Section 400: Academic Affairs
410 Absence from Commencement
Effective: October 25, 1994
Revised: March 2005, September 2007
Review Date: September 2009
Responsible Party: Chancellor

Policy

It is a professional obligation of all Montana State University - Northern administrators, professional staff, and faculty to attend the annual commencement ceremony.

Procedures

Requests for absences from our annual commencement ceremony should be in writing to the Chancellor stating reason for absence. Requests will be weighed against the following criteria:

1. The absence is necessary for attendance at a professionally related activity which cannot be scheduled at another time: summer session, workshop, etc.
2. The absence is necessary for compelling reasons of a personal nature: illness, graduation of a close relative at another campus on the same date, etc.

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