University of Nebraska at Kearney
1998-2000 Undergraduate CATALOG

GRADUATION PROCEDURES

1. Application for a degree must be made at the Office of the Registrar.
2. There is no summer commencement ceremony. Students who complete all degree requirements during the summer session, may apply to receive their degrees at the conclusion of the summer term. The application form and $20 fee must be submitted by June 1. The date of graduation will be the Friday following the end of the summer term. Summer graduates may then participate in a subsequent fall or spring commencement ceremony if they so desire.
3. Students must have all degree requirements completed prior to participating in the fall or spring commencement ceremony.
4. A student planning to be graduated at the end of the first semester must make application no later than September 15; one planning to be graduated at the end of the second semester must make application no later than February 1; and one planning to be graduated at the end of the summer session must make application no later than June 15.
5. Students applying on or before the above deadlines will be assessed a $20 application fee. Applications received after the above dates and until October 7 for fall commencement, February 15 for Spring commencement and June 30 for summer will be assessed a $40 application fee. Students wishing to apply for candidacy after the second deadline must appeal to a review board consisting of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services and the College Dean.
6. All incomplete grades and all academic obligations outside of the term's work must be resolved prior to the date of graduation or other arrangements must be approved by the Registrar's Office to allow the student to continue with the graduation process. A student must be enrolled in all remaining course work required for the degree in order to be considered for candidacy. If all degree requirements are not completed by the anticipated commencement date, then the student must re-apply and again pay the $20 fee in order to receive a diploma.
7. The catalog in effect at the time of initial enrollment determines degree requirements. Students must fulfill the requirements stated in that catalog or they may elect to substitute the requirements in any subsequent catalog published while they are enrolled at UNK. A student must, however, meet the requirements from one catalog only rather than choosing a portion from one catalog and the remainder from another.
8. If a student takes longer than five calendar years to complete a degree, UNK reserves the right to require the student to meet the most recent requirements for graduation. Curriculum changes or modifications require that all new program requirements be met regardless of course work previously completed.