This page is designed to guide May 2009 Degree
Candidates through necessary Graduation materials (tickets, diploma
information, cap & gown rental, etc.)
If you plan to graduate, and your name appears on the graduation
list for May 2009, you must attend to each Action item listed below.
Please review all of the May Graduation information provided.
GRADUATION ACTION
ITEMS:
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
SENIOR SURVEY - (Undergraduate students only)
The Senior Survey is designed to help us determine if Notre Dame is
keeping pace with your educational expectations. We compare your responses
to a similar survey you completed at the beginning of your freshman
year. You will receive an e-mail from Institutional Research with the
direct link to the Senior Survey. The Senior
Survey must be completed in order to request your Commencement
tickets.
UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY GUEST TICKETS
Most degree candidates may request up to four guest tickets; however, only
three are guaranteed. The fourth ticket will be granted if enough tickets
are available. If not, a lottery will be held for the fourth ticket. Graduate Business and Graduate School Ph.D. and Masters
degree candidates may request up to two guest tickets.
Degree candidates ordering one ticket before the ticket deadline
will be assigned in the lower arena. Two and three ticket requests will be seated together either in the lower or upper arena. There is
no arena floor seating. This space is reserved for the degree candidates.
If you intend to participate in the Sunday 2:00 p.m. University Commencement
Ceremony, complete the Commencement Ticket
Request (Graduate, Law, and Graduate Business students. Undergraduates
may use this site if they want to change their original options) and
specify the number of Commencement guest tickets no later than Friday,
March 27, 2009. If any of your guests has a physical restriction
and requires special seating, please indicate this in detail on the
request.
Commencement tickets are scheduled to be distributed in the Eck
Visitors Center Auditorium on Thursday and Friday, May 14 and 15, from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In order to obtain your tickets, you must
present your student I.D. (or other photo I.D.) and your receipt showing
that you have rented a cap and gown. The Senior
Survey must be completed or you will not be able to pick-up your
Commencement tickets.
If you will not be on campus until the morning of the Commencement
Ceremony, please inform us (574-631-7043) so that we can make arrangements for you to obtain your tickets.
All tickets are assigned randomly according to the number of tickets
requested.
Commencement tickets are given to each graduate by the University,
but may not be transferred for a consideration (including, but not limited
to money, gifts, property). Violation of this regulation may mean you
will not be allowed to receive or retain any Commencement tickets.
Closed circuit television of the ceremony will be available in DeBartolo
Hall for those guests who do not have tickets.
IN ABSENTIA FORM
Please complete the In Absentia form to notify the Office of
the Registrar that you will not participate in the Sunday 2:00 p.m. University Commencement Ceremony. You must complete and
submit the In
Absentia Request form no later than April 27, 2009 to
the Office of the Registrar, 105 Main Building.
DIPLOMA & COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM CHANGES
Verify
your degree, name, and hometown as they will appear in the Commencement
Program and your name as it will appear on your diploma. If you need
to change
your graduation information, the request must be received by the
Office of the Registrar, 105 Main Building, no later than Thursday,
March 19, 2009 or a $50.00 fee will be assessed.
Please note that the diploma you will receive (except Law) is made of
sheepskin. If you do not want your diploma on sheepskin, but rather
on paper, please send a signed written request (not e-mail) to: Office
of the Registrar, 105 Main Building, Attn: Nancy Osth, no later than Thursday, March 19, 2009.
PERSONALIZED ANNOUNCEMENTS
You may purchase personalized announcements with your name and degree
printed from Jostens,
Inc. If you need more information or prefer to order in person,
a Jostens sales representative will be available on campus on Wednesday
and Thursday, March 18 and 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the
Sorin Room of the LaFortune Student Center (1st Floor). Extra announcements may be ordered at any time from Jostens, Inc.
CAP AND GOWN
You may find information about ordering your Cap and Gown at the Hammes
Bookstore web site.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT
Your financial account needs to be settled in full prior to the graduation
date. Questions regarding financial accounts should be directed
to the Office of Student Accounts at (574) 631-7113. You may go to the
"Student Account Balance" link through insideND
to view your account.
If your financial account has not been settled, a notice will be inserted
in your diploma cover in place of your diploma. Once you have settled
your account, your diploma will be mailed to you.
FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS
Federal regulations require that all students who have borrowed from the Federal Stafford and/or Perkins Loan
programs receive exit loan counseling. Exit loan counseling provides details regarding a borrower's rights and responsibilities for student loan repayment, deferment options, and loan consolidation benefits.
Perkins Loan borrowers will also receive an email from University Accounting Services (inform@uas.exit.com) providing a link to their website to complete Perkins Exit Loan Counseling. University Accounting Services (UAS) is Notre Dame's Perkins Loan Servicer.
Please go to the Exit Loan Counseling Information Page to complete this graduation requirement.
HOLDS
To receive your diploma, all charges assessed to your financial account
before graduation must be paid in full at the Office of Student Accounts,
100 Main Building.
You may go to the "View Holds" link through
insideND to view your holds.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Information regarding the events
taking place on campus Friday, May 15 through Sunday, May 17.
HONORS DISTINCTION (Does not apply to Graduate
School degree candidates)
Latin Honors
at the time of graduation are based on your cumulative GPA as of the
end of the last semester completed at Notre Dame. Assigned honors are
unofficial until your spring semester grades are received and
calculated. If your honors designation changes, a corrected diploma
will be mailed in late August. Make sure you have furnished the Office
of the Registrar with an address valid through August 2009.
ON CAMPUS ACCOMMODATIONS
Information from the Center
for Continuing Education in McKenna Hall about the schedule of events
for the Commencement weekend, meals, and on-campus accommodations will
be sent to your home address. If you or your parents have not received
this information by mid-March, contact the Commencement Accommodations
Office, 115 McKenna Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556. You can contact that
office at (574) 631-7640.
DIPLOMA DISTRIBUTION
Those receiving Ph.D., Master, Graduate Business, or Law degrees
will receive their diplomas during their respective separate ceremonies.
Bachelor degree diplomas will be distributed by faculty from your
department in the North Dome of the Joyce Center on Sunday, May 17,
before the University Commencement Ceremony.
COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND REGISTRAR OFFICE HOURS
The Office of the Registrar, 105 Main Building, will be open 8:30
a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16. The office will not be open
on Sunday. Please see the Commencement Ticket information
if you are not planning to arrive on campus until Sunday.
Normal office hours are 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ADDITIONAL GRADUATION INFORMATION
For additional information regarding May 2009 Graduation, please visit
the Office of the Registrar's Commencement web site.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office
of the Registrar (574) 631-7043.
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