1. Students earning a certificate or degree from Mt. Hood Community College must submit an online graduation application to the Admissions, Registration and Records (AR&R) Office two terms before their anticipated completion date (i.e., spring term graduates should apply during fall term). Please note: A separate application must be submitted for each certificate or degree awarded. All students who have applied for graduation during the school year are eligible to participate in the June commencement ceremony even if coursework is not done by spring term. All students who apply will have their name printed in the commencement program (as listed in our records system) unless they apply after the third week of April or if they have requested their name be excluded. After the deadline, names will be published in the following year’s program. Students must contact this office to have their name published a second time if they did not complete and/or participate in the ceremony originally scheduled. Information regarding commencement will be mailed early in spring term to students whose names will be in the program. This information will also be posted on the College’s website. Students who do not attend commencement may pick up or request a degree cover from the AR&R Office. 
   
   Please note: If you have requested to prevent disclosure of directory information, your name will not be published in the commencement program book.

2. Students have the choice of following the catalog of the year they began their program or the year they are ending their program. Once enrolled in a career-technical program, if the course of study is interrupted or extended by five years or more, certificate and degree requirements for graduation may have changed. In order to then earn the certificate or degree, the student may be asked to complete current requirements or provide written approval from the program adviser to apply the original coursework toward a certificate or degree.
   
   Students may complete a program no longer offered by MHCC if, before the program was eliminated, they received an official contract from the College entitling them to completion.

3. Credits from all accredited colleges or universities that are to apply toward a MHCC certificate or degree must be submitted via official transcripts to the Admissions, Registration and Records office.
   
   
4. Final review and approval of the certificate / degree application is done after the student’s anticipated term of completion and after final grades have been posted and checked. Degrees will be mailed to the student six weeks after the end of the term of completion except for spring term, which takes eight weeks. Students who apply for a certificate or degree after it has been earned will not have to wait until the end of a term for the certificate or degree to be sent or awarded. These will be processed on a first come, first served basis along with all other applications.

Incomplete applications for graduation will remain in the AR&R Office for a period of two terms after the specified term of completion. After that time, the application will be purged and the student will need to reapply for graduation