{"id":2828,"date":"2026-04-01T14:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:15:18","slug":"doublecheck-has-your-student-applied-for-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/doublecheck-has-your-student-applied-for-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Doublecheck: Has your Student Applied for Graduation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear OWU Parents and\u00a0Families, has your student applied for graduation? Let me rephrase that:\u00a0<em>Are you absolutely, 100% certain that they have applied for graduation?<\/em>\u00a0If your student is planning to complete their studies at OWU in Spring 2026 or Summer 2026, please ask them to confirm they\u2019ve submitted their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/graduation-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/graduation-information\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770316262750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1AekLKNtwshmSnyVfARK0Q\">Graduation Application<\/a>. This simple but important step is required for them to finish their degree and is also how they can confirm whether they will be participating in the May 2026 Commencement Ceremony. Your student can quickly check whether their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/graduation-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/graduation-information\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770316262750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1AekLKNtwshmSnyVfARK0Q\">Graduation Application<\/a>\u00a0has been completed on their Degree Audit. If it hasn&#8217;t been, the online form only takes a few minutes to fill out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Office of the Registrar<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Lee Richards at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:registrar@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registrar@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear OWU Parents and\u00a0Families, has your student applied for graduation? Let me rephrase that:\u00a0Are you absolutely, 100% certain that they have applied for graduation?\u00a0If your student is planning to complete their studies at OWU in Spring 2026 or Summer 2026, please ask them to confirm they\u2019ve submitted their\u00a0Graduation Application. This simple but important step is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[287,110,111],"class_list":["post-2828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life-academics","tag-application","tag-commencement","tag-graduation"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2915,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions\/2915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}