{"id":1295,"date":"2026-03-25T15:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=1295"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:26:28","slug":"important-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1295\" class=\"elementor elementor-1295\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d56a8f elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d56a8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6a64e2\" data-id=\"b6a64e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed9dc8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed9dc8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Important Dates To Know<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2a2736 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2a2736\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52abf10\" data-id=\"52abf10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1459c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1459c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the days leading up to commencement, students must meet important requirements such as submitting their graduation application by the Registrar\u2019s deadline and ensuring academic and financial clearance to be eligible to participate.\u00a0 Altogether, these dates mark the final steps\u2014from administrative deadlines to ceremony day\u2014that culminate in graduation and the awarding of diplomas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1331f7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1331f7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ff9dc7\" data-id=\"8ff9dc7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e48616\" data-id=\"2e48616\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3349d35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3349d35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>[table id=3 \/]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd67c73\" data-id=\"bd67c73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cdfb2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cdfb2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">*Your valid student ID must be presented*<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Dates To Know In the days leading up to commencement, students must meet important requirements such as submitting their graduation application by the Registrar\u2019s deadline and ensuring academic and financial clearance to be eligible to participate.\u00a0 Altogether, these dates mark the final steps\u2014from administrative deadlines to ceremony day\u2014that culminate in graduation and the awarding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1295","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Important Dates - Commencement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Important Dates - Commencement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Important Dates To Know In the days leading up to commencement, students must meet important requirements such as submitting their graduation application by the Registrar\u2019s deadline and ensuring academic and financial clearance to be eligible to participate.\u00a0 Altogether, these dates mark the final steps\u2014from administrative deadlines to ceremony day\u2014that culminate in graduation and the awarding [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commencement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hamptonuniversity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-25T21:26:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/important-dates\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/important-dates\\\/\",\"name\":\"Important Dates - Commencement\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-25T19:01:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-25T21:26:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/important-dates\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/important-dates\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/important-dates\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Important Dates\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/\",\"name\":\"Commencement\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Commencement\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/107\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/HU_logo_white_227x113-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/107\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/HU_logo_white_227x113-2.png\",\"width\":227,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"Commencement\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/home.hamptonu.edu\\\/commencement\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/hamptonuniversity\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Important Dates - Commencement","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Important Dates - Commencement","og_description":"Important Dates To Know In the days leading up to commencement, students must meet important requirements such as submitting their graduation application by the Registrar\u2019s deadline and ensuring academic and financial clearance to be eligible to participate.\u00a0 Altogether, these dates mark the final steps\u2014from administrative deadlines to ceremony day\u2014that culminate in graduation and the awarding [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/","og_site_name":"Commencement","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hamptonuniversity","article_modified_time":"2026-03-25T21:26:28+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/","url":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/","name":"Important Dates - Commencement","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-25T19:01:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-25T21:26:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/important-dates\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Important Dates"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/#website","url":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/","name":"Commencement","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/#organization","name":"Commencement","url":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2026\/05\/HU_logo_white_227x113-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2026\/05\/HU_logo_white_227x113-2.png","width":227,"height":113,"caption":"Commencement"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hamptonuniversity"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1318,"href":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295\/revisions\/1318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}