Please make sure that you have applied for graduation a minimum of one full semester prior to your anticipated graduation term. The graduation application is now accessed only through your Student Center in WINS. Please refer to the WINS How-To page for further direction here. If you have questions regarding your degree requirements, please contact your college. The deadline for students to appear in the commencement* program for the May 2022 term is March 11, 2022. Students who apply after this date will not be included in the program. Please note that a graduation fee of $65.00 will be added to your account during the semester you plan to graduate.
The May 2022 conferral date for degrees is May 13, 2022. Diplomas will be mailed out end of July 2022 to the address you provided on your graduation application. If you should need to update your diploma mailing address, please do so by updating your Student WINS account prior to June 30, 2022.
If you are wanting to have tickets mailed you will need to email a request to commencement@uww.edu on or after April 18. Please understand, we will only issue tickets once, so if the tickets are lost in transit, they will not be replaced. We will also have a Will Call Box Office open the morning of commencement for students to pick up tickets. The Will Call box office will open at 8AM and will be located in the Williams Center on the 2nd floor.
Please make sure that you have applied for graduation a minimum of one full semester prior to your anticipated graduation term. The graduation application is now accessed only through your Student Center in WINS. Please refer to the WINS How-To page for further direction here. If you have questions regarding your degree requirements, please contact your college. The deadline for students to appear in the commencement* program for the December 2022 term is October 22, 2022. Students who apply after this date will not be included in the program. Please note that a graduation fee of $65.00 will be added to your account during the semester you plan to graduate.
The December 2022 conferral date for degrees is December 16, 2022. Diplomas will be mailed out end of February 2023 to the address you provided on your graduation application. If you should need to update your diploma mailing address, please do so by logging into WINS prior to February 2023.
General Diploma Information
Degree clearance will begin after grades are reported to the Registrar’s Office. Once degree clearance has ended, it will take approximately four weeks for diplomas to be mailed out. Please see timeline for Fall term.
Certified Electronic Diplomas
A certified electronic diploma is an official, portable, and secure PDF version of your diploma that can be shared with employers, agencies, licensing boards, educational institutions: anyone who needs to verify your achievement.
Certified electronic diplomas are available, for $15.95, to students whose UW-Whitewater degree was awarded May 2021 or after. For student degrees awarded December 2020 or earlier, a certified electronic diploma is available to order for $60.00.
Your CeDiploma gives you:
For additional information or to validate the Certified Electronic diploma, click here.
Reorder a Diploma
To request a replacement diploma, please click the link. Once the request is received, UW-Whitewater will review the order within 2-3 business days to ensure that it is eligible for fulfillment and you will be notified via email if approved. If the request is approved, the order will be placed. Please allow 2-3 weeks plus mail time after the request approval for delivery of the diploma.
The cost is $55.00 for the replacement diploma. While express processing is not available, options for express shipping will be offered during the order process.
All diplomas, regardless of your degree or when you earned it, will be printed on 8.5” x 11” paper.
Sample Diploma
Salute to Grads is similar to the involvement fairs or job fairs held on campus. It gives graduating students an opportunity to make arrangements for all their needs before graduation. The event is held in March for the spring graduation and October for the winter graduation.
Salute to Grads provides an opportunity for you to order your cap and gown, purchase personalized invitations and thank you cards, diploma frames, and class rings. A photographer may be available to take your photo in full graduation regalia, which is provided for the photoshoot.
There will be representatives from the following campus offices: Registrar’s Office, Financial Services (loan repayment and paperwork to get your $100 deposit back), Career Services and Alumni Center, and the University Bookstore (cap and gowns). If you have any questions about Salute to Grads, please contact the University Bookstore at 262-472-1280.