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Issuance of Diploma

Upon faculty recommendation and with the approval of the Committee on Admissions and Academic Standing (CHRP) or the Faculty Assembly (College of Nursing), students are approved for degree/certificate completion and are awarded diplomas three times each year.  Each student’s degree/certificate conferral date is the next official graduation date after the degree/certificate requirements are completed. The three official graduation dates are May 31 (Spring), August 31 (Summer), December 31 (Fall). There is only one Commencement ceremony each year in May. Your permanent academic record notes the actual date upon which your degree/ certificate requirements were completed.

Students who complete ALL graduation requirements, as outlined above, and have NO outstanding financial or administrative obligation to the institution, will receive their diploma as per the following schedule:

Graduation Date Diploma Availability
May 31, 2008    September 15, 2008
August 31, 2008   December 15, 2008
December 31, 2008      March 15, 2009

                        
Students who are expected to fulfill graduation requirements after the Commencement date, but before August 31st, are permitted to participate in the Spring Commencement Exercises.  When you are contacted to pick up your diploma, bring with you the diploma cover you receive at Commencement in which to put your diploma.

You may request to have your diploma sent to you by mail.  We strongly discourage you from doing this because we cannot be responsible for lost or damaged diplomas.  If you still wish to have it mailed, submit a letter to the Office of the Registrar in which you include your name, student identification number (SID), the address to which you want the diploma mailed and a check for $9.00 made payable to SUNY Downstate.