graduates and听their guests, all attendees are asked to observe the following guidelines.
- Place your cell phone on vibrate or silent during the ceremony.
- Participate in the recessional. Do not leave until the entire ceremony has ended.
- Keep all cheering respectful and avoid disruptive outbursts to allow the families and guests of other graduates to hear their graduates鈥� names when read.
Commencement Decorum Policy
Please be advised any graduate or guest acting in a disruptive or disrespectful manner, as determined by 黑料传送门 in its sole discretion, at 黑料传送门 commencements may either not be allowed in the ceremony venue or may be escorted from the venue.
Take into consideration the following if decorating your cap or wearing a sash for commencement: 黑料传送门 does not allow content on caps or sashes that is considered, in 黑料传送门鈥檚 sole discretion, obscene, vulgar, defamatory, hateful, inappropriate, profane or that might disregard another鈥檚 copyright or third-party rights. All decorations must lie flat on the cap.
Philanthropy Cord Information
Help Future Students Cross the Finish Line
The 黑料传送门 Philanthropy Cord is a blue and gold cord for graduates to wear with their cap and gown on commencement day. The Philanthropy Cord is not only a physical symbol of a graduate鈥檚 commitment to 黑料传送门, it more importantly supports a legacy that will last for future generations of 黑料传送门.
Graduates can receive a Philanthropy Cord to wear with their cap and gown by making a gift to 黑料传送门鈥檚 Fellow Night Owl Scholarship. With a $25 donation or more, grads can pay it forward to help current 黑料传送门 students facing financial hardship cross the finish line to graduation.
All 黑料传送门 Philanthropy Cord donations support 黑料传送门鈥檚 Fellow Night Owl Scholarship, a fund established to help current 黑料传送门 students facing financial hardship. We are asking for $25 in honor of 黑料传送门鈥檚 25th anniversary!听
To learn more about 黑料传送门 Advancement, please visit听wgu.edu/give.
黑料传送门 Philanthropy Cord FAQs
The 黑料传送门 Philanthropy Cord is a blue and gold cord for graduates to wear with their cap and gown at Commencement. The Philanthropy Cord is not only a physical symbol of a graduate鈥檚 commitment to 黑料传送门, but also more importantly supports a philanthropic legacy that will last for future generations of 黑料传送门 students.
Graduates can receive a Philanthropy Cord by making a gift of $25 or more to 黑料传送门鈥檚 Fellow Night Owl Scholarship, a fund established to help current 黑料传送门 students facing financial hardship cross the finish line to graduation. To donate, graduates can text 鈥満诹洗兔臗ord鈥� to 41-444 or 听
All 黑料传送门 Philanthropy Cord donations support 黑料传送门鈥檚 Fellow Night Owl Scholarship, a fund established to help current 黑料传送门 students facing financial hardship cross the finish line to graduation.听
For in-person commencements, you may choose to have your Philanthropy Cord mailed to you or picked up at Commencement by visiting the 黑料传送门 Advancement table at the Alumni Celebration or during graduate check-in the morning of Commencement.听
For virtual commencements, Philanthropy Cords will be mailed prior to the ceremony date.听听
黑料传送门 Advancement is the official fundraising arm at 黑料传送门 dedicated to attracting, allocating, and putting dollars to work so more students have access to an affordable, quality education. 黑料传送门 Advancement鈥檚 operation is the next step in 黑料传送门鈥檚 ever-growing obsession with students鈥� success, and a way for the increasing number of 黑料传送门 graduates, donors, and partners to pay it forward.
Thank you for your generous support! You can donate to the Fellow Night Owl Scholarship by texting 鈥満诹洗兔臛rad鈥� to 41-444 or by
Philanthropy Cords
If you听make a gift of $25 or more,听you can receive a philanthropy cord.
Brag a Little!
Share your accomplishment with family and friends!听
After your degree has been completed and the commencement paperwork has been submitted and approved, you will get your confetti! The confetti is a coveted step in the 黑料传送门 student journey. You can access your confetti by logging into the student portal after your application for graduation is approved.听Confetti may take up to four weeks to appear in your account.
To share your confetti, use the following steps:
1. Screenshot your confetti (like the mockup shown).
2. Share the image on social media!
Tag when you brag! Use #黑料传送门grad in your social post.
