Information for 2025 Candidates for Degrees

(More complete details concerning commencement preparation and services will be provided by the Registrar prior to each degree date.)

1. APPLICATION FOR DEGREE

Each candidate for degree must submit an electronic application for degree to the Registrar by September 15, 2024 for December graduation or February 15, 2025 for May graduation. 

(There is no summer graduation. If you are completing your degree in July or August, you will participate in the May graduation.)

2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

By your degree date (December 14, 2024; May 10, 2025; July 25, 2025; or August 17, 2025), all of your work for your degree must be final and on file in the Office of the Registrar. YOU, THE STUDENT, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING THAT ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET BEFORE THE GRADUATION DATE.

Off-campus courses - Independent study (correspondence) courses (and any other credit earned at another college or university) must be completed, and a transcript of the credit MUST be on FILE at Blue Mountain Christian University by your graduation date.

Incomplete courses - An "incomplete" grade is the equivalent of an "F" as far as hours and quality points are concerned; therefore, an "incomplete" grade in a course needed to fulfill a degree requirement will postpone your graduation to the next available degree date. NO student will be awarded a degree if work is still "incomplete".

3. ORDER FOR ACADEMIC REGALIA

All students who are completing degree requirements December 2024, May 2025, and July/August 2025, must participate in the commencement service. The rental fee for 2024-2025 will be included in the $120/$135 graduation fee. Requests for measurements for the regalia will be sent to candidates for degrees by email prior to commencement service.

4. GRADUATION FEE OF $120/$135

Each candidate for degree should pay the graduation fee during the last term/semester of enrollment prior to graduation.

5. COMMENCEMENT TICKETS

Each candidate for degree will be allowed a specified number of reserved seat tickets; the number will not be determined until nearer the commencement date to allow for fluctuations in the number of degree candidates. Additional details will be released to you prior to each commencement service.

6. COMMENCEMENT SERVICE

As is stated in the Blue Mountain Christian University Catalog, only degrees earned through distance learning may be conferred in absentia. All other candidates for degrees completing degree requirements in December 2024, May 2025, and July/August 2025, MUST participate in the commencement service. A student who is unable to be present due to an emergency situation must present his/her reason in writing to Dr. Sharon Enzor, Provost, before his/her degree can be awarded. Specific times of the commencement service(s) will be announced prior to each commencement service.

7.  HONORS AT GRADUATION

Students who have earned a grade point average of 3.60 or higher on all hours attempted, less repeated courses, and on all hours taken at Blue Mountain Christian University, will be recognized for their outstanding academic achievement at graduation. Those students will be notified in writing and will wear a gold honor cord at the commencement service.

8. EDUCATOR LICENSURE

Upon graduation and completion of all educator licensure requirements, the Registrar will recommend the completer for endorsements in the state ELMS online licensing system and the program completer will need to make application for licensure at the following Web Site:   https://sso.mde.k12.ms.us/Login/Login.aspx. The State Department of Education requires an official transcript showing degree completion for each licensure applicant. The fee for this service is $15 payable in advance through a major credit card service (See section 9). Transcripts for additional information on requesting official transcripts.

9. TRANSCRIPTS

Transcripts are issued only at the request of the student. Each graduate is entitled to one free official transcript. The fee for each additional transcript is $15 payable in advance through a major credit card service. All official transcripts are processed through Parchment, an online processing center. Requests for official transcripts must be submitted at www.bmc.edu, Academics, Registrar's Office, Transcript Requests. A new Parchment user must first set up a New Learner Account and then make the transcript request.

10. THE PLACEMENT SERVICE

The Director of Student Success & Career Services at Blue Mountain Christian University will be providing information and services to the students, particularly to the seniors, which will aid them in their search for a position upon graduation from Blue Mountain Christian University.