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Check your Degree Audit

Your Degree Audit shows the program requirements you have met and what requirements you still need to meet for graduation.

• Check your Degree Audit in
• Click on Academic Records
• Click on Degree Audit
• Click on Open Degree Audit, Graduation Planner, and Schedule Builder
• Log in and select 91福利社
• Click Run Declared Programs
• Click View Audit

It is important to ensure that you pass all in-progress classes and maintain a 2.0 GPA overall (or higher). Failure to do so may result in not meeting graduation requirements.

• Before submitting your graduation application.
• Email advising@dctc.edu for assistance.

Within one month after the semester ends, your graduation application will be processed to make certain you have completed your degree requirements. If you have fulfilled all requirements, your degree completion will be posted to your transcript and you will receive an email confirming completion of your degree. Your unofficial transcript showing your degree completion can be access through . If you need an official transcript showing completion of your degree, visit the transcript request page. Employers and other outside agencies can verify degree completion through the .

When you have completed your requirements, the Enrollment Center will order your diploma. You should receive your diploma in the U.S. Mail within 12 weeks after your last semester.

Let us know what your plans are after graduation! Check your email for information about completing a graduation follow-up survey. This information helps our programs develop and fit the needs of incoming students as well as employers. You can complete the graduation follow-up survey online.

• After graduation.
• Email CareerServices@dctc.edu for assistance.

If at any point you need help with your career path, the Career & Transfer Resource Center is available to 91福利社 alumni for free. We offer the following services:

• Resume and Cover Letter review
• Assisting with Job Search and Job Search skills
• Mock Interviews
• Transferring to a 4- year college or university
• And more!

• At any time in your career journey.
• Email CareerServices@dctc.edu for assistance.

Review the 91福利社 Graduation Policy.

Stay connected with 91福利社 after you graduate by joining the Alumni Association! Benefits include:

• Build your professional network.
• Receive the year-end Alumni Association e-newsletter.
• Get invited to a wide variety of campus and Alumni Association programming and events.

• After registering for your final semester.
• Email foundation@dctc.edu for assistance.

As you prepare for your career after graduating from 91福利社, we want to ensure you have the tools necessary to place yourself on sound financial footing. To assist you, we are providing you with four short videos to provide basic information on budgeting and management of student loan repayment.

Guests with ADA seating needs: Main gates open at 5:30 p.m., 30 minutes earlier than general seating, for those requiring ADA seating/additional time. Ushers will assist guests with accessible spaces. No reservations needed! See the accommodation page for more details on parking, seating, and other access information (scroll down).

Students and employees: Apply for accommodations by April 25. See the ADA accommodation request page for graduates, faculty and staff for more information specific to accessibility.

Contact: accessibility@dctc.edu with questions regarding access needs.

Caps and Gowns

All graduates attending the ceremony are strongly encouraged to wear a cap and gown to graduation, although it is not required. Caps, gowns and tassels will be available for purchase in the Bookstore after spring break. You can also . Sizes may be limited closer to graduation. The cost of the set is $40. Individual tassels are available for $10.

Regalia

Phi Theta Kappa

Graduates who are members of Phi Theta Kappa can purchase a stole and/or a tassel in the Bookstore.

Veterans and Military Service Members

91福利社 recognizes graduates who have served or are currently serving in the armed forces. Veteran honor cords in red, white, and blue, are available at no additional cost. Veterans are invited to wear the veteran honor cord with their academic regalia during the commencement ceremony.

Please bring proof of military service, such as a military ID or a DD214, when picking up honor cords in the Military and Veterans Service Center.

TCO Stadium is an open football stadium. The ceremony will be held rain or shine.

• Watch the forecast
• Dress for all types of weather conditions: Heat, sun, rain, and cold are all possible this time of the year.
• Small, individual umbrellas are allowed in the stadium—but no large umbrellas, please!
• The ceremonies are being streamed by TownSquare TV

• In the case of severe weather, specifically lightning, graduates and guests will be notified and will be evacuated from the stadium; 30 minutes must pass without new lightning strikes within an 8-mile radius before being allowed back.
• Shelter location is the lower level of the parking ramp, if needed, otherwise guests can return to their vehicles to wait out the delay.
• If the event must be canceled, information will be posted on the website and students will receive a StarAlert message.

Guests and graduates should not wear high/spiked heels for your safety and consideration of the stadium turf field area.

• Plan for uneven surfaces, gravel parking, artificial turf, going up/down stairs
• Flat shoes/blocked heels provide stability and have less impact to surfaces

• Guests may bring a collapsible, personal-sized umbrella that will fit under a seat when closed
• Students may not bring an umbrella; the seats are too close together
• Bags will be checked by security personnel during the Stadium entry screening process
• Please refrain from bringing any large bags or luggage into the Stadium

• Non-alcoholic beverages will be for sale at the Stadium concession stands during the ceremony
• Food items will NOT be available at the concession stand
• No outside food or beverages allowed
• Exceptions will be made for those with medical requirements and/or special needs

• Allowed: One (1) 32oz or smaller empty, reusable plastic/metal beverage container permitted
  • There are drinking fountains located on both the north and south concourse to fill containers.
• Allowed: One (1) 32oz or smaller factory-sealed, plastic bottle of water permitted
• Not allowed: Outside food or beverage with the exception of the above and those with medical requirements and/or special needs

offers free parking. Look for signs and parking assistants.

• for grads is located on ground level near the the Minnesota Vikings Museum or the bottom level of the parking ramp.
• for guests is located on the top level of the parking ramp.
• General parking in the East Lot at the corner of Vikings Parkway and Ames Crossing Road.

Graduates: Please follow the signs to line up in the parking lot on the East end of the stadium.

Faculty: Please follow the signs to line up in the parking lot on the East end of the stadium.

Event workers (Staff/Faculty working the event): Follow the signs for Staff/Faculty.

Guests: Follow the signs to enter TCO Stadium. The stadium entrance will open at 6 p.m.

• Screening with metal detectors will be in place at the main Ticketmaster guest entrance gate, please arrive early and be patient
• Individuals with pacemakers or other medical needs can request wand screens

• TCO Stadium is a football stadium with bleacher seating; no-back bleacher seat benches
• Handrails extend throughout the stadium seating areas
• The stadium allows frameless, legless chair/seat backs

There is no limit to the number of guests a graduate can bring, and guests do not need tickets.

• Graduates must be checked in by 6 p.m. Please arrive by 5:45 p.m. to allow time to park. 91福利社 does not hold a commencement rehearsal, so it is important that graduates arrive on time so that they can receive instructions about the ceremony and find your place in the lineup.
• Graduates follow signs directing to graduate line-up/check in in the lot on the East end of the stadium.
• Check in, receive a name card, and have your name written on your card phonetically if needed.
• Find your program sign and line up within your program area.
• Graduates MUST follow instructions of the ushers and graduation staff in the line-up area, processional, and recessional.
• The Tassel should be worn over your right temple and later moved to the left when directed to do so at the end of the ceremony.
• The processional will begin promptly at 7 p.m. You will be guided into your row by the ushers.