2025 Commencement: Participation Form – SUNY Polytechnic Institute Forms

Being a formal commencement, graduates who participate in the ceremony must wear full regalia. Regalia orders must be submitted by March 7, 2025 to be guaranteed that you will have appropriate regalia. After March 7, students can purchase in-stock regalia. Caps and gowns can be purchased through this link https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1052687/SUNY-Polytechnic-Institute/. Questions regarding this purchase and orders should be directed to the Wildcat Den staff at (315) 792-7257 or wildcatden@sunypoly.edu.

May graduates: The official degree date is May 10, 2025. All materials and final grades must be received by Registrar before the end of business on May 30.

August graduates: Students who are graduating in August 2025 must also fill out a Petition to Attend Commencement. Failure to fill out this form, and/or late submission of this form may impede your participation in the Commencement Ceremony.

Access to this form will be turned off at 3pm on Wednesday, May 7. If you wish to submit an RSVP after that time, you must contact the Office of the Registrar directly at registrar@sunypoly.edu during regular business hours.

LOCATION: SUNY Poly commencement ceremonies are scheduled in the Wildcat Field House (on campus)

CEREMONY DATE: The College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business, and College of Health Sciences ceremony will be held Saturday, May 10 2025

TIME: 2:00pm (Graduates MUST arrive at Donovan Hall G172 no later than 1:00pm)

CEREMONY TICKETS: Graduates are limited to 5 guests. Tickets will be distributed with your cap and gown

PLEASE BE SURE TO USE CORRECT SPELLING AND CAPITALIZATION.

Name (to be announced at commencement) * Required
Please note that your name will be verified against your record in Banner. Nicknames are not permitted.

First Middle (if any) Last

Student ID# (U#) * Required

Email * Required
Please note that all official communications about the degree conferral process will be sent to your SUNY Poly e-mail account.

Name Pronunciation
Please give a phonetic pronunciation of your name to assist the person announcing your name on stage. Examples:

"Siobhan Miller" could be written as "Shove-ON MILLer"

"Hermione Granger" could be written as "Her-my-oh-NEE GRANGE-er"

"Mischa Barton" could be written as "MEE-sha BAR-ton"

"Shia LeBeouf" could be written as "SHY-uh LaBUFF"

Student's Primary Major * Required
If you have more than one major and you're not sure which one is primary, please check Degree Works. Whichever major is listed first is your Primary major.

Applied Mathematics BS

Accounting BS

Accountancy/Accounting MS

Biology BS

Business Administration BS

Communication & Information/Media Design BS

Community and Behavioral Health BS

Computational Mathematical Modeling CAS

Data Analysis CAS

Data Science and Analytics MS

Finance BS

Health Information Management BS or BPS

Information Design & Technology MS

Interactive Media & Game Design BS

Interdisciplinary Studies BA

Psychology BA

Sociology BA

Nursing BS

Family Nurse Practitioner MS or CAS

Health Informatics MS

Nursing Education MS or CAS

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner DNP or CAS

Technology Management MBA

Forensic Accounting & Valuation CAS

Are you a VETERAN? * Required
SUNY Poly gives active duty military and veterans (U.S. military) cords to recognize their service. Contact the Veteran's Certifying Official in the Registrar's Office at registrar@sunypoly.edu prior to the commencement ceremony to request your cords.

I am not a veteran or active duty military

I am a veteran

I am active duty military

Announce military rank at ceremony? * Required
Veterans and Active Duty Military may have their rank announced when their name is called at commencement — if they wish. If you wish your rank to be announced, please indicate below. You will be asked to submit proof of accuracy (either ID card or DD214). ALL veterans and active duty military are welcome to wear the red/white/blue cords, regardless of whether or not their rank is announced.

YES, I would like my rank to be announced

NO, I would not like my rank to be announced

Military Rank * Required
Please enter your highest rank earned:

Degree Date (Anticipated or Actual) * Required

August 2024

December 2024

May 2025 (anticipated)

August 2025* (anticipated)

August 2025 graduates: Students who are planning to graduate in August 2025nbsp;must fill out a Petition to Attend Commencement. Failure to fill out this form, and/or late submission of this form may impede your participation in the Commencement Ceremony. If you do not fill out this form, your name WILL NOT appear in the commencement program, even if you have a cap and gown.

Does the GRADUATE have any requests for accomodations?
No
YES, I require mobility assistance
YES, I require accommodations other than mobility assistance

Student Accomodations Request
For additional information, please contact the Student Accessibility Services Office by email: sas@sunypoly.edu

Please enter a short description of assistance requested:

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2025 Commencement RSVP for the Colleges Arts and Science, College of Business, and College of Health Sciences