Commencement Ceremony Participation

Speech-Language Pathology and Criminal Justice: Students who are within three (3) credits of program completion and have registered for these credits to be taken at Molloy College during the summer session are permitted to participate in the commencement ceremonies held in May. The names of these students will appear as candidates for August graduation in the Commencement Brochure.

Graduate Business, Graduate Education, Nursing, and Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Students who are within six (6) credits of program completion and have registered for these credits to be taken at Molloy College during the summer session are permitted to participate in the commencement ceremonies held in May. The names of these students will appear as candidates forAugust graduation in the Commencement Brochure.

Graduate Music Therapy: Students who are within six (6) credits of program completion, have successfully completed the thesis sequence (MUS 550, MUS 551, MUS 552) and have registered for remaining summer coursework are eligible to participate in commencement.

Ed.D. in Education: Students are not permitted to participate in the commencement ceremonies held in May until they have successfully defended their dissertation and it is signed off by the Dean and Director of the Ed.D. Program and the Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs.

Ph.D. in Nursing: Students are not permitted to participate in the commencement ceremonies held in May until they have successfully defended their dissertation and it is signed off by the Associate Dean and Director of the Ph.D. Program and the Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs.

Doctor of Nursing Practice: Students are not permitted to participate in the commencement ceremonies held in May until they have successfully defended their "DNP Clinical Scholarly Project" and it is signed off by the Project Team members and the Associate Dean for Advanced Nursing Practice and DNP Programs.

Additional information: Office of Academic Affairs