Class of 2027Commencement
Commencement 2027 will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2027 in the Mabee Center. Details
will be provided during the Spring 2027 semester. Congratulations to all of the Class
of 2027 Graduates!Commencement 2027
Steps to Graduate
The Graduation Application
Registrar’s Office: registrar@oru.edu or 918-495-6549.
After the official conferral date and posting of final grades, the Registrar Degree
Audit Team begins a manual review of each graduation candidate for degree certification
and awarding. Auditors review your DegreeWorks record and petition history to verify
that all degree requirements have been met, including GPA, minimum credit hours, HPE
requirements, and any approved exceptions. You can also review your DegreeWorks record
to confirm that final grades have posted, transfer credits have been applied correctly,
and petition exceptions are accurately reflected. Certain holds can prevent your diploma from being mailed, so it is important to resolve
them as early as possible, preferably before your degree is awarded. You can view
any holds on your account through the DegreeWorks card in my.oru.edu under the Holds
section; if no holds exist, the category will not appear. Common financial holds,
such as Balance Hold, Transcript Ineligible, or Delinquent Payment Plan, must be resolved
through Student Accounts. Another common hold is the Exit Interview hold, which is
placed when a student has not completed required Loan Exit Counseling through studentaid.gov.
Completing this requirement during your final semester can help prevent delays in
mailing your diploma. The degree awarding process begins after grades are posted for each conferral date,
which is determined by when a student completes the work in their final course. Degree
auditors review graduation candidates individually, so it may take several weeks for
a degree to be officially awarded and reflected in university systems. You can monitor
your status in DegreeWorks by reviewing the Graduation Status field near the top of
the audit. "CA" indicates you are a candidate for graduation and have applied to graduate,
while "AU" indicates an undergraduate degree has been awarded, "AG" indicates a graduate
degree has been awarded, and "AD" indicates a doctoral degree has been awarded. Once
your status changes from "CA" to the appropriate awarded status, your degree has been
officially conferred. Check your ORU email regularly (Heading). After the degree awarding process is complete,
and there are no holds that prevent it, the diploma printing process will start with
our outside diploma company, Parchment. Parchment will email you (using your ORU email)
to confirm or if necessary, update your mailing address. Within about 72 hours of
that email, your digital diploma will be emailed to your ORU email, and your physical
diploma will be mailed. Typically, diplomas are received about 6 to 8 weeks after
the close of your graduating semester. If your degree wasn’t awarded or received in
this timeframe, please reach out to the Registrar’s Office for assistance: email |
registrar@oru.edu | phone | 918-495-6549. Receiving your Diploma
1. Resolve all degree requirements
2. Resolve all holds
3. Await degree awarding
4. Await diploma printing notification email
ORU has six conferral dates for each graduation year. Details about the conferral
dates are below. (Conferral dates of October 17, and December 12, 2026) Students completing their degree during the Fall A session will need to apply to graduate
by October 17, 2026 and upon successful completion will have the conferral date of
October 17, 2026. Students completing their degree in Fall B or the main Fall semester will need to
apply to graduate by December 1, 2026 and upon successful completion will have the
degree conferral date of December 12, 2026. (Conferral dates of March 6, and May 1, 2027) Students completing their degree during the Spring A session will need to apply to
graduate by March 1, 2027 and upon successful completion will have the conferral date
of March 6, 2027. Students completing their degree in Spring B or the main Spring semester will need
to apply to graduate by March 1, 2027 and upon successful completion will have the
degree conferral date of May 1, 2027. (Conferral dates of June 27, and August 31, 2027) Students completing their degree during Summer sessions ending prior to June 26, 2027
will need to apply to graduate by March 1, 2027 and upon successful completion will
have the conferral date of June 26, 2027. Students completing their degree in any Summer session ending after June 26, 2027
will need to apply to graduate by March 1, 2027 and upon successful completion will
have the degree conferral date of August 31, 2027. Online & Lifelong Learning students who have courses to complete during Summer of
2027 should reach out to their success coach for information about Commencement participation. Class of 2027 Graduates - Conferral Dates
Commencement Participation for Summer Graduates:
If you are a Residential or Virtual Campus student and will have 6 hours or less of
courses remaining to take in Summer 2027 and wish to participate in Commencement,
you MUST petition to Participate in Commencement no later than April 1st, 2027. The
petition will be available on my.oru.edu after add/drop of the Spring 2027 semester.
Your petition should clearly state which courses you will be completing after commencement
and show proof of enrollment in these courses. In order to participate in commencement
with outstanding requirements, approval is needed by your major department, college,
and the Registrar’s Office. All courses must be completed by August 31st, 2027 in
order for a student to earn a degree as part of the Class of 2027.