Everything you need to know to walk at graduation.
If your plans change after you file the Application for Graduation please contact the office of the Registrar for the change to be applied to your Graduation Application.
Students who are completing all of their requirements in May are NOT required to complete this form.
Undergraduate students who have registered for courses which, if successfully completed, will allow them to graduate by December of a given calendar year, may participate in the May commencement ceremony of that calendar year.
Students must submit the appropriate Commencement Participation Application (pdf) to be considered for participation in the ceremony. The application must be complete with all required documentation attached at the time of submission. To have your name appear in the commencement program, the application must be received by the Office of the Registrar, Brock Hall, no later than 5 p.m. on April 10.
Graduate students who have registered for courses which, if successfully completed, will allow them to graduate by the end of the subsequent summer term, may participate in the May commencement ceremony of that calendar year. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the applicable graduate program directors.
Graduate students must submit the Graduate Commencement Participation Application (pdf) to be considered for participation in the ceremony. To have your name appear in the commencement program, the application must be received by the Office of the Registrar, Brock Hall, no later than 5 p.m. on April 10th.
It is solely the responsibility of the candidate for graduation to meet all of the listed requirements, including the completion of 120 semester hours unless otherwise noted for that major degree program.
Those undergraduate students who have earned 57 or more hours at Longwood and whose general averages for all Longwood credits offered for a degree are 3.35 or above are graduated with the following honors:
Longwood also recognizes graduating undergraduate seniors who have successfully completed an honors program in a specialized academic area.
You will receive your seating/name card upon your arrival. Do not lose this! It will be used to call your name as you walk across the stage.
Undergraduate Commencement FAQs
Graduate Commencement FAQs
Spring and Summer graduating students will receive their diplomas by mail within 4 weeks after their degree is awarded. Diplomas issued to December graduates may take longer than 4 weeks to arrive given holiday closings. Graduates will retain access to MyLongwood until 30 days after graduation. They will retain access to their live.longwood.edu email indefinitely.