Grad Checklist

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Grad Checklist

Have you completed the graduation checklist? These are the items that you MUST complete in order to participate in Commencement!

2024 Deadlines

Dec. 1 Senior Verification Form for both December 2024 and May 2025 candidates for graduation*
Dec. 2 Deadline for Application to Graduate

2025 Deadlines

Jan. 31 Deadline for receipt of CLEP Examination results. Results received after this date may affect your eligibility to participate in Commencement
Apr. 17 Deadline to complete Senior Survey*
Apr. - TBD Deadline to complete First Destination Survey for May 2025 candidates for graduation*
Apr. - TBD Deadline to complete Clearance Process for May 2025 candidates for graduation*
May 16 Class Day
May 17 Baccalaureate Ceremony
May 18 Commencement Ceremony
* This item MUST be completed prior to graduation.
You may check your progress in Degree Works.

Photography and Videography Release

Please be aware that photographers and members of the media will be taking photographs and filming Spelman's Commencement activities. Your presence at the ceremonies constitutes your release, permission, and consent to be photographed and/or recorded. Pictures and/or recordings of you may appear in future printed materials and online, including in commercially available publications.

If you do not wish to be photographed and/or recorded, please be aware of the presence of photographers and members of the media and take steps to avoid contact.