Graduation

Friday, May 17, 2019
Porter Family Stadium on Kessinger Football Field
Highland Community College
606 W. Main Street
Highland, KS 66035
7:00 pm

Ceremony will include all HCC graduates from the Highland campus, Regional Sites, & Online. Click here for information about Technical Center graduation. 

Requirements:

Students planning to graduate from any Highland Community College Location in the Spring 2019 must meet with the HCC Registrar to complete a degree check and complete an Application for Degree by the first week of their last semester of attendance. Students missing this deadline may apply for graduation until March 15 of the year they plan to graduate and will be provided the opportunity to participate in the ceremony if they will have graduated or be within 6 hours of receiving their degree at the time of graduation.

Application may be made in the registrar’s office on the Highland campus in the administration building or online here.

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Caps and Gowns	Available on Monday, May 13, 2019, between 8:30 - 11:30 am and 1:30 - 4:30 pm in the Registrar's Office on the first floor of the administration building on the Highland campus. If you cannot make it to Highland to pick up your cap and gown on one of these days, you may pick it up between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm in the registrar's office in the administration building on the day of the ceremony.
Practice & Reporting for Processional	Tuesday, May 14 at 2:30 pm on the track at Kessinger Field. If you cannot attend the rehearsal, directions for the ceremony will be given immediately prior to the processional on graduation night. Students should report to the hallways of Cultbertson Auditorium 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
Pre-Commencement Dinner	For graduates and guests at the HCC cafeteria on Friday, May 17 from 5:00 until 6:30 p.m.. Cost for the fried chicken and roast beef buffet is $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for children under 12. Please RSVP to the Student Services office by calling 785-442-6020 or emailing at admissions@highlandcc.edu.
Reception	Following the graduation ceremony on the front lawn of the campus.
Contact Information	Dinner Reservations and additional information: 785-442-6020 or admissions@highlandcc.edu

Technical Center Graduation
Atchison High School
1500 W. Riley, Atchison, KS 66002
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
7:00 pm

Graduation exercises at the Technical Center will be at 7:00 p.m. on May 15, 2019 at the Atchison High School gym. The nurse's pinning will be held prior to the graduation ceremony and begin at 5:30 pm in the Atchison High School gym. For more information about the Technical Center Graduation, please contact the Techincal Center at 785-442-6180.