We continue to monitor the COVID-19 virus and further minimize health risks to our faculty, staff and students. Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released March 15, 2020, recommended that “for the next eight weeks, organizers (whether groups or individuals) cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States.”
With UAH Commencement less than six weeks away (April 30), we have made the difficult decision to postpone our Spring Commencement exercises. We realize the disappointment this will cause many people. Commencement is a time of great joy for our graduates, their friends, and their families, who travel far and wide for this very special occasion. Many of these people are among the most vulnerable populations. The risk is just too great.
Please know that canceling the ceremony does not affect graduation and awarding of degrees. The actual conferral of degrees, updating the final transcript, and mailing of diplomas is unchanged. When the semester ends, faculty will submit grades as usual, and degrees will be conferred. All students earning their degrees will receive their diplomas via mail.
We appreciate your understanding and we are working to reschedule Commencement for a later time and/or find alternatives that might allow some form of recognition of our spring graduates.
