Graduation

Student Affairs and Community Engagement
800 Madison Avenue, Suite 300
901.448.5610
sace@uthsc.edu

The Office of the Registrar is responsible for awarding degrees and certificates. Students must meet all requirements before degrees/certificates are awarded.
For specific requirements, students should contact their academic department.

Livestreams of all UTHSC Spring 2021 Commencement Ceremonies will be found at our livestream website.

For families traveling to Memphis, TN for commencement ceremonies, a block of rooms with special rates is usually reserved at local hotels for your convenience.

Memphis Hotels Special Rates 

Graduates will be provided with 6 hard-copy tickets at the time they pick up their commencement regalia. Seating will be pre-assigned, and seat assignments will be indicated on the event ticket. All seating assignments are via lottery.

Additional Information:

• All guests will require a ticket. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there is a limited number of total people that are allowed in the building.
• Children 4 and under can sit in laps and do not require an additional ticket.
• Tickets may not be exchanged and seat swapping is prohibited.
• Lost or stolen tickets will not be replaced due to strict capacity guidelines

• When the degrees are conferred, please walk up the ramp and your name will be read from an alphabetical list as you cross the stage. You will receive a green tube with a graduation celebration letter from Chancellor Schwab. Then you will descend off of the stage and stop about half-way to have your picture taken Afterwards, you will return to your seat for the remainder of the ceremony.
• Please be seated immediately after returning to your seat
• Graduates will recess together immediately following the ceremony to the facility exit.
• Graduates may rejoin their families outside of the venue or in the venue parking structure.
• Graduates will not return to the graduate lineup area. Please do not bring any items that you will need to carry or store.
• Guests will exit the venue immediately following recession of graduates

• Guests must arrive no earlier than 45 minutes prior to the ceremony start time. Please give facility managers time to clean and set up for the ceremony before entering. Seating is pre-assigned and early arrival will not result in a changed seating location or additional seats.
• Masks are required for graduates and guests and must be worn over the mouth and nose throughout the ceremony.
• All guests must present their tickets upon entry. 
• Graduates will receive their guest’s seat assignments when they pick up regalia. Seat assignments will be indicated on guest’s tickets.
• All graduates and guests are asked to exit the convention center immediately following graduation recession

Regalia will be distributed in front of the HSC Hub located inside of the Madison Plaza. You may sign up for a pickup time using GivePulse.  

College of Graduate Health Science, College of Health Professions, and College of Pharmacy graduates may register for a pickup time on GivePulse.  Pickup dates for College of Graduate Health Science, College of Health Professions, and College of Pharmacy are May 3-7, 2021 from 8a-3p. 

College of Nursing, College of Medicine, and College Dentistry graduates may register for a pickup time on GivePulse. Pickup dates for College of Nursing, College of Medicine, and College Dentistry are May 10-17, 2021 from 8a-3p. 

• Graduates will arrive separately from guests.
• Graduates must arrive no earlier than 75 minutes prior to your ceremony, and no later than 60 minutes prior to ceremony start time.
• Guests must arrive no earlier than 45 minutes prior to the ceremony.
• There is no secure storage for graduates, so please have pockets or use a very small cross-body bag under your robe. Graduates will not return to lineup area after the ceremony

• Graduates or their guests in need of accessibility assistance to attend the commencement ceremony should e-mail SACE as soon as possible to make the appropriate arrangements.
• Please, include the following information:
  • • Name
    • College
    • Guest name requesting accommodations
    • Accommodation needs
    • Name of escort (if needed)

Replacement Diploma Policy:

• A replacement diploma will be issued if a notarized statement is sent to the Office of the University Registrar attesting that the original diploma was lost, destroyed, never received, or if the student had a legal name change.
  
• The name printed on the replacement diploma will be the same as the name printed on the original diploma unless there is a legal name change. If there is a legal name change, the original diploma and copies of any legal documents must be returned with this notarized statement (i.e. marriage license, divorce decree, driver's license, social security card, etc.).
• The cost of the diploma is $20.00 plus $10.80 for shipping. If it is to be shipped to an address within Tennessee, an additional $1.85 is required for tax. Check or money order should be made payable to University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery of the replacement diploma. Send your request to UTHSC Office of the Registrar, 910 Madison, Ste. 105, Memphis, TN 38163.

Replacement Diplomas may be requested by:
Submitting a request in person or by mail to:

Registrar's Office
910 Madison Ave, Suite 520
Memphis, TN 38163

Duplicate/Replacement Diploma Request Form

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• Majestic Grille
• Flying Fish
• Gus’s World-Famous Chicken
• Central BBQ
• Rizzo’s
• Bleu
• Hopdoddy
• McEwens
• Blues City Café
• Flight
• Maciel’s
• Pearl’s Oyster House
• Peabody Place
• Capricccio Grille
• Huey’s
• Automatic Slims
• Miss Polly’s
• Memphis Zoo
• Riverside 
• Beale Street 
• Civil Rights Museum