Location: Fontbonne’s Campus on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 11:00 AM in the Dunham Student Activity Center
Cap and Gown: Order deadline is March 15, 2024. See details below.
RSVP for Commencement: https://forms.office.com/r/UXju4b0McJ
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Use this checklist of mandatory items to be sure you’re ready to walk across the stage on commencement day.
Caps and Gowns must be ordered through Jostens. The deadline to order is March 15th.
Undergraduate and Master’s students use this link to order caps and gowns.
Doctoral students – contact Dr. Gale Rice at grice@fontbonne.edu for details or questions about ordering regalia from Jostens.
Undergraduate tassels are to be worn on the right side of the cap until the announcement is made at the ceremony to formally move the tassels to the left side. Graduate tassels are worn on the left side at all times.
Graduate and undergraduate candidates are invited to wear the stole and pins that they have received at the convocation ceremonies held throughout their years at Fontbonne University.
Congratulations! Graduation is a key milestone on your journey with Fontbonne University, although it doesn’t mean your travels with us are over!
Now is your chance to give back and support the next generation of Griffins. Make a donation of $24 to Fontbonne University in honor of your graduation year and as a thank you we will send a special commemorative tassel with your graduation year. Make your donation when you complete the form to order your cap and gown or click here.
We would like to stay connected with through your exciting career. When you take a new job or just move your residence, update your contact information here. We love to hear from you. Make a pledge today to keep your contact information current for the next 50 years, so that you will not miss your 50th Reunion Celebration in 2074.
Those undergraduate students that qualify and are receiving academic honors will be notified by the Registrar’s Office. To calculate Latin honors, Fontbonne uses the grades for all courses taken at other colleges and universities, as well as all courses taken at Fontbonne (will include final semester grades).
Latin Honors are as follows:
If you are graduating with Latin Honors, you will pick up your cords in the Registrar’s Office, Ryan 205 after you have received your notification. Master degree candidates do not wear honor cords.
Diplomas are not given at the commencement ceremony. Students participating in the ceremony will only receive a diploma cover as they process across the stage. Diplomas are typically mailed around 6-8 weeks after the commencement ceremony.
Updates coming soon.
Entrance into the Dunham Student Activity Center DSAC requires tickets. Late arriving guests will be held outside beginning at 10:55 AM until the ceremony procession has completed.
Tickets are required for entrance into the Dunham Student Activity Center on the day of Commencement.
Graduates may RSVP and reserve tickets here: https://forms.office.com/r/UXju4b0McJ
Please watch your email from the Dean of Students for the date at which reserved tickets may be picked up.
Graduates will check-in by 10:15 a.m. at the designated table in Medaille Hall. Only graduates will be allowed in Medaille Hall, all guests should proceed to the DSAC for the ceremony.
The photographer will be available in Medaille Hall, more details to come.
Graduates and guests are able to park in Lots A, B, C and E as shown on this map. Lot D is reserved for individuals needing accessible parking. The Horseshoe Lot is not available and not accessible from Wydown Blvd. on the day of the ceremony.