Application for Graduation

Students must apply for graduation. Students must apply for graduation at least one semester prior to the semester in which they plan to graduate. To apply for graduation, students must apply through MyCardinalConnect.

Degrees, certificates and occupational skills awards will be officially conferred when the Office of the Registrar certifies that all graduation requirements have been met.  To ensure eligibility for participation in commencement during the applied semester, students must be enrolled in all final courses, and all credits obtained through transfer, approved course substitutions, credit by exam, military credit, and/or credit for prior learning must be officially submitted to the Registrar's office, and associated fees must be paid by the student before the graduation application deadline.

TVCC confers degrees 3 times a year (Fall, Spring, Summer). Only 2 commencement ceremonies are held each year (Fall and Spring). Students graduating in Summer are permitted to participate in the Fall commencement ceremony following the Summer semester their degree is conferred.  Participation is ceremonial only and does not confer on a student any rights to a degree or certificate.  The transcript is the official document that verifies graduation status. 

Steps to Apply For Graduation:

  1. Log in to MyCardinalConnect
  2. Select "Graduation Overview" from the main menu
  3. Click the "Apply" link by the program for which you would like to submit a graduation application. 

Send emails to graduation@tvcc.edu for questions regarding graduation. 

Students may make application for graduation under provisions of the current catalog or meet the graduation requirements of the catalog year under which they most recently entered Trinity Valley Community College provided that the catalog is dated no more than five years prior to the expected date of graduation.

Trinity Valley Community College reserves the right to automatically award a degree or certificate of completion without a formal graduation application being submitted via the student on MyCardinalConnect.

Graduation Dates to Remember

Visit the 2024-2025 College Calendar for application deadlines.