2021 COMMENCEMENT: WALRAVEN AWARD, GRADUATE REQUIREMENTS, & FACULTY DEADLINES

Primary updates to share this week include 1) faculty vote deadline for Walraven Award, 2) new commencement requirements for graduating students and 3) faculty attendance and regalia information.

Voting for the 2020-21 Walraven Award is open to full-time faculty. Refer to Erna Anderson’s email dated March 16 to access the voting link by 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 22nd.

Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 eligible graduates who wish to participate in commencement are required to submit a graduation application and commencement reservation by Friday, April 2. Please encourage our graduating students to visit commencement.highlands.edu for updates most relevant to them. Additional questions can be directed to registrar@highlands.edu .

GHC full-time faculty should select their commencement preference for attendance by email to PresidentsOffice@highlands.edu by Friday, April 2. Selections will be confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis. Please refer to Dana Nichols’ email dated March 15 for more details. Note: The 10:00 a.m. commencement option with BBA cohort has reached maximum capacity. The remaining options are 3:00 p.m. for nursing pinning and commencement and 6:00 p.m. for commencement with dental hygiene cohort.

The order deadline for faculty regalia is Friday, April 2nd. Please refer to GHC Inform post dated March 17 for more details. Order links below specific to pick-up from the campus bookstore at Cartersville and Floyd sites.

Save the Date:

2021 Commencement Ceremonies  

Thursday, May 13th • 10am & 6pm 

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Nursing Pinning & Commencement 

Thursday, May 13th • 3pm

(for nursing graduates only)

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FRIDAY, MAY 14TH (SEVERE WEATHER CONTINGENCY DATE)

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Outside Ceremonies – Floyd Campus Grounds

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IMPORTANT DATES AT A GLANCE:

03/22/22 Monday Deadline (5pm) for faculty to vote for Walraven Award (re: Erna Anderson email dated 03/16/21)
03/26/21 Friday Deadline for graduating students to submit orders for cap and gown from GHC Bookstore (extended deadline from an earlier date to accommodate 2021 commencement planning)
04/02/21 Friday Deadline for students to submit graduation application
04/02/21 Friday Deadline for students to submit commencement reservation
04/02/21 Friday Deadline for faculty to submit orders for regalia rental (order links below)
04/02/21 Friday Deadline for faculty to submit commencement reservation (re: Dana Nichols email dated 03/15/21)

Faculty Rental Ordering Directions – Cartersville Campus – May 2021

Faculty Rental Ordering Directions – Floyd Campus – May 2021

Check for weekly updates in Friday posts of GHC Inform!

For questions related to commencement planning, email Graduation2021@highlands.edu