Commencement

Cleary University holds two commencements each June and December at the Livingston Campus in the Johnson Center. In addition to the conferring of degrees, each commencement provides opportunity to recognize outstanding students by awarding the following honors:

  • Academic Excellence Award: given at both commencements to the highest scoring students on the Educational Testing Service Major Field Test
  • President’s Award: awarded at both commencements
  • Entrepreneurship Award
  • Enterprise Award
  • MBA Leadership Award
  • Business Innovation Award

Family and friends are invited to share in the celebration.

 

2011 Winter Commencement

The 2011 Winter Commencement will be held at 10am on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Johnson Center for Business & Community Excellence in Howell. Graduates and guests are strongly urged to arrive by 9am.

 

If you are an MBA graduate, you may pick up your cap, gown, and hood the morning of commencement in the Johnson Center. After the ceremony, please return the cap, gown, and hood to a Cleary representative located in the Internet Cafe within the Johnson Center. You may keep your tassel.

 

If you are earning an undergraduate degree, you may pick up your cap and gown at your assigned campus beginning at 9am on Wednesday, December 7th through noon on Friday, December 16th. The bookstore hours are: Mondays - Thursdays, 9:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Fridays, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Please note that gowns will not be available the morning of commencement. Honor cords will accompany the caps and gowns. If you must iron your gown, do so with a cool iron only. BBA, BS, ABA, AAS, and Certificate recipients: you may keep your cap, gown, tassel, and any honor cords.

 

There is no limit for the number of guests you may invite and seats may be reserved up until the start of commencement. If you have not already purchased graduation announcements, you may do so at the Livingston Campus Bookstore or by clicking here.