Graduation Checklist
There is a lot to do to get ready to graduate from college and we want to help make the process as smooth as possible for you! Use our graduation checklist as a guide to help make sure you fill out every form and visit every office necessary to get you ready to graduate.
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Declare your intent to graduate & order your cap and gown. The deadline for declaring your intent to graduate is March 28, 2025. If you do not declare by the deadline, you may not be able to participate in the commencement ceremony. Click here to declare your intent to graduate.
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Purchase your Cap and Gown: While you ordered your cap and gown using the intent to graduate form in step 1, please note that you will need to pay for your cap and gown at the bookstore. Undergraduate Packs cost $43.87, and Masters Packs cost $45 plus $34 for the Masters Hood ($84.53 Total) All of these prices are including tax.
Master’s Degree students, you can order your hood online at www.concordushop.com or you can purchase it in the bookstore when you pay for your cap and gown.
Honors students, you can purchase your Honor Stole in the bookstore when you pay for your cap and gown. The Honor Stole costs $28.89 (including tax).
If you are not on campus and would like your cap and gown mailed to you, shipping will be an extra $7.50.
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Do you want a FREE professional headshot for your LinkedIn profile? Stop by Subway Sides on Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 11:00am to 1:00pm and get your profile picture taken!
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Interested in staying at CU for graduate school? Visit our page about our graduate programs
- 6If you are a Student Support Services student, please email support@concord.edu to schedule your exit interview.
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Enter our cap decorating contest! Information has been sent in a email. Submissions are due by 4:00pm on May 1.
Recap of Important Dates
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| Event | Date |
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| Declare intent to graduate | DEADLINE: March 28, 2025 |
| Get your professional headshot photo taken | March 20, 2025 |
| Graduate’s Toast | May 1, 2025 |
| The Cap Decorating Contest | May 1, 2025 at 4:00pm |
| Commencement (Masters) | May 9, 2025 |
| Commencement (Undergraduate) | May 10, 2025 |
