Commencement

A professional photographer from MJ Thomas will be at the ceremony. Guests may take pictures from their seats.  

Please contact MJ Thomas at support@mymjthomas.com if you have any questions regarding photos taken at/near the stage during the ceremony. 

Be sure to check back to this website for maps and commencement day instructions a few weeks before the ceremony. 

The Maverick Bookstore will send an email to students by mid-October with details on how to place orders.  The website will be updated once the email had been sent.

Students are eligible to participate in a commencement ceremony based on which semester they complete their graduation requirements.

• Summer Term* - December Commencement
• Fall Term - December or May Commencement
• Spring Term - May Commencement 

It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they are enrolled in the necessary courses or have a plan on file with the Registrar’s Office using the “Graduation Planning Sheet” or DegreeWorks Plan which outlines how all requirements will be met. In the four months prior to the ceremony, students must be on track to complete all requirements to remain eligible to participate in the commencement ceremony.

*Summer graduates may participate in the preceding May ceremony only if they are registered by April 15 for one or more summer courses that do not exceed six credits or an internship course that does not exceed 12 credits. The student must be able to finish the summer coursework by the end of the summer term.

After grades post at the end of each term, the Registrar's Office reviews the DegreeWorks reports for all students who submitted an Intent to Graduate. Please be patient as it takes up to six weeks to review all graduates and change the Graduation Application Status in DegreeWorks to either awarded or denied. Students may review their own DegreeWorks report to check if all requirements were met.

The CMU transcript is the official document to verify degree completion. Awarded degrees will show on the official and unofficial transcript. If you need a copy of your official transcript prior to the degree award, please be sure to check "Hold for Degree Statement."

CMU issues one diploma per degree approximately eight weeks after the degree is awarded.  Additional copies may be purchased online through the Duplicate Diploma Request. 

CMU and WCCC graduates automatically become members of the Alumni Association.  An alumni card and other information about the Alumni Association will be mailed to each graduate within about two months of graduation.  In the meantime, graduates are encouraged to register for the MyMesa Alumni Portal and learn more about the services and benefits of the Alumni Association.