office of the registrar

business hours

Monday - Thursday: 8am to 5pm (Pacific Time)

Friday: 9am to 5pm (Pacific Time)

Term-By-Term Steps to Graduate - Undergraduate

Two Terms Before Your Graduation Term
The Term Before You Graduate
Your Graduation term

Friday, Week 2 of the term: Apply to graduate no later than Friday of week two. Contact your faculty advisor to schedule a meeting during week 6 of the term to review your Degree Tracks audit and plan your registration for the next term so that you remain on track to graduate. Confirm that you will be ready to apply to graduate in the following term.Graduate Students - For more information on Exit Options within the Graduate Programs, use this link: https://wou.edu/graduate/forms-exit-option-information/

Contact your faculty advisor to schedule a meeting during week 6 of the term to plan for your registration for the next term. Review your Degree Tracks worksheet in detail to determine if you will be able to meet your graduation requirements with your upcoming term's registration.NOTE: Based on your conversation in the previous term, you and your advisor should be confident that you will graduate as planned. Friday week 8: The Registrar’s Office will send you an email to confirm if you are projected to be able to graduate at the end of the NEXT TERM. If it says you will not graduate in the next term, see your faculty advisor IMMEDIATELY.Graduate Students - For more information on Exit Options within the Graduate Programs, use this link: https://wou.edu/graduate/forms-exit-option-information/

Friday, Week 3: Approved substitutions and exceptions towards your degree requirements must be entered in Degree Tracks by this date for you to earn a degree at the end of the term.

Graduate Students - For more information on Exit Options within the Graduate Programs, use this link: https://wou.edu/graduate/forms-exit-option-information/

Spring Commencement Ceremony Deadlines:

Eligibility to Attend
Register
Commencement

Students who have graduated in the previous Summer, Fall, or Winter terms are eligible to attend the Spring commencement ceremony. Students that have applied to graduate in Spring may participate in the ceremony.

Undergraduates pending graduation for Summer or Fall may also participate in the ceremony.

Students that have not yet had their degree awarded should be aware that participation in the Commencement ceremony does not mean you have been awarded your degree. Please be sure to follow through with all remaining requirements after Commencement.

Week 1 thru Week 8 of Spring term: Register online to attend the Commencement Ceremony. The last date to officially register is Friday, May 10, 2019.

The Commencement Ceremony will take place June 15, 2019.

You may purchase regalia, rings, and other commencement items through Jostens when they are on campus in early April. Orders can also be made through the WOU Bookstore.

To order a cap and gown for commencement, please visit the University Bookstore's website.