Graduation

Past Graduations

To obtain commencement programs or information on obtaining your diploma from a past graduation, please visit this page.

 

Important Dates for May 2012 Graduation

Undergraduate Intent Cards:  Due by January 17th.   
This earlier deadline was set to allow for better reporting.  When the intent card is coded, an automatic email is sent your campus email account, notifying you of the receipt and directing you to the Undergraduate Graduation Tracker.  If you have already submitted your intent card, you should be receiving the automatic email within the next two weeks, as we are currently in the process of coding all that have been submitted.  

If you HAVE NOT submitted your intent card, please do so as soon as possible, as you will not be included in any reporting if not coded.  Due to us still processing the intent cards, we will gladly accept any latecomers though January 31st.  Any received by our office AFTER THIS DATE must be accompanied with the completed checksheet in order to be accepted.

Checksheets:  Due by January 31st.  
These are the responsibility of your advisor.  Once your intent card is received and coded, your advisor will be informed that your checksheet is needed.  We are currently coding all received intent cards and should be done by the January 31st deadline.

Graduation Fee:  Must be registered by April 2nd.  
This fee is required of ALL graduating students, even if you do not participate in the ceremony.  The $45 fee covers the processing of the paperwork, the printing of the Commencement Program, the Diploma  and cover, as well as the attire.  You must register and pay for the graduation fee in order to pick up your graduation attire. Any fee previously paid will carry over. Please register for this.

Traditional Jonesboro students should register for the Jonesboro section, while students graduating through the Beebe or Mt. Home Degree Centers should register for the respective section. Students from any other degree center will register for the Jonesboro fee.

     CRN 12919 – Jonesboro Graduation Fee
     CRN 14109 – Beebe Degree Center Graduation Fee
     CRN 14110 – Mountain Home Degree Center Graduation Fee

If holds prevent you from registering, please send the graduation coordinator (Beverly Weems) an email from your campus email account granting permission, and this will be done for you.

 

Graduation Tracker For Undergraduate Students

Please visit the ASU myCampus portal to access the graduation tracker. The graduation tracker provides personal data on your graduation status. Visit the tracker today to see your information.  Students will have access to the tracker after their intent card is coded in the system.  Once the intent card is coded, students will receive an automated email acknowledging receipt.

 

May 2012 Commencement

You can view the layout for commencement at the following link: Click Here.

Location:  Convocation Center

Date:  May 12, 2012

10:00 AM Ceremony 2:30 PM Ceremony
 College of Agriculture  College of Communications
 College of Business  College of Education
 College of Engineering  College of Humanities and Social Sciences
 College of Fine Arts  University College
 College of Nursing and Health Professions
 College of Sciences and Mathematics

Not attending the commencement ceremony? Please let us know.

 

Guest Information

Ample parking is available in all areas with special reserved sections. Reserved parking for the disabled is near the yellow entrance.

Guests may enter through the red or yellow upper entrances and sit in any unreserved seats. Reserved seating for the disabled is accessible from the yellow entrance. For information for specific seating for the disabled, please contact the Convocation Center at (870) 972-3870. 

 

Military Commissioning Service

Commissioning Date and Time: Friday, 11 May 2012 at 3:00PM

Location: ASU Convocation Center Auditorium

Refreshments will be served.

 

Cap, Gown and Supplies

Fittings:

The SPRING GRAD FAIR will be held March 6th - 8th, from 9am until 6pm, in the ASU Bookstore.  Please make arrangements to attend one of these days to be fitted for your cap and gown, check your current graduation status and take advantage of graduation specials offered by the ASU Bookstore.  If you have concerns that the standard size gowns (up to 250 lbs) may not fit properly, we encourage you to attend the Cap and Gown Fittings, as there will not be a make-up day scheduled.

If you are unable to attend Grad Fair, you can still obtain your cap and gown using one of the options below.

  • During the week prior to graduation, Brown’s Graduation Supplies will be distributing the attire in the ASU Bookstore and generally have ample supplies on hand for standard sizes (up to 250 lbs).

      For specialty sizes, it is important that you use one of the following options.

  • Traditional Undergraduate and Graduate level students (Excluding Large Scale Distance Learning) can submit their information online. Herff Jones will have an online site available where you can order your cap and gown, and even your graduation invitations at https://www1.herffjones.com/college/graduation/ through April 3rd.
  • The Large Scale Distance Learning Students can submit their information using the online form by clicking here. The deadline to submit your order online is April 3rd.


Distribution:

Caps and Gowns will be distributed the week of Graduation in the ASU Bookstore (May 7 - 12).  Please stop by on one of the following days to obtain your graduation attire.

  • Monday - Thursday:   9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Friday:   9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Saturday:   8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

To avoid a problem in picking up your cap and gown please make sure you have registered for your graduation fee and that your account is cleared with Student Account Services (870-972-2285).

Included with your attire will be your name card. Please bring this card with you to the commencement ceremony, as it will include your name (as it will be announced at the ceremony), as well as your group number and position.

When you arrive at commencement, please report to your specified room, as printed on the bottom right corner of your name card. When directed to do so, you will lineup in numerical order (see position number on your name card). Do not write on your name card. This card will be given to the announcer for the correct pronunciation of your name. If you feel the announcer will have trouble with your name, you will have the opportunity to meet with him or her prior to the ceremony.

Miscellaneous:

The ASU Bookstore can also provide you with graduation announcements. Contact them at (870) 972-2058 for more information.

A professional photographer will take pictures of graduates as they are greeted by the chancellor and again just after leaving the platform. Your proofs will be sent to your ASU email account with additional information. You can read more about graduation photos here.

Each ceremony will be filmed and made available to the student and their families.  For more information, go to here or contact the Radio/TV Department by clicking here.


Diplomas

Diplomas can be picked up immediately following the ceremony. You can pick up your diploma in the multipurpose rooms. No diploma will be issued before the ceremony has ended. There will be a reception following diploma distribution held in the upper level entrance behind the platform.

Not attending the ceremony? Please let us know. Diplomas will be mailed only to out-of-town graduates who complete the online form. Graduating students from the Jonesboro area are requested to pick up their diplomas at the Office of the Registrar, Room 2130, Student Union beginning Wednesday, May 16th. Please be sure to bring identification!

Diplomas will NOT be mailed to third parties including family members, unless written consent is provided by the student in question.


Ceremony Information

A card with your name, group number, and position will be given to you when you pick up your cap and gown from the bookstore. Please bring this card with you to the commencement ceremony.

When you arrive at commencement, please report to the marshal located by your group sign in your specified room. When directed to do so, you will lineup in numerical order. See position number on your name card. Do not write on your name card. This card will be given to the announcer for the correct pronunciation of your name. If you feel the announcer will have trouble with your name, you will have the opportunity to meet with him or her prior to the ceremony in the hallway.

You will be lead into the reserved seating area by your marshal. Remain standing until instructed otherwise. You will be lead by your marshal to the platform for degree conferral by the chancellor.

Diplomas can be picked up immediately following the ceremony. You can pick up your diploma in the multipurpose rooms. No diploma will be issued before the ceremony has ended. There will be a reception following diploma distribution held in the upper level entrance behind the platform.

Not attending the ceremony? Please let us know.  Diplomas will be mailed only to out-of-town graduates who complete the online form. Graduating students from the Jonesboro area are requested to pick up their diplomas at the Office of the Registrar, Room 2130, Student Union beginning Wednesday, May 16th. Please be sure to bring identification!


Honors Information

To qualify for Latin Honors, you must meet the following criteria as specified in the Undergraduate Bulletin.

Cum Laude – 3.60-3.79 GPA
Magna Cum Laude – 3.80-3.99 GPA
Summa Cum Laude – 4.00 GPA

To receive any of the above designations, students must be seeking their first baccalaureate degree, and have completed at least 45 semester hours of graded course work offered by Arkansas State University. If the student has transfer work, both the ASU GPA and the Overall Cumulative GPA must meet the requirement.

Note: Semester hours completed and grade points earned during the term in which the student is graduating WILL NOT be used to determine academic distinction (honors).  For example, for students who graduate during the Fall term, academic distinction will be based on their LAST enrollment term, which may be Spring or Summer, depending on the student.  


Watch the ASU-Jonesboro Commencement online (May 12, 2012) 

Required connection: Broadband (384k or greater) 

To view the stream:

Windows Users: Using Windows Media Player, open the File URL at mms://streamer.astate.edu/asutv

Mac Users: Using Quicktime, open the File URL at mms://streamer.astate.edu/asutv. You will need to install the Windows Media Components for Quicktime (by Flip4Mac) located at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx 

 

Questions?

If you have any questions, you may contact Beverly Weems bweems@astate.edu in the Registrar's office for Bachelor & Associate degrees. You may contact Michelle McGinnis mmcginnis@astate.edu in Graduate School for Graduate level degrees.


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The SPRING GRAD FAIR will be held March 6th-8th, from 9am until 6pm, in the ASU Bookstore.  Please make arrangements to attend one of these days to be fitted for your cap and gown, check your current graduation status and take advantage of graduation specials offered by the ASU Bookstore.  If you have concern that the standard size gowns (up to 250lbs) may not fit properly, we encourage you to attend the Cap and Gown Fittings, as there will not be a make-up day scheduled. 

If you are unable to attend Grad Fair, you can still obtain your cap and gown using one of the options below. 

1.       During the week prior to graduation, Brown’s Graduation Supplies will be distributing the attire in the ASU Bookstore and generally have ample supplies on hand for standard sizes (up to 250lbs).   For specialty sizes, it is important that you use one of the following options.