Approximately one month after the semester begins, students who have submitted the Application for Graduation receive a preliminary letter stating their names have been placed on the tentative graduation list for the semester in which they anticipate completing their degree requirements. The WSE Graduate Committee meets three times each year to review candidates for graduation and to make recommendations to the university president for commencement. After the WSE Graduate Committee meets, students on the graduation list receive a letter confirming the Committee's action. Commencement information is sent the first week in April. To receive their diploma, students must pay all student accounts in full and resolve all outstanding charges of misconduct and violations of academic integrity.
Students receive bills for graduation in early spring.
For graduation fees, see p. 12. For classes taught at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center in St. Mary s County, the decision to close will be made by the Center. Radio and television stations that carry the announcement are posted at the Center.