Icon of a undergraduate student in commencement apparel.

Thank you for attending the commencement check-in meeting this week!

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. on Zoom.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions by emailing ui-commencement@uiowa.edu.

RSVP Extension Details + Deadlines

Thank you for your willingness to allow us to pilot the RSVP extension this fall! As a reminder, we are still pushing the Nov. 10 deadline. We won't mention the extension anywhere until the RSVP reopens on Nov. 11.

Deadline Task
Nov. 10 at 11:59 p.m. RSVP closes
Nov. 11 at 8 a.m. RSVP reopens via extension
Nov. 15 at 11:59 p.m. RSVP extension closes
Nov. 18 at noon Graduate lists due to registrar's office*
Dec. 4 Student photo deadline
Dec. 5 Deadline to approve all slides
Dec. 6 Slide photos published
Dec. 11 Name cards delivered to colleges

*You will receive instructions specific to your college prior to this due date, but we encourage you to review the information available on the MAUI Help website.

Reminders and Updates for Fall 2022

  • We will not be adding any late RSVPs in MAUI after the extension deadline. Emails from students (except for CLAS) will be forwarded to coordinators for response. You can allow students to attend without an RSVP, this is up to the discretion of the college.
  • If students applied for degree by Nov. 22, you will have their name card. If they did not, they will fill out a card at the ceremony.
  • Cards will be sorted by the order you provide to us, with attending in one grouping and degree applicants in another.
  • We understand some ceremonies have information that is not collected within the RSVP, but needs to be collected. Please ensure that students understand the RSVP in MyUI is required. We appreciate your partnership in asking them to RSVP and asking them for the information you need.

Resources

Commencement Communications

Below is a list of the additional email communications we plan to send this fall. Please let us know if your team is sending supplemental communications.

Date Content
Nov. 8 Final RSVP reminder to degree applicants
Nov. 9 Final RSVP reminder to subscription list
Nov. 11 RSVP extension details to degree applicants who have not submitted an RSVP
Nov. 11 RSVP extension details to subscription list
Nov. 17 Commencement apparel, live stream, and other details to RSVP list
Nov. 18 Commencement apparel, live stream, and other details to subscription list
Dec. 12 Commencement ceremonies info to RSVP list
Dec. 13 CLAS ceremony info to CLAS RSVP list

Additional Deadlines

Program Deadline

We will pull information from MAUI at the end of the day on Monday, Nov. 14 for the commencement program.

Scripts Deadline

Send all scripts to Nick Tomlonovic and the commencement team no later than Friday, Dec. 2. They will be shared with the individuals doing the closed captioning, as well as our sign language interpreters. This will help them be better prepared for the ceremonies and create a better experience for the students and those attending or viewing the ceremonies.

Meeting Recording