Important Dates!

April 30, 2024 (5PM ET): Final day to pass your dissertation defense in order to walk in the 2024 commencement ceremony. It IS required to pass your dissertation defense, at least orally, to walk in the ceremony.

May 6, 2024 (5 PM ET): Final day to upload your dissertation to ScholarWorks to have a spring 2024 graduation date on your transcript and diploma. It is NOT required that you upload your dissertation document to ScholarWorks in order to walk in the ceremony, as your advisor may give you a list of document edits to make before uploading (an oral pass contingent on document edits).

May 3, 2024, 4:00pm: 2024 DBA Commencement and Hooding Ceremony (graduate line-up will begin at 3:30pm)

July 31, 2024 (5 PM ET): If the May 6 deadline is missed, students have until July 31 to upload their dissertation to ScholarWorks, without requiring additional tuition. If students do not upload their dissertation by July 31, 5PM, ET, they will be registered for 3-credit hours for fall 2024 and required to pay additional tuition for fall 2024 (roughly 1/3 of a full DBA semester’s tuition).