We will be compiling a slideshow of photos of our grads to show before the ceremony! Submit your photos below:

No tickets are needed for the 2024 Graduation Ceremony.

Please click on the link below to order your graduation announcements:

Order Graduation Announcements

Your order will take 24 hours to process. After processing, your order will be shipped and will arrive within 7 – 10 business days.

Please click on the link below to order your graduation regalia (cap and gown).

Order Graduation Regalia

Also, there are instructional videos demonstrating the proper way to wear your cap and gown during the graduation ceremony. Click below to view:

View Cap and Gown Video

Your packets will be in alphabetical order A-L and M-Z.  Your name card will have your name as it appears in the program and on your diploma.  You will need to keep your card and hand it to the Academic Dean when you are ready to cross the stage.

*For the Spring and Summer Ceremonies-

Two weeks prior to the ceremony, you will be emailed a layout of the seating arrangements and marching order (make sure to check your KC email account). Please review the seating chart and the graduation list containing your line number. The number next to your name corresponds to your seat number. Pay close attention to the line order. Remember who is in front and who is behind you. You will be in alphabetical order according to major, regardless of graduating semester.

If you have concerns about how your name will be pronounced, you can email Renee Fite at Heather.Jones@kc.edu. In the subject line, please write “Name pronunciation for graduation.”  In the body of the email, include the phonetic spelling of your name.

* Honors are for undergraduate graduates only.

The GPA used for honors will be based on the cumulative GPA for all coursework taken at Kettering College.  We do not include the grades from your transfer courses. Your honor status will be printed on your diploma.

• For fall graduates your official honors are based on the cumulative GPA at the end of fall semester.
• For winter graduates your marching honors are based on the cumulative GPA at the end of fall semester, but your official honors (honors printed on diploma) will be based on your cumulative GPA at the end of winter semester.
• For summer graduates, your marching honors will be based on your cumulative GPA at the end of winter semester, but your official honors (honors printed on diploma) will be based on your cumulative GPA at the end of summer semester.

Below are the GPA honor levels:

Summa
GPA 3.9-4.0 = Gold Cord

Magna
GPA 3.75-3.89 = Red Cord

Cum
GPA 3.5-3.74 = White Cord

Spring Ceremony
SouthBrook Christian Church
9095 Washington Church Rd, Miamisburg, OH 45342
Free Parking

Summer Ceremony
Schuster Center, 1 W 2nd St, Dayton, OH 4540

The Schuster Center parking garage will be free for the ceremony.

* this will be completed closer to graduation

Spring Commencement Ceremony:

Graduates will arrive at the time their program has designated, dressed in your graduation regalia. Guests should arrive no earlier than 30 minutes prior to the ceremony.

Class photos will be taken before the ceremony begins. We will post the exact location and time for these class photos closer to the graduation ceremony. We will also email class photo times prior to the ceremony (make sure to check your KC email account).

Summer Commencement Ceremony:

We will allow students and their guests into the Schuster Center lobby beginning at 12:30 p.m. Seating will not begin in the Mead Theatre until 1 p.m. for family and guests. Please come dressed in your graduation regalia. Graduates need to give all valuables to family or guests as there will be no place to easily leave bags and belongings in the lobby of the Schuster Center.

Class photos will be taken before the ceremony begins at 12:45 p.m. We will post the exact location and time for these class photos closer to the graduation ceremony. We will also email you these class photo times in July (make sure to check your KC email account).

Graduation marshals will lead you to your seats. You will follow the student in front of you. When it is time for your major to proceed for graduation, the marshals will come to your row and you will follow them to line up. Specific information about marching order will be included in an email we send two weeks prior to the ceremony (make sure to check your KC email account).

Once in line, when it is your turn to walk across the stage, hand your name card to the academic dean and they will call your name as you walk to shake hands with the president. The president will hand you your diploma cover.

Please reach for the diploma cover with your left hand and shake the president’s hand with your right hand. Your left hand should go over your right hand. Please hold this pose for a few seconds while your picture is taken by a professional photographer.This photo will be emailed to your KC email address after the ceremony (make sure you check your KC email account).

Then finish walking off the stage to return to your seat. As the student in front of you is taking their picture with the president, you should hand your name card to the dean who will then read your name as you walk to receive your diploma.

After everyone has crossed the stage, the benediction will be given. After the benediction, the graduation marshals will lead the stage party off first. The faculty will follow next. You will follow the faculty, with the last row leaving first.

Please ask your family to remain seated until all of the students have been lead out. You can meet your family in the lobby. There will be areas where photos can be taken.

You will receive a diploma cover during the graduation ceremony.

Diplomas will be sent two to four weeks after the graduation date for fall, winter, and summer semester. They will be sent to the address you provided on the graduation application or the “HOME” address on file if no application was received. The diploma will be sent out by certified mail, so someone will need to be at the address to sign for the package.  Because it is sent by certified mail, we are not able to mail to a P.O. Box.

For the diploma to be sent:

• All grades have been received, and all program requirements must be completed.
• The graduate must have met all financial obligations to the college.
• All loan exit counseling must be completed (this includes federal, Perkins, and Nursing Student Loan).

If you have any questions regarding your diploma, please email the registrar office. 

*This will be updated closer to the event date.