Office of the Registrar

Graduation Deadlines, Summer 2020

Dear $SUBSCRIBER.FIRSTNAME,

This is a reminder of the remaining deadlines and dates of importance for all graduate students who applied for a Summer 2020 graduation. 

If you are delaying your graduation to a future term, please send an e-mail to graduation@siue.edu as soon as possible stating your new intended graduation term and disregard the rest of this e-mail.

Additional Deadlines for Thesis and EdD Students Only:

• MONDAY, July 27th, 11:59PM: Initial thesis/doctoral research project submission due to the Graduate School. Follow the instructions and link for uploading your thesis/project. There is a $95 processing fee for this ProQuest ETD (Electronic Thesis/Dissertation) site.
• MONDAY, August 31st, 11:59PM: After satisfying the July 27th initial thesis submission deadline, students have until 11:59PM on Monday, August 31, 2020, to submit the absolute final thesis/doctoral research project version incorporating any changes deemed necessary by the thesis/project committee and/or Graduate School format reviewers.

Important Dates for All Students:

• Saturday, August 15th: Exit Requirement Deadline for your graduate program (i.e. defense date for thesis/project/research paper, written/oral exam, internship, portfolio).
• Beginning August 19th:
  • All Summer 2020 grades appear on Cougarnet.
  • Registrar’s Office begins manual review of graduate students’ graduation files and awards degrees.
  • First day that any student’s degree can be awarded for summer term 2020 is Wednesday, August 19th, even if your summer class ended earlier in the semester or you are not registered in any Summer 2020 classes.
  • Once the degree has been awarded in the computer system, the degree notation changes from “Pending” to “Awarded” on your Cougarnet transcript.
• Official Transcripts with Degree Awarded Information (no sooner than August 19th)
  • Need a transcript with your degree on it? Select the option to “PROCESS AFTER DEGREE AWARDED: Summer 2020”. Do not select “Process Now” or “Process after current term grades” as the Registrar’s Office manually reviews and awards degrees beginning August 19th. Especially for thesis/Ed.D students, your thesis/project may have necessary corrections required by your committee and/or Graduate School. Therefore, your degree may not be awarded for Summer 2020 until many days after August 19th.
  • Official transcripts can be ordered by various options, including electronic PDF.
• Diploma Mailing
  • Diplomas are mailed approximately 10 weeks after the end of the term in which all requirements have been satisfied. Please verify and update your address, if necessary, on Cougarnet or from your SIUE email account to servicecenter@siue.edu.
  • Diplomas are mailed to the mailing address, if different from the permanent address. Please keep this in mind if you move after graduation.
  • Diplomas will not be mailed if you have an outstanding financial obligation to the University.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Registrar’s Office anytime.

Sincerely,
Jodi Olson

Admissions and Records Officer
Office of the Registrar, Graduate Records Department