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Graduating with honors – here is how UW-Whitewater determines honors.

Graduating seniors who have demonstrated scholastic achievement as defined below by the cumulative UW-W GPA only (excluding transfer grades) may receive one of the following three categories of graduation honors:

Summa Cum Laude           3.85 and above

Magna Cum Laude                         3.60 to 3.84

Cum Laude                           3.40 to 3.59

For honors to be acknowledged in the commencement program, students must attain the minimum required UW-W cumulative grade point average before entering their final term and have earned 48 units (counting the final term of enrollment) at UW-Whitewater. Honors maintained and/or earned through the final grading period will be noted on the academic record and on the diploma. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the 48-unit minimum and the GPA requirements are satisfied.

The University Bookstore will have a list of all students who qualify for honors at Salute to Grads.  The honor cords are an additional fee. 

If you have questions about Honors, please contact Barb Housner, University Graduation Examiner, Registrar’s Office, Roseman Building, 262 472 5179 or e mail housnerb@uww.edu

Graduation honors is not related to Honors classes or being in the Honors Program. 

Have you always dreamed of being the Student Speaker at your graduation commencement?  Here is how you can make that dream come true.

Apply for the Student Speaker position.  The application must be turned into the Alumni Center by Friday, October 24.

Applications can be picked up at the Alumni Center after October 7 or you can request one by sending an e mail to Amber Drewieske.  Amber is the Student Foundation Chair for the Student Commencement Speaker. 

Your completed application can be turned into the Alumni Center or it can be e mailed to Amber.  The deadline is Friday, October 24.

Auditions will be held Tuesday, October 31, 2008.  The auditions will take place in Room 142 Hyer beginning at 6:00 p.m.

If you have questions about being the student speaker, please e mail Amber.

What is Salute to Grads? 

Salute to Grads is your “one stop shopping opportunity”.  You can order your cap and gown, international sash, personalized invitations and thank you cards, as well as a diploma frame and class ring.  There will also be a photographer there who can take your photo in full graduation regalia.

There will also be representatives from the Registrar’s Office, Financial Services, Career Services, Graduate School, Credit Union and the Alumni Center in attendance.

Salute to Grads for December 2008 graduation is October 8, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  It will be held in the UC Ballroom (UC 275) in the University Center. 

Salute to Grads brings together all the departments you need to visit in preparation for graduation. 

The information for Salute to Grads is being mailed to you by Josten’s. 

If you have questions about Salute to Grads contact Terri Meinel, Director, University Bookstore, 262 472 5632.

Saturday, December 20, 2008 – is the date for December 2008 commencement.  There will be approximately 700 students who will be eligible to participate in the December ceremony.  It is held in the Kachel Fieldhouse.

The ceremony starts at 10:00 a.m. but students need to be in the Upstairs Gym to line up by 9:00. 

The doors open for guests to find seating at 8:30. 

Have you applied for December 2008 graduation?

If you are planning to graduate in December 2008, I hope you have already applied.  If you haven’t applied yet – you should do so immediately.  Students can fill out their application for graduation in the Registrar’s Office, Roseman 2032. 

If you are taking a class during Winterim to complete your requirements, you should put Winterim on your application for graduation.  We need to make sure you have a Winterim term for registering.

Many offices are already getting ready to send out information about commencement or activities relating to commencement.  If you have not applied, you will not receive this important information.  The information for the commencement program will soon be assembled – if you haven’t applied – your name will not be in the program.  Your friends and family will be very disappointed to not see your name in the program.

Students wishing to graduate in May or August 2009 can apply now.  Application for May graduation should be done before priority registration for the spring semester ends.  This guarantees that your records will be evaluated in a timely manner.

Welcome to the blog about graduation.  This blog will be information about the different steps – activities happening in the world of Undergraduate Graduation.

Please note:  if you have specific questions about your own status, please contact Barb Housner, Graduation Examiner, Registrar’s Office – housnerb@uww.edu or 262 472 5179