Commencement Eligibility and Timeline | Undergraduate Degrees
Eligibility
If you have submitted your Senior Audit and are on track to complete your degree requirements between August 2024 and May 2025, you will be invited to participate in Commencement 2025 on May 16, 2025.
Exemptions to Eligibility Requirements
Participating in the May 2025 Commencement ceremony without finishing degree requirements/credits (i.e. without accumulating at least 128 unique credits) is a privilege reserved only for undergraduates who meet specific criteria.
If you are not completing your degree requirements by May 2025, you may submit a petition to participate in May Commencement if you meet both of the following criteria:
- You must be within 2 courses of completing all degree requirements/credits (all-college/PLAN requirements & major requirements) at the end of the Spring 2025 semester, AND
- You must complete all degree requirements/credits by the end of Summer 2025.
If you satisfy both of the criteria above and wish to submit a Petition to Participate in Commencement for approval, please obtain your program advisor's signature, and submit it to [email protected] before March 24, 2025.
Please Note: You must submit a Petition for Transfer Credit for each course you take over Summer 2025 outside of Simmons before May 16, 2025. Failure to submit a Petition for each course taken outside of Simmons might delay the date of your graduation.
May 2025 Graduation Timeline
- January 31, 2025: Last day to verify your Degree Date and Diploma Name in Workday (updates to Degree Date or Diploma Name can be requested at [email protected])
- March 31, 2025: Last day to update contact information in Workday for Commencement invitations and post-graduation communications (personal email address, phone number, mailing address)
- April 2, 2025: Invitations to RSVP for May Commencement received via email from MarchingOrder
- April 11, 2025: Commencement Student Speaker Applications Deadline
- April 21, 2025: Last Day to Order Regalia for May Commencement
- April 21, 2025: Last Day to RSVP for the May Commencement Ceremonies
- May 16, 2025: May Commencement Ceremonies (In Person & Streaming). Diplomas will be available to pick up on the academic campus, at 300 Fenway, until 5:30 pm on the day of Commencement. Graduates will also be able to pick up their diplomas at the Simmons OneStop during normal business hours from May 20 to 31. Diplomas that are not picked up will be mailed to graduates in early June.
- May 19 – 23, 2025: Diploma pick-up for May graduates available in the Simmons OneStop