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Website was updated on
July 11, 2008


Undergraduate Student Information

Graduate Analysts | Attendance Card | Diploma Mailing Card| Cap and Gown Info
Name Changes | Pronouncer Card | Not Attending | Checklist

Graduation Analysts

College of Arts and Sciences
Mary Jones
(901)678-3782
Fogelman College of
Business and Economics
Sandra Akah
(901)678-2855
College of Communication
and Fine Arts

Angie Hollis
(901)678-2418
College of Education
Mary Lanier
(901)678-2728
Herff College of Engineering
Kathy Atkinson
(901)678-3247
University College
Karen Miller-Jackett
(901)678-2049
Loewenberg School of Nursing
Ella Daniels
(901)678-3984
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Nancy Barron
(901)678-2660
Graduate School
Michelle Stout
(901)678-3560

Undergraduate Attendance Card

You must confirm that your name appears correctly in the program proof prior to submitting an Attendance Card.

  • Graduating undergraduates can now submit and update their attendance card information with our new online attendance card by clicking here (opens in new window - please temporarily disable popup blockers). Please submit your attendance card by July 21, 2008.

  • To view the names of those who have submitted their attendance cards and have agreed to have their names listed on this website click here (opens in new window - please temporarily disable popup blockers).

Filling out the attendance card online is the only way that the Commencement Office knows to make a pronouncer name card for that student, which students will pick up 1 or 2 days prior to Commencement.


Diploma Mailing Card

Click Here to Fill Out Diploma Mailing Card
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If you are unable to access this site, please visit the Commencement Office,
500 Wilder Tower to complete a diploma mailing card.


Undergraduate Students Not Attending Commencement

  1. Check with your graduation analyst to see that you have met all degree requirements .
  2. Pay all University fees. Following the close of the semester, determine if you have any outstanding debts with the Bursar's office (678-5579). Any financial obligation to the University will delay the release of your diploma
  3. Check your name on the "Program proofs" on the website for correct degree, honor(s) designation, and spelling of your name as you want it on your diploma.
  4. Compare your name in the central computer system (Spectrum/Banner) with your diploma name. Name changes may be made through the Registrar's Office up to one semester following graduation with proper documentation. Any deviation from the name on the diploma and the name in SIS will result in the delay of your diploma until the name matches SIS.
  5. Submit Undergraduate Diploma Mailing Card and Commencement Attendance Card online. DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ATTENDANCE CARDS: April 11, 2008.
  6. You may pick up your diploma cover in the Commencement Office after August 18, 2008 between 8:30am and 4:00pm.
  7. You may pick up your honor cords in the Commencement Office after October 1, 2008 after grades are certified.
  8. Diplomas will be mailed out approximately 2 months after the end of the semester. Your diploma will be mailed to the address you have given on the Diploma Mailing Card or to the address in the Student Information System.

 


Undergraduate Student Checklist for Graduation

1

Check with your graduation analyst to see that you have met all degree requirements

2

Pay all University fees. Following the close of the semester, determine if you have any outstanding debts with the Bursar's Office (678-5579). Any financial obligation to the University will delay the release of your diploma.

3

Check your name on the "Program proof" on this website for correct degree, honor(s) designation, and spelling of your name as you want it on your diploma.

4

Compare your name in the central computer system (Spectrum/Banner) with your diploma name. Any deviation from the name on the diploma and the name in Spectrum/Banner will result in the delay of your diploma until the name matches Spectrum/Banner.

5

Students attending the ceremony must complete the attendance card to have a seat with their college.  Your name card will be made after you have filed your attendance card online.

Pick up your personalized pronouncer name card in Rm 115 Pan-Hellenic Building on August 15, 08:30 am to 04:00 pm.

6

Pick up your cap and gown in the Rm 115 Pan-Hellenic Building on August 15, 08:30 am to 04:00 pm.

7

You must submit your Diploma Mailing Card and the Career & Employment Services Survey Form online to ensure prompt delivery of your diploma. You may also fill out the Graduating Student Information News Release** and the Alumni Information Form online (see links below).

8

Commencement Office will mail out diplomas after October 1, 2008. Contact your College Analyst for change in address or questions regarding your degree status. Changes in honors or other printing corrections will be ordered automatically.



** Information provided here will be used to publicize the graduation of University of Memphis students in hometown newspapers. Your acceptance to publicize is required at the bottom of this form if you wish information to be released. (If you do not want your graduation information released to the media, there is no need to fill out this form.) Important: Do not send completed forms to the Commencement Office.

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