• The Application for Graduation may be completed in Enrollment Services located in the Student Services building. Students may also complete the application online. 
  
  
• If you plan to participate in the graduation ceremony, which is held at the end of the Spring term, you must apply by the published deadline of the academic year in which you plan to graduate.
  
  
• If you do not plan to participate in the graduation ceremony, you will need to apply by the established deadline.

Students who have completed graduation course work for a degree or diploma in the Fall semester of the previous year or those who anticipate completing course work in the Spring or Summer term of the current year.  

• Everyone who walks across the stage at the ceremony will receive an award cover with a congratulatory note from the College.
  
  
• The actual degree or diploma earned will be issued from the Academic Records Office approximately six weeks after the end of the term in which the student completes graduation requirements.

• Phi Theta Kappa
  
  
• Honor Graduates (3.50 GPA or higher in all course work at the College through the Fall semester of the year of graduation).
  
  
• Honor graduates who participate in the graduation ceremony receive an honor cord.

• Selected students who have achieved academic excellence or made outstanding contributions to the College and who are participating in the graduation ceremony are honored at the ceremony by being presented with the President's Award.
  
  
• Students are selected by their academic division.

To obtain a replacement or duplicate award certificate, please fill out the Replacement-Duplicate Award Request Form and submit it online to the Academic Records Office.

If a student or their guests are feeling any COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home. You are advised to seek medical attention if your symptoms are severe or persistent. Symptoms of COVID-19 can include one or more of the following:

• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fever
• Chills
• Repeated shaking with chills
• Muscle pain
• Headache
• Sore throat
• New GI symptoms
• New loss of taste or smell.

This list does not include all possible symptoms. Refer to the CDC website for the latest developments of the virus.

Hand sanitizing stations will be accessible to students and encouraged for use and safety along with handwashing in restrooms. Social distancing protocols will be in place throughout the commencement ceremony and arena. Students and guests are to stay distanced, follow floor markings and the directions of York Technical College and Winthrop University event staff.