Important Dates

Spring 2021 Commencement

• January 31, 2021 – Application for Degree and Graduation Fee Deadline
  

• No rehearsal will be held. Graduates will be sent a link to an instructional video that will cover all the pertinent details of the ceremony.
  

• May 8, 2021 – Commencement Ceremony
  

• Commencement will be held at 7:30 pm on Saturday, May 8th in Crusader Stadium, and will also be livestreamed at umhb.edu/commencement. UMHB is maintaining current health and safety protocols, including wearing masks throughout the spring semester. During commencement, guests will be encouraged to socially distance and may remove masks once seated in the stadium. Tickets will not be issued for this event, and students may invite as many guests as they wish. UMHB will continue to monitor the local COVID-19 situation and will communicate any changes if they occur.

• If you owe the Registrar’s Office official transcripts or test scores, the deadline for providing this information to our office is June 8, 2021. Receipt of documents any time after that date will result in your graduation date being changed to August 2021.

Summer 2021 Graduation

• May 31, 2021 – Application for Degree and Graduation Fee Deadline

• August 2, 2021 – Degree Conferral Date (date degree will be posted to transcript)

• If you owe the Registrar’s Office official transcripts or test scores, the deadline for providing this information to our office is September 2, 2021. Receipt of documents any time after that date will result in your graduation date being changed to December 2021.

  
  Note: UMHB no longer conducts Summer Commencement Ceremonies. Summer graduates are invited to attend the following Fall commencement Ceremony.
  
  

Fall 2021 Commencement

• September 30, 2021 - Application for Degree and Graduation Fee Deadline

• No rehearsal will be held. Graduates will be sent a link to an instructional video that will cover all the pertinent details of the ceremony.

• December 3, 2021 – Commencement Ceremony: 1:00pm
  

  • The Registrar’s Office will be closed all day on December 3.
    

• If you owe the Registrar’s Office official transcripts or test scores, the deadline for providing this information to our office is January 3, 2022. Receipt of documents any time after that date will result in your graduation date being changed to May 2022.

Spring 2022 Commencement

• January 31, 2022 – Application for Degree and Graduation Fee Deadline
  
• No rehearsal will be held. Graduates will be sent a link to an instructional video that will cover all the pertinent details of the ceremony.
  
• May 7, 2022 – Commencement Ceremony: 7:30pm
  
  
• If you owe the Registrar’s Office official transcripts or test scores, the deadline for providing this information to our office is June 7, 2022. Receipt of documents any time after that date will result in your graduation date being changed to August 2022.

Summer 2022 Graduation

May 31, 2022 – Application for Degree and Graduation Fee Deadline

August 1, 2022 – Degree Conferral Date (date degree will be posted to transcript)

If you owe the Registrar’s Office official transcripts or test scores, the deadline for providing this information to our office is September 1, 2022. Receipt of documents any time after that date will result in your graduation date being changed to December 2022.

Note: UMHB no longer conducts Summer Commencement Ceremonies. Summer graduates are invited to attend the following Fall commencement Ceremony.

UMHB's commencement ceremonies are held in Crusader Stadium. Other UMHB facilities or the Bell County Expo Center may serve as an alternate venue in the instance of inclement weather or scheduling conflicts with athletic events. Notification of a venue change will be publicized as soon as one is determined via email, text messaging system, and social media.