Graduates

Steps to Graduating and Participating in Commencement

If you are close to completing your degree, you will receive an email about graduation from the Registrar's Office.
If you do not receive an email about graduation and you believe you are eligible, run your degree evaluation (on LEOonline) and meet with your academic advisor.

Run your degree evaluation through LEOonline.
Schedule a meeting with your academic advisor (and your minor advisor, if applicable).
Print a copy of your degree evaluation and bring it with you to your advising appointments.

The application for graduation is available online at http://www.odu.edu/ao/registrar/pdf/forms/UGGraduationApplication.pdf
Read all instructions and information completely and carefully.
You must submit it to the Registrar's Office via mail, email (graduate@odu.edu), fax or drop it off in person by the prescribed deadline for the semester in which you wish to complete your degree requirements.
Deadlines:
- Spring: November 30
- Summer: February 28
- Fall: June 30
The application for graduation does not register you to participate in the commencement ceremony or guarantee commencement tickets.
Generally processed within 5 business days (applications submitted close to deadlines may tae longer).
Once processed, you will receive a confirmation email with reminders about
- Senior Assessment
- Exit Exam
- Commencement
Your graduation status on LEOonline will show as Pending.

Required for graduation.
If you apply for graduation by the deadline, you will receive an invitation to take the survey in your ODU email.
The survey is completely entirely online.
Further information about the assessment, including a link to request an invitation if you did not receive yours, is located at www.odu.edu/senior

All students who wish to participate in the commencement ceremony must complete the participation registration.
The participation registration must be completed online. Printed or faxed copies will not be accepted.
Failure to register by the prescribed deadline will result in a reduced number of guest tickets.
Registrations submitted by students who have not applied for graduation will be rejected.
Please select the appropriate participation registration from the following:
- May 2010 Commencement Participation Registration
  Begins: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
  Deadline: Monday, March 22, 2010
  May 2010 Participation Registration
When the registration is complete, you will see a page with your registration information. Print this page for your records. Commencement@ODU is not able to provide copies of this information.

You are responsible for checking both your ODU email account and the email account you entered when registering to participate in commencement.
You will not receive your first email from Commencement@ODU until around the registration deadline.

Tickets for those who registered by the deadline will be available for pickup at the Campus Information Center in Webb University Center for a two week period. This two week period is specified in the timeline on the Graduating Student Information page.
- The Campus Information Center has evening and weekeend hours to accommodate most schedules.
- You must pick up your tickets in person and have your student ID or state-issued driver's license.
Students who do not pick up their tickets at the Campus Information Center or who register late will be emailed details about a late-pickup timeframe. This late-pickup opportunity is during business hours, so evening and weekend hours will not be available.
Registered students who did not pick up tickets during the first two opportunities will be able to pick up their tickets at the will call window of the Ted Constant Convocation Center beginning the Wednesday of commencement week.
Extra tickets for the ceremony are not available.
Full ticket information and policies are available on the Ticket Information page.