Graduate Nursing Program Awards and Ceremonies
Graduate Nursing Students
Important Graduation Information
This is an exciting time in your student journey at Jacksonville University. You have worked hard and the end is in sight. Read below for important graduation information.
Graduation Ceremonies – Graduation events are held once a year at the end of the spring semester. Upcoming events for Spring 2024:
- Graduate Nursing Awards and DNP Hooding Ceremony
- Saturday, April 27, 2024
- 4:30 PM in Terry Concert Hall, Jacksonville University
- Students to be recognized
- DNP Graduates will be Hooded
- Post Graduate Certificate Graduates
- Graduate Nursing Award Winners
- RSVP required to participate.
- DNP Students RSVP deadline: Sunday, March 17, 2024
- Post Graduate Certificate and Award Winners RSVP deadline: Sunday, March 31, 2024
- For more information and to RSVP click here.
- Jacksonville University Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony
- Brooks Rehabilitation College of Health Sciences
- Sunday, April 28, 2024
- 9:00 AM, Swisher Science Green, Jacksonville University
- Students to be recognized
- DNP Graduates
- MSN Graduates
- No tickets required for guests
- Commencement information can be found on the JU website at the Commencement page. Check it periodically for updates. Graduates must register to walk by April 1, 2024 on the Commencement Page.
Who can participate in the Spring 2024 ceremonies?
- Fall 2023 graduates
- Spring 2024 graduates
- Anticipated Summer 2024 graduates (you must be registered for summer to participate)
Is participation required? No. Students are not required to attend these ceremonies. They are optional. Your degree will still be conferred as long as you meet your degree requirements.
Apply for Graduation
- For your degree to be conferred by the Registrar’s office you must apply for graduation.
- Log into your student portal > go to Self Service > click the Graduation Overview > Apply for graduation.
- Post Graduate Certificate students can not apply through their student portal. You must fill out a graduation application and submit it to the Registrar’s office.
Diploma & Transcripts
- When it is time to graduate, it can take 1-2 weeks for your degree to be conferred and added to your transcript.
- You can order a transcript prior to graduating but should mark the order as “hold for graduation”. This will ensure the transcript goes out after your degree has been conferred.
- Transcripts are free and can be ordered through the student portal.
- Diplomas will be mailed 4 to 6 weeks after graduation. Make sure your address on file is correct.
Graduation Cap and Gowns
- Place regalia orders through Herff Jones. Please see the Commencement pages for more information on regalia.
- Deadline to order: March 10, 2024
- DNP students wear a tam, gown, tassel, and hood. The Doctoral tam will be peach (or apricot) to represent nursing.
- MSN students wear a cap with tassel, gown, and hood.
- Post Graduate Certificate students do not need to order cap and gowns.
- Optional - Green Stoles can be worn with your regalia and can be purchased through Herff Jones. These are not required.
- Optional - Cords that represent organizations you are part of can be worn with your regalia. You would purchase them on your own. Two examples are the Veteran cords and Sigma Theta Tau cords, but there are others.
- Most students rent the graduation regalia. To purchase the regalia, it is more expensive and is customized. To purchase instead of renting you would also order from Herff Jones.
- The Herff Jones page will walk you through the order. Be sure to select these options for the correct regalia:
- Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Science
- Doctor of Nursing Practice or Master’s Degree
- click Shop
- When ordering, you have the option to select a graduation package or you can just order the regalia by selecting cap and gown.