Commencement Ceremonies

• Available for access to students enrolled in the Fall 2021 UNIV-4AA0 Creed to Succeed course

• Application serves three purposes for graduation:

  • Printing of name in program booklet

  • Ceremony attendance

  • Diploma name and delivery

Must be enrolled in UNIV-4AA0 Creed to Succeed course to officially be on the term’s graduation list and for publication of name in the commencement program booklet

Final deadline to submit diploma data (diploma name and mailing address) on the Diploma On-Line Application

Must finalize any outstanding work (transient work, Incomplete and/or NR grades, etc.) needed to meet degree requirements for Fall 2021.

• Graduation Fee - Generated from enrollment in UNIV 4AA0 Creed to Succeed course which is an administrative course (non-graded, no coursework)

  • A $40.00 graduation fee is applied to every degree candidate.
  • Each graduation attempt requires enrollment in the Creed to Succeed course (UNIV 4AA0).
  • It is the degree candidate’s responsibility to re-enroll in Creed to Succeed course for a future graduation term.

• Clearing Graduation Fee - Generated from enrollment in UNDG-4900 clearing graduation course which is an administrative course (non-graded, no coursework).

  • A $450.00 clearing graduation fee is applied to any undergraduate student who is registered for no credit hours at Auburn University in the term of graduation. Enrollment in this course is due to the staff and/or the facilities of the university being used for graduation administrative work, the clearing of deferred grades, and/or when a student is completing graduation coursework requirements at an institution other than Auburn University.

Balfour serves as the official on-campus supplier of announcements.

Announcements may be ordered in front of the Auburn University Bookstore in Haley Center on the following dates:

• Tuesday, September 14 – Thursday, September 16
  10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Announcements can also be ordered at www.Balfour.com/auburn

For more information, call 334-821-0613.

• All outstanding university obligations are to be resolved prior to the commencement ceremony.
• Auburn University Medical Clinic holds are included in university obligations.
• Diplomas will not be ordered for any graduate with a hold on their record, including the AT Hold.
• Any hold cleared after the commencement ceremony must be reported to the Office of the Registrar by the graduate to ensure diploma delivery.
• Any hold not cleared within one year after the commencement ceremony will result in the graduate requesting a Replacement Diploma ($40).

Undergraduate students with a minimum overall grade average of 3.40 are graduated Cum Laude, a 3.60 Magna Cum Laude, and a 3.80 Summa Cum Laude.

Cum Laude - 3.4 - 3.594 (3.395 rounds) – Unadjusted Institution GPA
Magna Cum Laude - 3.6 - 3.794 (3.595 rounds) – Unadjusted Institution GPA
Summa Cum Laude - 3.8 - on up (3.795 rounds) – Unadjusted Institution GPA

• The grade average for graduation honors must be achieved on Auburn University course work.
• At least 60 hours in residence at Auburn University are required for graduation honors.
• All grades from Auburn University, including those excluded by the grade adjustment/course repeat policy, are used for determining academic honors. Honor calculations are based on the unadjusted GPA.
• Grades of S or U and non-credit courses are not used in the calculations.
• Students earning a second baccalaureate degree must earn the minimum overall grade average required for honor distinction on the additional hours completed for the second degree. Those additional hours must total at least 60 credit hours.

The official honor designation is placed on the student's diploma and transcript.

Auburn University will issue one gold honor cord per degree to any undergraduate who is potentially eligible for honors based on the honor requirements stated above. Being issued an honor cord does not represent a final certification of graduation honors on the student’s diploma or transcript. Official honor certification is finalized after the commencement ceremonies once the degree audit is complete.

Honor designations of the graduates listed in the commencement program (booklet) are for the purposes of the program and do not represent a final certification of honors. At the time of printing, the highest potential honor a student could earn is printed in the program.

Honor cords may be picked up from the AU Bookstore with regalia. Please indicate to the bookstore staff that you are eligible for an honor cord when picking up your regalia.

• Any graduating student who has transfer work that is needed to meet degree requirements at Auburn University must provide Auburn University with an official transcript that shows the completion of the transfer work.
• Transfer work must meet all requirements set by Auburn University and your college/school in order to receive your Auburn University diploma.
• Request paper transcripts be sent to:
• Office of the Registrar
  Langdon Hall
  152 S. College St.
  Auburn, AL 36849
• Request electronic transcripts be sent to:
• transfer@auburn.edu
• A student has ten (10) working days after commencement to provide Auburn University with an official transcript.
• If the transfer work is not received by ten (10) working days after commencement or is not of a satisfactory nature, the student will be removed from the graduation list for the term they attempted to graduate, and the student will then need to reapply to graduate at a later semester.
• The diploma will not be ordered, nor the degree awarded to the academic record until Auburn University receives an official transcript which indicates the transfer work.

Replacement diplomas can be purchased online via our replacement diploma store.

Thank you for attending Auburn University’s Summer 2021 commencement ceremonies.

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