Stellic is your tool for checking your academic progress towards degree completion, as well as being used in the final degree clearance process. Students can access Stellic directly or as a quick link in MyAkron.

Based on your current academic record, the 'official' view of your progress tab in Stellic will display your academic requirements, including what requirements have been fulfilled and what needs to be satisfied in order to complete your degree.  Please see your academic advisor if you have questions regarding the course requirements shown in Stellic.     

Legal Name (Diploma)

Your LEGAL NAME will be used for the commencement program and your diploma. Navigate to the Names tab in the Personal section of your Workday Student Profile to see how your legal name will appear. If you wish to include your middle name or middle initial, and it is not currently documented in Workday, you will need to submit a Workday update with appropriate documentation.

Preferred Name (Program and Tassel)

Your PREFERRED NAME will be used for the commencement program and in Tassel, our commencement ceremonies platform. Navigate to the Names tab in the Personal section of your Workday Student Profile to see how your preferred name will appear and read. If you need to make changes, do so in Workday.

Diploma Mailing Address

Your printed diploma will be mailed to your PRIMARY HOME ADDRESS unless you have a Diploma Address in Workday. Navigate to the Contact section of your Workday Student Profile to add or update a diploma address or to verify the accuracy of your existing primary address.

You can apply for graduation up to one term prior to the term that you expect to graduate. If you miss the deadline to submit a graduation application, you will need to seek guidance from your academic advisor or your college's advising office.

Graduation application deadlines**:

Undergraduate

• Fall – October 1
• Spring – March 1
• Summer – June 1

Graduate

• Fall – November 1
• Spring – April 1
• Summer – July 1

Law

• Fall – March 1
• Spring – October 1

To apply for graduation, from your personal Workday landing page, use the Global Navigation Menu to find the Academic Records Hub, or use the Search bar to find the Apply for Program Completion task.

Within the application, check the box in the APPLY column next to the program of study(-ies) for which you plan to graduate. The EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE is very important and determines the term to which Workday directs your application.

For the Expected Completion Date, please use the 1st of the month in which you plan to graduate:

• Fall – December 1
• Spring – May 1
• Summer – August 1 (graduate & undergraduate only)

You will NOT receive immediate notification that your graduation application was successfully submitted. Instead, navigate to the Overview tab in the Academics section of your Workday Student Profile. In the Status column next to the Program of Study for which you submitted a graduation application, a status of Pending Completion is your indication that your submission was successful.

**For your name to be printed in the commencement program, your graduation application must be submitted prior to the applicable program production deadline:

• Fall – November 1
• Spring – April 1

Spring 2025 degree candidates for graduate and undergraduate degrees will be recognized in ceremonies on Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, 2025, in the James A. Rhodes Arena.

Graduates are assigned to their college's ceremony.

The listed time is the start of the ceremony with a formal processional.

Doors will open for both graduate check-in and guest arrival one hour prior to the start of the ceremony.

Friday, May 9, 2025 - 6:00 p.m.

• Buchtel College of Arts and Science

Saturday, May 10, 2025 - 9:00 a.m.

• College of Engineering and Polymer Science
• ROTC Commissioning

Saturday, May 10, 2025 - 1:00 p.m.

• College of Health and Human Sciences

Saturday, May 10, 2025 - 5:00 p.m.

• College of Business

Degree candidates will be sent communication via their UA email inviting them to RSVP for their commencement ceremony and reserve their guest tickets.

Candidates must have applied for program completion for the appropriate term to receive an invitation to RSVP for their commencement ceremony.

All degree candidates attending the commencement ceremony must wear proper graduation regalia.  Caps and gowns are available for purchase at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in the Student Union and in the Polsky Building. They may also be ordered online for a limited time.

For questions pertaining to regalia, graduates are encouraged to contact the Bookstore by phone at (330) 972-7624.

Want to proudly display your diploma from The University of Akron?  Diploma frames may be ordered online.   

Professional photographers from GradImages^TM take photographs of each degree candidate prior to the ceremony processional and while crossing the stage.    

All undergraduate spring 2025 candidates who have qualified to graduate with honors will receive the appropriate honor cords or medallion on the day of the ceremony. Further instructions will be provided by email as your ceremony approaches.

If you are a member of a registered university organization which selects students from the entire University student body for membership and/or of a departmental or college honor society, you may wear appropriate recognition symbols.

When details of the live webcast for the Spring Commencement ceremonies have been finalized, information will be posted here. In the days leading up to the ceremony, a link will be posted to the appropriate page for accessing the live stream.

A final audit of your academic record and student financial account will be conducted during the week following final exams and the submission of final grades.

After all degree requirements have been verified as successfully completed and all financial obligations have been verified as reconciled, your degree will be posted to your academic record, and your diploma will be mailed to your DIPLOMA address. If we do not have a diploma address for you at the time of mailing, your diploma will be mailed to your PRIMARY HOME address.

Financial Obligations

Check your Workday Profile to review the information under the Student Financials section to ensure that you do not have any due charges.

If a financial obligation exists at the time of degree conferral, your graduation application may be deferred or cancelled.

Undergraduate Students Graduating with Honors.

Undergraduate students should review information on Graduating with Honors.