Student Information
Graduation is the completion and awarding of your degree and mailing of your diploma. This is overseen by the Office of the Registrar. The Office of the Registrar can assist students with:
- Changing their graduation application term
- Instructions on how to submit their online graduation application
Commencement is the celebration of your academic achievement of earning a degree in higher education. The commencement ceremonies are overseen by the Commencement Office. The Commencement Office can assist student with:
- Ceremony questions
- Services provided at the ceremonies
- Cap and gown questions
- Recognition and cultural ceremonies
Students are eligible for commencement by having an approved graduation application on file with the Office of the Registrar by the graduation application deadline with the current semester's term. Students who have submitted a graduation application after the deadline must ensure the late-submitted graduation application has the correct term to participate in commencement.
The process is as follows:
- Students who have a submitted a graduation application to the Office of the Registrar by Monday, March 20 will receive an email from Marching Order to RSVP to participate in commencement.
- The RSVP email sometimes goes into students' emails clutter/junk folder. Please check all email folders.
- If you don't receive an RSVP email by Tuesday, March 21, email commencement@csub.edu and the commencement office will check for your name on the graduates lists. Please include your name, student ID, and major.
- RSVP will open on Monday, March 20 - Thursday, April 20.
- Registration will include the mandatory recording of the student's name.
- to record their name for a professional reader to record their name.
- Graduates not attending may log in to the RSVP site and submit "No" to the participating question.
- Deadline to RSVP is Thursday, April 20 by 10pm.
