2024 Graduation Ceremony
Commencement Ceremony Friday, May 3rd, Saturday, May 4th 2024
Congratulations graduating Doctorate, graduate and undergraduate students! You are approaching the end of a great and important journey and milestone in your academic life. Join us in celebrating your achievements at the upcoming ceremony.
Live Stream
Live Streaming of the ceremony will be available on this page for those whose family or friends are unable to attend the ceremony.
Graduates' Preparation for Commencement Day
All graduates should arrive wearing cap and gown to the commencement line-up where staff members from the Student Enrollment Center will assist in lining up for the ceremony. ALL graduates must be in full academic attire to participate.
Graduates should not bring any personal possessions (purses, cameras, etc.) to the commencement line-up. Such items should be given to your guests for safekeeping, as there is no secure area to keep your valuables. ESU is not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen items. We also ask that all cell phones be silenced during ceremony.
Smoking is not permitted in any of the facilities. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited on ESU’s campus. Beach balls and air horns are not permitted in Mattioli Recreation Center or Koehler Fieldhouse and their use is prohibited during the ceremony. Heels are not permitted in Mattioli Recreation Center.
Participation in the commencement ceremony does not constitute verification of graduation. A student must satisfactorily complete all requirement before a degree is awarded.
- Graduation Honors for Undergraduates
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In order to qualify for graduation honors, a student must have completed at least 45 credits at East Stroudsburg University. These 45 credits can be accrued through any course, internship and/or field placement including student teaching in which a letter grade is assigned (A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D or E) or a satisfactory grade is ascribed. The check for the 45-credit minimum includes in-progress courses during the student’s graduation semester. The check for the student’s cumulative grade point average is based on all graded coursework.
Students who have the appropriate cumulative grade point average at the time the honors designation is determined, and who will have met the 45-credit minimum once the final semester is completed, will be granted graduation honors as follows:
- Summa Cum Laude Cumulative grade point average 3.80 or above
- Magna Cum Laude Cumulative grade point average 3.60 to 3.799
- Cum Laude Cumulative grade point average 3.40 to 3.599
Graduation honors for the publication of the Commencement Program are based on all graded and in-progress coursework at East Stroudsburg University by the deadline dates below. Please note that graded coursework contains final grades and not midterm grades.
March 15 of the academic year for spring and summer graduation or November 1 for fall and winter graduation.
The official university transcript will carry the final honors designation based on all finalized grades completed at the university and the outcome of the final graduation clearance.
- Diplomas
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Graduates will receive a diploma cover at the Commencement ceremony. Actual diplomas will be mailed to graduates after degrees are conferred, approximately six to eight weeks after grades are posted.
Please note that students must have all financial obligations to ESU satisfied before their diplomas are mailed.
If you have any holds on your account, your diploma will NOT be released. Holds are posted to the myESU portal. Questions can be directed to the billing office at (570) 422-2804.
- Cap and Gown
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Each participant must be dressed in academic attire including a gown and a matching cap
Students are encouraged to purchase their cap and gown online
The University Bookstore will not be selling regalia (cap and gown) at the store until April 10th. Anybody purchasing a cap and gown in-store will be charged an additional $14.90 as they would if they were ordering online.
For online orders, customers must use the website for Herff Jones
The deadline to have your cap and gown shipped to the University Store for FREE and be picked up at Grad Fest is March 3, 2024. The deadline to have your cap and gown shipped to your house (shipping and handling fees apply) is April 4, 2024.
Pricing:
- Bachelor's Bundle (cap/gown/tassel): $64.98
- Master's Bundle (cap/gown/tassel/hood): $124.10
- Doctorate Bundle (tam/gown/tassel/hood): $154.96- not sold in-store
- Doctorate Custom Regalia: Please visit the online website above for pricing.
A La Carte/Separates:
- Cap: $14.00
- Hood: $60.00
- Tassel: $9.50 (2023 Tassels will be available for purchase at the University Bookstore)
- Key Chain Tassel: $9.98
- First Gen Stole: $31.98
Any questions, please contact the University Bookstore for more information at (570) 422-3177 or contact the store by e-mail at sm8074@bncollege.com
There will be no extra attire available at the ceremony.
ESU Welcomes Guests to Commencement
Anyone attending the commencement ceremonies in Koehler Fieldhouse must have a ticket. Re-entry to the ceremony is not allowed.
Abeloff Center for the Performing Arts will be open, with limited seating for guests without tickets, offering the commencement simulcast video. Additional family members and friends may view the ceremony via live streamed from the commencement page.
- Graduation Tickets
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Graduates that are participating in the commencement ceremony do not need a ticket.
Graduation tickets are not required for the Doctoral and Master’s ceremony scheduled for Friday, May 3, 2024.
Graduation tickets are required for the Bachelor’s ceremonies scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2024. Graduating candidates will receive 4 graduation ceremony tickets. Each ticket admits one guest. Children 3 years and under do not require a ticket.
Each guest must have a ticket to attend the ceremony and must be presented at the gate when entering the Koehler Fieldhouse.
Extra tickets are not available. We encourage students in need of tickets to check with classmates for any available tickets.
Re-entry to the ceremony is not allowed.
Tickets are only available to eligible candidates for graduation who have filed the Application for Graduation and indicated on the form that they wish to participate in the ceremony using the Intent to Graduate Application for Graduation form located on the Graduation Services website.
Tickets not picked up at GradFest are available for pick-up the week after GradFest in Zimbar-Liljenstein Hall, Room 120, Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Photographs
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Guests are to remain seated throughout the entire ceremony and are not to stand on their seats to take pictures during the ceremony. This is expected of graduates, as well. There will be ample opportunities for picture-taking, presenting flowers, and other activities immediately following the ceremony.
A photographer from GradImages will be present during the ceremony. Each graduate will be photographed as they cross the stage.
Visit www.gradimages.com to view the professional photos taken. You may also reach customer service at (800) 261-2576.
Conclusion of Commencement Exercises
At the end of the ceremony please arrange to have your guests meet you either outside or at another location on campus so that all graduates can leave the Fieldhouse in a timely and orderly manner.
Graduates will exit the Fieldhouse through the main entrance on Smith Street. It is suggested that graduates plan in advance where to meet family and friends outside the Fieldhouse once the ceremony has ended.
Contact Us
Contact Information
- Campus Address
- Zimbar-Liljenstein Hall
- Phone:
- (570) 422-2800
- Fax:
- (570) 422-2849 (Fax)
- Title of Department Leader
- Registrar
- Name
- Geryl Kinsel
- E:
- registrar@esu.edu
