Lancaster May Graduation

• Each graduate may reserve up to 4 guest tickets for each event. It will be the graduate’s responsibility to reserve tickets. The tickets will be distributed electronically to the graduate within 3 business days.
• The ceremony will be live-streamed for those who cannot attend.
• The deadline to request tickets for each event is April 20.

Each student can have 4 guests who will join them in the Good Shepherd Chapel for the ceremony.

The deadline to request tickets for each event is April 20.

• Regalia will be distributed prior to the ceremony; more details will be communicated closer to May.
• Honor stoles and military cords will be given out at the rehearsal.

Questions? Email graduationreg@lbc.edu

Friday, May 5 at 9:30-10:15 a.m. in the chapel.

Yes. The rehearsal is also a time for announcements and other activities that will make your celebration go smoothly.

Women should wear a dress, skirt/blouse or nice slacks. Men should wear a dress shirt and tie. It is a formal occasion, so no sandals, sneakers or flip-flops.

Only the rented robe needs to be returned after the ceremony. All other items given out during the day are yours to keep. When you pick up your packet of regalia, it should include your robe, your cap, a tassel with the graduation year, and where appropriate, the hood that marks your study area and degree level. Hoods are given for bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees.

Honors stoles will be given out at rehearsal, as applicable. The GPA range is: 3.50-3.74 for Cum Laude (red stole), 3.75-3.89 for Magna Cum Laude (white stole) or 3.90-4.00 for Summa Cum Laude (gold stole).

If you have no holds on your account, diplomas will be sent to you electronically on the day of graduation and then a hard copy will be mailed to you within a couple of weeks of the ceremony.

If you owe a fine at the library, for parking, if you have an academic requirement still to meet, or if you have a financial obligation related to tuition or fees, a hold is placed on your account. Holds prevent your diploma and transcripts from being released. To find out about any holds or to otherwise address them, please contact the Solution Center at 717.560.8254 or by email. The Solution Center is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday.

The graduation cycles for all locations occur every December, Spring/May, and August.

WHERE – You would attend the ceremony that takes place at the hub for your studies. For example, if you were an Online Accelerated student, your “hub” is Lancaster, PA. If you are a graduate level student who lives in Philadelphia, you would actually attend the Lancaster, PA ceremony because the ceremony in Philadelphia is for undergraduate degrees. If you took all of your studies through the Washington, D.C. location, you would attend the Washington, D.C. ceremony. If you have any questions about which ceremony location or date to attend, please contact the Registrar’s Office.

WHEN – Typically, you would attend the ceremony that coincides with or follows your actual academic completion date, i.e. after your last academic requirements are met. In some cases, if completion is imminent, students may walk in the preceding ceremony and receive their diploma by mail once all is complete. Here is an outline:

• Lancaster – May graduates walk in May. August and December grads walk in December.
• Washington, D.C. – May graduates walk in May. August graduates may walk in preceding or following May ceremony. December graduates would walk in following May ceremony.
• Philadelphia – June graduates walk in June. August graduates may walk in preceding or following May ceremony. December graduates would walk in following June ceremony.

If you have any questions about which ceremony location or date to attend, please contact the Registrar’s Office.