Graduation / Commencement Information

All candidates must submit an Application for Graduation.

Please access your WINGS account through MyGeorgiaSouthern to enter a Diploma Address (DA) that is valid fourteen weeks after commencement for delivery of your diploma. If there is no Diploma Address (DA), the Permanent Home Address (MA) is used for mailing your diploma after all requirements are completed. Please be sure that you have paid the $35 graduation fee by logging into WINGS through your MyGeorgiaSouthern account or in person at the Cashier’s Window in Deal Hall.

The Registrar’s Office mails graduation letters and a  commencement information brochure to candidates before the end of the semester. All students planning to participate in this semester’s commencement ceremony should pay careful attention to the detailed information presented in the brochure to ensure a smooth ceremony. An on-line version of the brochure will be posted at this site when it is available.

Every student receiving a degree must pay a graduation fee of $35. This may be paid online by logging into my.georgiasouthern.edu, or in person at the Cashier’s window in Deal Hall on Southern Drive (Statesboro Campus) or at Victor Hall (Armstrong Campus).

To pay online, Sign into https://my.georgiasouthern.edu/, choose Financial Resources, $ View/Pay Your Tuition Bill.  A pop-up window will appear with the Touchnet bill + pay interface.  Click My Account, Current Activity, View your Term Balance.  For details expand the term using the arrow on the left.  To make a payment, from the menu bar, select Make Payment and pay by Term balance.

If you do not see the graduation fee posted on your account, please email the Office of the Registrar at graduation@georgiasouthern.edu. Students completing two degrees on the same date will only pay $35. Your degree will not be awarded if you have not paid the graduation fee.

Below are the circumstances that are appropriate to request to walk one semester out of term:

Reasons or circumstances for requesting to walk out of term:
If the student is registered for a 12 hour internship in the Fall or Spring semester and cannot be present for the ceremony due to work requirements, distance from campus or the student is not returning to campus.

If the student is registered for a 3/6/9 hr internship and has NO other courses on campus that term.

If the student is registered for ALL online courses or is transient the final term and their permanent home address is out of state and/or more than a five hour travel commute.

If the student has to attend a funeral, birth of child, wedding, medical issues that would affect their participation in the ceremony and the student can provide documentation.

Please remember if you are completing degree requirements in the summer semester, you should plan to participate in the spring commencement ceremony and do not have to complete a request to walk out of term.

If you meet one of the reasons or circumstances above, please click HERE to request to walk out of term.

It is the student’s responsibility to follow-up with their advisor to ensure that their degree requirements are being met.  The actions listed below could prevent a student from satisfying their graduation requirements in the desired term of completion:

1. Withdrawing from (“dropping”) a required course.
2. Receiving a failing grade in a required course or receiving a grade below that required by the program.
3. Changing one’s major or degree program.
4. Withdrawing from Georgia Southern University.
5. Failure to meet any degree requirement(s) as specified and in the time stipulated.
6. Incurring a disciplinary action affecting the student’s enrollment.
7. Academic and Financial obligations such as holds, parking tickets, obligations to the Library, National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) and the Business Office not met before the end of the graduation term.

After applying for graduation, if a student changes their completion term, either to move it forward or to delay it to another term after application, the Registrar’s Office must be notified of the change.  Students must contact their academic advisor and have them contact our office to update their graduation term.