Category: Commencement / Degree Information

Military and Veteran Services will provide stoles and cords for graduating student veterans for the fall semester. Call 316-978-3856 or stop by the office in 318 Student Success Center to pick them up. Students must show an ID and validate their graduation. Military and Veteran Services office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fall 2024 graduates may find information regarding their diplomas on the Registrar’s Office webpage.

• The deadline to submit a name change on diplomas is the last day of classes, Dec. 5, 2024.
• The diploma distribution date for the fall 2024 semester is Feb. 10, 2025. 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.

Graduating Shockers, you can order your commencement T-shirt starting today. Your name will be listed on the back with all the other fall 2024 grads. These are only available by ordering online. Shirts will be available for pickup at commencement.

Graduating students, if you are a member of any of the listed groups below and would like to order the group’s corresponding graduation stole, pre-orders must be completed by Oct. 18 at shockerstore.com.

Groups included are:

• Shocker Bowling
• Japanese Culture Association
• University Innovation Fellows
• Dental Hygiene
• Medical Laboratory Sciences
• BS in Nursing
• SOSW (Student Organization of Social Work)

These stoles are only available by pre-order, they will not be carried in store later. For questions, please call 316-978-7021 or email shockerstore@wichita.edu.

Graduating Shockers, visit the Shocker Store now through Oct. 18 to take advantage of its Stole of Appreciation combo deal. The Stole of Appreciation is worn by a graduate and then gifted to a special person who made a difference in their life or collegiate journey.

For this limited time, you can get the stole and a stole frame for $105.99 in the Rhatigan Student Center store and through the online storefront. It’s a great way to honor an influential person in your life.

More than 2,400 students are eligible to participate in Wichita State University’s 126th spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11 in Charles Koch Arena. There will be three ceremonies to celebrate the graduates:

• 9 a.m. — Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Fine Arts, Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College, and the College of Innovation and Design. The featured speaker will be Shawn Chastain, executive coordinator of fine arts for Wichita Public Schools.
• 1 p.m. — The College of Applied Studies and the College of Health Professions, with featured speaker Marshall Cho, who is a coach, educator and community builder.
• 5 p.m. — The W. Frank Barton School of Business and the College of Engineering, with featured speaker Tanvir Arfi, who is CEO and founder of the Banyan Technologies Group.

All graduates will walk across the stage and be individually recognized. Doctoral candidates will be hooded at the ceremony.

Faculty/staff needing any type of accommodations or assistance during Wichita State’s spring 2024 commencement can contact Crissy Magee, WSU’s ADA/504 coordinator, at 316-978-3205.

Please provide at least three days notice prior to the event if you need accommodations.

Spring 2024 graduates may 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, May 2.
• The diploma distribution date for the spring 2024 semester is July 1. 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 can represent their home country during commencement with various stoles from the Rhatigan Student Center Shocker Store.

To see which countries have stoles currently available in store, visit the Shocker Store website.

See the selection of countries the Shocker Store can special order stoles for. Special order stoles take approximately two weeks to be delivered.

For more information or to order a stole, email shockerstore@wichita.edu or call 316-978-7021.

All spring and summer 2024 eligible graduates must RSVP for commencement by April 12. Spring 2024 commencement will take place Saturday, May 11.

Students with an application for degree on file should have received an email from Marching Order instructing them how to RSVP.

For more information, visit the WSU commencement website.