Your degree will be conferred on August 29, 2025.

You will receive an email from Parchment to your Faulkner email to claim your electronic credentials.  Once done, your physical diploma will be mailed to the address you provided on your graduation application within 30 days.

The next commencement ceremony will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025, in the Tine Davis Gymnasium, and you have the opportunity to participate.

Additional details regarding the commencement ceremony will be posted on the website and emailed to those who marked that they will be participating in the commencement ceremony in December.

ALL students must apply and pay the graduation application fee for the degree conferral, regardless of participation in the commencement ceremony.  Students will not have a degree conferred or graduate with a degree without completing the application and paying the fee.

If you applied for the same degree in a previous semester, but the degree was not awarded, you must reapply and pay the $15.00 re-application fee.

To ensure you have taken all the necessary classes, completed the appropriate number of hours, and met any other degree requirements, you need to contact your advisor or the Director of your program.

The graduation fee does not include your regalia (cap & gown).  The fee covers the degree audit and the cost associated with printing and mailing your diploma.

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Graduation Application Graduation Re-application

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If you have any questions related to graduation, contact the graduation representative at graduation@faulkner.edu

**If you have a financial hold with Faulkner University’s Student Accounts, your degree can still be awarded.  However, you will not be able to get transcripts or have your diploma mailed until the hold is taken care of with our Student Accounts office.  You can contact Student Accounts at (334) 386-7165 or studentaccounts@faulkner.edu.

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Important Information

1.  The regalia (cap & gown) link to order will open July 1st, and you have until October 24, 2025, to place your order for the December 12, 2025, commencement ceremony.

https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1000933/Faulkner-University/Graduation-Caps-and-Gowns/col_greg_1000933/CATALOG_COLLEGE

Select the collection from the drop-down: Student Regalia, Faulkner University.

2.  Only authorized honor cords, sashes, and/or medallions may be worn with the cap and gown at commencement.

3.  NO Social Sorority or Fraternity sashes will be permitted.  If you have them on, you will be asked to remove them during the ceremony.  However, you can take pictures with them after the ceremony. Only awards/medallions or cords specified by your department and related to your degree and provided by Faulkner can be worn.

4.  Sensible dress shoes should be worn, and all shoes must have a strap.  Extreme heels are strongly discouraged.

5.  DO NOT bring valuables (purses, cameras, etc) with you to the line-up room.  We cannot be responsible for valuables you leave behind while in the ceremony.

6.  Decoration of the mortar board (cap) is NOT allowed.

7. Our graduate-level degree programs do not receive honors.

8.  Students in a one-year program (BBA, BCJ, BSB, BFSM, or HRM) must graduate with an overall GPA of at least 3.75 to graduate with honors.

• Students meeting this requirement will receive the recognition of "With Honors" on their transcript and at the graduation ceremony.

9.  Students in all other programs (Traditional and Adult) must graduate with an overall GPA of at least 3.5 to graduate with honors.

• Students meeting this requirement with an overall GPA of 3.5 - 3.649 will receive the recognition of "Cum Laude" on their transcript and at the graduation ceremony.
• Students meeting this requirement with an overall GPA of 3.65 - 3.899 will receive the recognition of "Magna Cum Laude" on their transcript and at the graduation ceremony.
• Students meeting this requirement with an overall GPA of 3.9 - 4.0 will receive the recognition of "Summa Cum Laude" on their transcript and at the graduation ceremony.

A student's overall GPA is calculated based on the GPA obtained from Faulkner University classes and the GPA obtained from other institutions the student attended.

10.  A picture will be taken of each graduate during the ceremony.  An email will be sent to your Faulkner email with a link to view and order prints.  All inquiries go to The Grad Team.  They can be reached at 833-4MYGRAD or marc@TheGradTeam.com.

11.  NO tickets are issued for graduation.  Due to the facility capacity, the fire marshal only allows so many guests per graduate, and infants and lap children are considered part of your guest count. You will be emailed the number of guests you are allowed to invite to attend the ceremony. All other guests will be seated in overflow and will watch the ceremony via livestream.