Candidates For Graduation

Graduation is Saturday, May 9, 2026 in Guinn Auditorium

Candidates for Graduation

As per the Graduation Requirements listed in the current LCU Undergraduate Catalog, and as per the General Graduation Requirements listed in the most recent LCU Graduate Catalog, all students must complete an application for graduation from Louisiana Christian University prior to graduation. Please see the deadlines listed below. Undergraduate students may apply once they earn 80 credit hours toward their anticipated degree. Graduate students should apply no later than the first two weeks of class in the semester in which they intend to graduate. Students may obtain graduation applications from the Registrar’s Office or the Registrar's page of the LCU website. Students who change majors or anticipated date of graduation should NOTIFY the Office of the Registrar as soon as possible. There is no need to reapply for graduation. Contact the Office of the Registrar or visit the Registrar page of the LCU website for details. (registrar@lcuniversity.edu or 318-487-7222)

Graduation Application Deadlines

Graduating Term Undergraduate Level Graduate Level
Fall 2025December 2024August 29, 2025
Spring/Summer 2026 May 2025January 30, 2026
Fall 2026December 2025August 28, 2026
Spring/Summer 2027May 2026January 29, 2027

Online ordering is available for your custom Louisiana Christian University regalia and diploma frame.

Regalia orders for the May 2026 Commencement will begin January 19, 2026.  Graduates have the option to choose free shipping to the Bookstore or direct shipping to home for $15.95.

Orders must be placed by March 8, 2026, for free shipping to the LCU Bookstore. These will be available for pick up at the Spring Grad Fair on April 9, 2026.

Orders placed after March 8, 2026, will only have the option to direct ship to your home for a $15.95 shipping fee. Orders shipping to your home will ship approximately 3 weeks from the order date. Please allow standard transit time for delivery.

All regalia must be paid for at the time the order is placed.  The last day to order regalia is March 30, 2026.