Commencement Details

In order to walk in the commencement ceremony, you must apply for graduation and indicate your interest in participating with the Registrar’s Office. Instructions on how to apply for graduation are below. Deadline to apply for graduation and for your name to appear in the program is October 31st. If you have any questions, please contact the Registrar’s Office at 870-460-1034.

If you are not currently enrolled and need to apply for graduation, please contact the Registrar's Office at 870-460-1034.   

Current Students

  • Your major(s) and minor(s), if any, should be correct before applying for graduation.
  • If your major(s) and/or minor(s) need to be updated, submit a Change of Major form to the Registrar’s Office.
  • Log into WeevilNet through the bc365游戏 homepage
  • Click on Self Service
  • Click on Student Center
  • Under Academics, click on other academic…
  • Click on Apply for Graduation, click the arrows in the green circle
  • Click the link to your academic program
  • Choose expected graduation date from drop down menu
  • Click Continue
  • Enter information/check boxes
  • Click Submit Application
  • Update Diploma Name and Address (Student Center—Personal Information)

Apply for Graduation

Request to Participate in Commencement Ceremony for Students Not Graduating

INFORMATION FOR GRAD FAIR

bc365游戏 Bookstore will host the Fall 2024 Grad Fair on Monday, October 14th through Friday, October 18th. If you are unable to attend, please contact the bc365游戏 Bookstore at 870-460-1055 and provide your height, weight, and degree type to order your cap and gown. At grad fair, you will be able to order your cap and gown, order official bc365游戏 personalized graduation announcements, and purchase a diploma frame.

The university provides keepsake caps, gowns, and tassels to undergraduate and graduate students.

Graduate students who participate in commencement must order the appropriate hood.

Deadline to order: Friday, October 18th

For questions, please contact the bc365游戏 Bookstore at 870-460-1055.

Fall 2024 Commencement Rehearsal
Thursday, December 12th at 3:00 p.m.
Herman C. Steelman Field House
563 Weevil Drive, Monticello, AR 71655

Fall 2024 Commencement Ceremony
(For Monticello, Crossett, and McGehee Campuses)
Friday, December 13th at 10:00 a.m.
Herman C. Steelman Field House
563 Weevil Drive, Monticello, AR 71655

Starting at 9:00 a.m., graduates must check in at the Registrar's Office table near the bell on the west side of Weevil Pond. Once signed in, graduates will be lined up by bc365游戏 staff in order of their academic discipline. Please be in line no later than 9:30 a.m.

*All event details are subject to change due to weather or COVID-19 guidance from state and federal agencies.

The event will be streamed live online at bc365游戏ont.edu.

 

INFORMATION FOR GRADUATES

Graduates should continue to check email regularly as the event approaches. 

To learn more about the commencement exercises, all graduates are strongly encouraged to attend the rehearsal scheduled for Thursday, December 12th, at 3:00 p.m. inside the Steelman Field House.

Only graduates who have confirmed their participation with the Registrar are approved to participate in the ceremony. No personal items of graduates will be stored during the ceremony. 

Graduates must bring their herald card, regalia, and hood (if a graduate student). These items are available through the bookstore located on your home campus. Caps, gowns and tassels are free to graduates and will be available for pickup beginning Monday, December 9th. To accommodate those attending rehearsal on Thursday, December 12th, the Bookstore will close at 5:00 p.m. Master graduate students must buy an appropriate master's hood. You must bring an official ID to receive your regalia.

Please direct regalia questions here:

Monticello Bookstore

ATTN: Mr. Billy Hogue
870-460-1055

Review the commencement stoles and cords policy  here.

Please direct stoles and cords questions to: Studentprograms@okjiaju.net 

Safety/Decorum

Commencement is a time to celebrate and enjoy your accomplishments. However, it is, also, ceremonial. You are asked to honor the spirit of this important occasion by conducting yourself in a manner that is respectful of your guests, the guests of others, your fellow graduates, and you. Graduates are expected to honor the dignity associated with commencement and maintain an appropriate measure of decorum during the ceremony.

Graduates shall refrain from unsafe and/or disruptive behavior, which includes but is not limited to, noisemakers or other loud devices, taking selfies while on the Commencement platform, pranks, dancing of any kind, stepping, stomping, hopping, chanting and/or vocal or visual disruptions. Graduates shall proceed across the stage in a measured, safe, and professional manner. The time to celebrate more exuberantly is after the ceremony has concluded and all graduates have exited the facility.

INFORMATION FOR GUESTS

Doors at Steelman Field House will open to guests at 9:00 a.m. for the 10:00 a.m. ceremony .

The NCAA Clear Bag Policy remains in place for any event held in an athletic facility, including Commencement. 

Due to visibility concerns, please do not bring balloons into the facility.

Photography:  For your convenience, bc365游戏 has secured a professional photographic service to take photos of each graduate as they receive their degrees. One photo will be mailed to each graduate free of charge. These will be mailed with diploma certificates at the end of July or the first of August for May graduates. Alumni Affairs will provide a photo location by the bell at Weevil Pond. Student Programs and Activities will provide Greek letter photo stations along the sidewalk on the northside of the Weevil Pond.

Parking will be available in lots around the campus. Accessible parking is available at Steelman Field House. Golf cart transportation to Steelman Field House will be provided to campus guests.

Printable Campus Map

Interactive Campus Map

Food and drink will not be allowed in the field house.

ACCESSIBILITY

In order to arrange adequate seating, any graduate with mobility limitations requiring special seating should contact the Registrar’s Office at 870-460-1034 as soon as possible. Graduates who have family and/or guests who need special seating arrangements due to mobility limitations should contact the Office of Academic Affairs at 870-460-1032 as soon as possible.

If you do not find the answer to your question above, please contact the Office of Academic Affairs at 870 460-1032 or academicaffairs@okjiaju.net.