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Graduation

 

The Spring 2024 graduation application is now open! Please apply before classes begin. 

WCU Students at Commencement.

 

Once you apply for graduation, make sure you pay special attention to any emails that come from graduation@wcu.edu. Status updates, reminders, and ceremony and line-up information will be sent to your Catamount email from this address.

All students - regardless of level, program, or campus - are responsible for checking their Catamount email.

If you are having problems with your Catamount email, please contact the IT HelpDesk at 828.227.7487. Be sure to check or deactivate your clutter feature before you contact IT to say that you are having trouble with your Catamount email.

Spring 2024 Commencement Schedule

All Graduate and Doctoral Degree Candidates:

Date: Friday, May 10, 2024
Ceremony Start Time: 7 p.m.
Line-Up for Degree Candidates: 6 p.m.
Doors Open for Guest Seating: 5 p.m.
Location: Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center
92 Catamount Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723

All Honors and Undergraduate Degree Candidates from the Colleges of:

  • Arts and Sciences
  • Education and Allied Professions
  • Fine and Performing Arts

 

Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024
Ceremony Start Time: 10 a.m.
Line-Up for Degree Candidates: 9 a.m.
Doors Open for Guest Seating: 8 a.m.
Location: Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center
92 Catamount Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723

All Honors and Undergraduate Degree Candidates from the Colleges of:

  • Business
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Health and Human Sciences

Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024
Ceremony Start Time: 3 p.m.
Line-Up for Degree Candidates: 2 p.m.
Doors Open for Guest Seating: 1 p.m.
Location: Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center
92 Catamount Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723

    

Campus Map for Graduation


WCU Graduation Checklist

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  • Apply for graduation in myWCU!
  • Submit your Student Speaker proposal

  • Come to Grad Fair!

  • Purchase your regalia from the bookstore

  • Record your name!*

  • Update your hometown*

  • RSVP for your ceremony!*

  • Line-up an hour before your ceremony begins!!

*Record your name, update your hometown, and RSVP for your ceremony in the Marching Order system. Marching Order opens in March for spring and in October for summer and fall candidates. Look for more information via WCU email!



Additional Graduation Information

Applying for Graduation

Ceremony Information

On-Site Event Accommodations

Regalia and Honors Cords

Transfer Work and Graduation

Summer Graduation Information

Graduation Versus Degree Conferral

Contact the Registrar's Office

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