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It is highly recommended to run a new degree audit every time you register or when changes are made to your record (i.e. course substitutions, transfer work, major changes, certificate change, etc.). This will help you stay on track for graduation requirements!
Graduation requirements for each degree and certificate program are outlined in the Degree and Certificate sections of the Aims catalog. The catalog that is current at the time you declare a program will be used for your graduation requirements. If you do not maintain continuous enrollment (if you have a break in enrollment of three semesters or longer), you must use the requirements listed in the new catalog in effect at the time you return.
The preferred method is by submitting an online graduation application or you can print out a Graduation Application and submit it to the Student Enrollment, Records, and Testing Office or email it to gradapp@aims.edu.
Aims holds one Commencement ceremony each year at the end of spring semester. Aims officially graduates students at the end of each semester (fall, spring and summer). However, students who graduate in any of the three terms are invited to participate in the ceremony in the spring. There are no summer or fall ceremonies. All summer and fall graduates are invited to participate in the annual May ceremony.
In order to participate in the ceremony you must be on the tentative graduation list prior to the date of the respective commencement ceremony. If you have not applied for graduation, your name will not appear in the comment program or on any graduation list. All applications must be submitted and accepted before February 24th in order to have your name included in the commencement program. Any applications submitted after February 24th will not be included in the program, but the student will be able to participate in the ceremony.
Please visit the commencement ceremony website for more information and details about the ceremony and cap and gown rental and pick-up.
Any applications received after February 24, 2021 will not be included in the 2021 commencement program.
SUMMER 2020 Graduation Deadlines |
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| * NOTE: Commencement Ceremonies are held once per year in May. The next ceremony will be May 8, 2020. Students applying for Fall 2019, Spring 2020, and Summer 2020 will be recognized on May 8, 2020. | |
| May 28, 2020 | Graduation Application Deadline must be received to ensure all requirements are met for graduation. * |
| July 13, 2020 | All course subs are due to the Records Office |
| August 9, 2020 | All grades including final semester are due |
| August 26, 2020, 5 p.m. | Official Transcripts from other institutions must be received by 5 p.m. ** |
| August 26, 2020, 5 p.m. | Final Summer 2020 deadline to complete any missing graduation requirements or last minute graduation applications.** |
| ** Any tentative Summer 2020 student who has not met all graduation requirements by 5pm, August 26 will be moved to Fall 2020 tentative graduation list.; | |
| *Applications received after May 28th will be accepted if all graduation requirements have been satisfied, up until August 26. | |
FALL 2020 Graduation Deadlines |
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| * NOTE: Commencement Ceremonies are held once per year in May. The next ceremony will be May 7, 2021. Students applying for Fall 2020, and Spring 2021, and Summer 2021 will be recognized on May 7, 2021. | |
| August 28, 2020 | Graduation Application Deadline must be received to ensure all requirements are met for graduation. * |
| November 13, 2020 | All course subs are due to the Records Office |
| December 16, 2020 | All grades including final semester are due |
| January 8, 2021, 5 p.m. | Official Transcripts from other institutions must be received by 5 p.m. ** |
| January 8, 2021, 5 p.m. | Final Fall 2019 deadline to complete any missing graduation requirements or last minute graduation applications.** |
| ** Any tentative Fall 2020 student who has not met all graduation requirements by 5 p.m., January 8 will be moved to Spring 2021 tentative graduation list. | |
| *Applications received after August 28th will be accepted if all graduation requirements have been satisfied, up until January 8. | |
SPRING 2021 Graduation Deadlines |
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| * NOTE: Commencement Ceremonies are held once per year in May. The next ceremony will be May 7, 2021. Students applying for Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021 will be recognized on May 7, 2021. | |
| January 15, 2021 | Graduation Application Deadline must be received to ensure all requirements are met for graduation. * |
| April 9, 2021 | All course subs are due to the Records Office |
| May 9, 2021 | All grades including final semester are due |
| June 2, 2021, 5 p.m. | Official Transcripts from other institutions must be received by 5 p.m. ** |
| June 2, 2021, 5 p.m. | Final Spring 2022 deadline to complete any missing graduation requirements or last minute graduation applications.** |
| ** Any tentative Spring 2021 student who has not met all graduation requirements by 5 p.m., June 2 will be moved to Summer 2021 tentative graduation list. | |
| *Applications received after January 15 will be accepted if all graduation requirements have been satisfied, up until June 2. | |
SUMMER 2021 Graduation Deadlines |
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| * NOTE: Commencement Ceremonies are held once per year in May. The next ceremony will be May 7, 2021. Students applying for Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021 will be recognized on May 7, 2021. | |
| June 3, 2021 | Graduation Application Deadline must be received to ensure all requirements are met for graduation. * |
| July 16, 2021 | All course subs are due to the Records Office |
| August 16, 2021 | All grades including final semester are due |
| September 1, 2021, 5 p.m. | Official Transcripts from other institutions must be received by 5 p.m. ** |
| September, 2021, 5 p.m. | Final Summer 2020 deadline to complete any missing graduation requirements or last minute graduation applications.** |
| ** Any tentative Summer 2021 student who has not met all graduation requirements by 5pm, September 1st will be moved to Fall 2021 tentative graduation list. | |
| *Applications received after June 3rd will be accepted if all graduation requirements have been satisfied, up until September 1st. | |
*Effective Summer 2019 all diplomas will be mailed to students, diplomas will not be available for pick up.
If you do not have an active mailing address, your diploma will be held for one year. If no address is provided after one year, you will be required to re-order your diploma and a fee will be required to re-issue your diploma. Please contact the Records Office at 970-339-6404 or email gradapp@aims.edu to provide a current mailing address or to place your re-issue order.
Your diploma will not be released if you have a hold on your account. If your hold is released after the diploma release date above, please contact the records office at 970-339-6404 or email gradapp@aims.edu, so we can release your diploma. Diplomas with holds are only held for one year. If the hold is released after one year, you will be required to re-order your diploma and a fee will be required to re-issue your diploma. Please contact the Records Office at 970-339-6404 or email gradapp@aims.edu to place your re-issue order.
Academic records will be locked upon degree and certificate conferral. Under no circumstances will changes be made to the academic record after degree or certificate conferral.
When all degree requirements have been completed, a degree or certificate must be awarded and completed in the term that it is brought to the attention of the Records Office. Students cannot request a delay in awarding a degree once all degree and/or certificate requirements have been satisfied.