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																									Main Menu Graduation Information2024 Graduation & Commencement Ceremony
				
				National Intelligence University DiplomaUse this webpage to find the most up-to-date information regarding NIU’s graduation, including its annual Commencement ceremony!If you have any additional questions, please email NIU_Student_Affairs@niu.odni.gov or call 301-243-2099.
		Registrar Graduation Forms
					Please see the Registrar’s organization page in Blackboard for graduation forms and information.
							Out-Processing
					Upon completion of their program, or when otherwise**departing** the university, ICC-B students **should formally out-process** from NIU. An official**out-processing form** will be disseminated in order to help facilitate this process. Academic Center students will receive any necessary out-processing requirements from their Center Director. Full-time military students will receive additional information about their out-processing requirements from NIU’s Joint Military Personnel Office.Tasks to be completed, as applicable for each student, include:**Returning books** to the Library**Returning computer tokens** to the IT office**Cleaning out lockers** and **returning locks** to the Student Affairs office**Return student badges** to the ICC-B front desk or Visitor’s Center
							NIU Diploma Frames & Class Rings
					If you would like to purchase a diploma frame and/or a class ring, contact NIU’s sales representatives for more information:**Diploma Frames:**Websites:www.ni-udiplomaframe.comPOC: Janice ReesePhone: (703) 868-5269 / (703) 399-3601Email: janusart1@gmail.com**Class Rings:**Website: www.jostens.comPOC: Dana GarrettPhone: (443) 790-8192Emails: danaspeace1@gmail.com | dana.garrett@jostens.com
							Phi Kappa Phi
					Eligible graduating students will be admitted into the i, by invitation only. An invitation to join requires a nomination by NIU’s chapter. The Registrar’s Office will notify NIU’s PKP chapter of students’ eligibility after all Spring Quarter grades for graduating students have been received.  Students will be notified of their Phi Kappa Phi nomination in June by the NIU PKP Chapter.**Undergraduate Eligibility Requirements:** Students must have completed at least 135 quarter hours, with at least 36 quarter hours at NIU, and rank in the top 10 percent of their class.**Graduate Eligibility Requirements:** Students must have completed at least 27 quarter hours at NIU, and rank in the top 10 percent of their class.
		Commencement Ceremony
				
				NIU holds one annual Commencement Ceremony to celebrate summer graduation for graduates of the MSSI, MSTI, and BSI programs (December graduates are also able to attend the ceremony, by request). The AY24 Commencement will take place **Friday, June 28** **(10:00am – 12:00pm)**, as stated in the AY24 Academic Calendar.
		Commencement Venue
					Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center, on the Northern Virginia Community College Alexandra Campus (4915 E Campus Dr., Alexandria, VA 22311).
							Guest Tickets
					TBA**Handicap Seating & Other Accommodations*****:*** If you or any of your guests will require wheelchair accessible seating or other assistance, please email NIU_Student_Affairs@niu.odni.gov with your requirements.
							Commencement Rehearsal
					Rehearsal will be held the morning before Commencement, on **Thursday, June 27**, at Schlesinger Hall.**All graduates who are planning to attend graduation, are required to attend rehearsal**.
		Faculty & Staff Information
				
				Faculty and staff are reminded that attendance at Commencement as that day’s place of duty – and participation in one form or another – is expected and encouraged, unless on authorized leave.
		Faculty
					Faculty should work with the Staff Officers in their Dean’s Office to coordinate whether they will be participating in regalia onstage, absent, or volunteering in another capacity (e.g. marshals, ushers, etc.) Faculty who wish to purchase regalia for the ceremony may do so through Graduation Outlet.
							Staff
					Staff members may be asked to assist in several different roles during the Commencement, including stage set-up/take-down, collecting tickets, ushering, and mustering the graduates.
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Academics:Bachelor of Science in Intelligence DegreeMaster of Science of Strategic IntelligenceMaster of Science and Technology Intelligence DegreeCertificate in Intelligence Studies
School:College of Strategic IntelligenceSchool of Science and Technology Intelligence
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