Category: Commencement / Degree Information

Celebrate your big day your way. Custom diploma frames are now available through the Shocker Store. Custom frames take approximately two to three weeks to arrive. For questions, email shockerstore@wichita.edu.

Graduating Shockers, order your commencement T-shirt today. Your name will be listed on the back with all the other fall 2025 grads. These are only available by ordering online in advance. Shirts will be available for pickup at commencement.

Fall 2025 graduates can find information regarding their diplomas on the Registrar’s Office webpage (wichita.edu/diplomas).

• The deadline to submit a name change on diplomas is the last day of classes, Dec. 4.
• The diploma distribution date for the fall 2025 semester is Feb. 9, 2026. Diplomas can be picked up at the transcript window on the first floor of Jardine Hall, and graduates must show identification.
• Graduates can request to have the diploma mailed to them for a fee through myWSU under the myClasses tab, clicking “Graduation Links” and “Request for Diploma Mailing.”
• Undergraduate students who wish to take courses after graduation need to reactivate their record after receiving their diploma. 

Students, would you like to represent your home country during commencement? The RSC Shocker Store now carries various stoles in store from different countries and can order stoles from over 100 more countries/territories. Specialty ordered stoles arrive to store in approximately three weeks. For more information or to order a stole, email shockerstore@wichita.edu.

All fall 2025 eligible graduates must RSVP for commencement by Friday, Nov. 14. Fall 2025 commencement will take place Dec. 14. Students with an application for degree on file should have received an email from the commencement office instructing them how to RSVP.

All fall 2025 eligible graduates must RSVP for commencement by Nov. 14. Fall 2025 commencement will take place Dec. 14. Students with an application for degree on file should have received an email from the commencement office instructing them how to RSVP.

For more information, visit the WSU commencement website.

Graduating Shockers, visit the Shocker Store in the Rhatigan Student Center for Grad Fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29 to purchase regalia, order class rings and announcements, enjoy snacks and prize giveaways, and more.

Summer 2025 graduates can find information regarding their diplomas on the Registrar’s Office webpage (wichita.edu/diplomas).

• The deadline to submit a name change for summer diplomas is the last day of classes, July 25.
• Diploma distribution for the summer 2025 semester begins Sept. 8. Diplomas can be picked up at the transcript window on the first floor of Jardine Hall; graduates must show identification.
• Graduates can request to have the diploma mailed to them (and pay mailing costs) through myWSU under the myClasses tab, clicking “Graduation Links” and “Request for Diploma Mailing.”
• Undergraduate students who wish to take courses after graduation must reactivate their record after receiving their diploma.

Graduate students who plan to complete all degree requirements this semester must file an application for degree and pay the $25 filing fee. This needs to be done no later than Monday, June 16. Submit your application for degree even if you have a plan of study pending to be approved or have not submitted a plan of study.

To submit your application for degree, log into the myWSU portal and click on the myClasses tab. On the right hand side, you will find a section called “Graduation Links,” with the appropriate links to proceed. The $25 fee must be paid using a credit or debit card.

For questions, email the Graduate School at wsugradschool@wichita.edu.

More than 2,400 students are eligible to participate in Wichita State’s 127th spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 in Charles Koch Arena. There will be four ceremonies to celebrate the graduates: 

Friday, May 16

• All graduate degrees will be awarded at 7 p.m. Friday, May 16. The featured speaker will be Wichita State Graduate Student of the Year, Donna Tran.

Saturday, May 17

• 9 a.m. — Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Fine Arts, and the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College. The featured speaker will be Danielle Johnson, executive director of Wichita Habitat for Humanity.
• 1 p.m. — The College of Applied Studies and the College of Health Professions with featured speaker Matt All, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas.
• 5 p.m. — The W. Frank Barton School of Business and the College of Engineering with featured speaker Laura Bernstorf, director of special missions program management at Textron Aviation.