Graduation Information
Graduation Fee – All graduates are required to pay a Graduation Fee (Undergraduate fee: $125;
Graduate Fee: $150). The fee includes cap, gown, hood, diploma, and diploma cover. Even if you do not
plan to attend the graduation ceremony, you must pay the fee. Please contact the Business Office to
make your payment. Your Graduation Fee must be paid and any holds must be cleared before you can
pick up your cap and gown.
Graduation Supplies/Class Ring – Go to Jostens.com to order your graduation supplies (cap and gowns
for anticipated graduates have been ordered by the Registrar’s Office.) You may order your class ring
on-line or in the NGU Campus Bookstore.
Schedule Changes and Transfer Work – Any schedule changes made during the semester must be
approved by your Academic Advisor and the Registrar. Changes made during your final semester could
delay your graduation date. Transcripts for transfer credit (credits that have not been posted to your
NGU transcript from another institution) must be received in the Registrar’s Office by December 9.
Cap & Gown Pick Up – Undergraduates - Pick up your cap & Gown on December 2 – December 4,
between 11:00am and 3:00pm in the Registrar’s Office. Graduate School (i.e. MBA, MCM, M.Ed.
Graduates) should contact administration at the Fairview Campus.
Graduation Rehearsal - Graduation rehearsal will be held at 3:30pm, Wednesday, December 11. Plan to
be in your designated seat in Turner Chapel by 3:30pm. It is important that you be present. The Alumni
Office will induct you into the NGU Alumni Association at this time.
Graduation Celebration for Graduates – TBA
Graduation Tickets – No Tickets for December Graduation - The chapel will open at 1:00pm on
graduation day.
Graduation Attire - Male graduates should wear dark shoes, (no flip flops or tennis shoes) dark
socks and dark slacks with a white shirt and a tie. Female graduates should wear a Sunday dress
(no slacks). Shoes should be dress shoes with a back strap (may be open toe as long as there is a
back strap). No flip flops, slide on shoes or tennis shoes should be worn.
Graduation Day - The Graduation Ceremony is planned for Thursday, December 12 at 2:00pm in Turner
Chapel. Graduates should be in their seats in Hayes no later than 12:45pm.
Photographs & DVDs - TBA
Graduation Reception - A reception will be held immediately following the graduation ceremony in
Todd Dining Hall for graduates, friends and family.
Please check your NGU email and the Registrar’s Page on our website for graduation updates
throughout the semester. www.ngu.edu students>registrar>graduation.
If special circumstances exist which will prevent your participation in the Graduation Ceremony, please inform the Registrar’s
Office at 864.977.7009 or email Tina Wells (twells@ngu.edu).