Late Walker Request

Service Overview

Graduate students will use this form to request to participate in a commencement ceremony as a late walker.

Late walkers include master’s or doctoral-level students who need to defer their commencement ceremony participation to the next available ceremony after graduation from the university. Late walkers can only delay their ceremony participation once.

Reasons for late walker requests can include:

  • Medical Emergencies
  • Military Commitments
  • Unique extenuating circumstances that a committee needs to review

Available To

  • Master's Students
  • Doctoral Students
  • Master’s and Doctoral Program Directors / Department Chairs

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