IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION

SPRING COMMENCEMENT

Spring Commencement is scheduled for Friday, May 2, 2025, and Saturday, May 3, 2025, at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts Building (835 Riverside Dr, Jackson, MS 39202).  Please look below to see which of the five ceremonies you will be taking part in.

Friday, May 2, 2025

7:00 p.m. – EdS, EdD, DBA, MBA, MEd

Saturday, May 3, 2025

9:00 a.m. – MAT, Undergraduate Education, Nursing, and Traditional Arts

11:00 a.m. – MABTS and Undergraduate Humanities

1:00 p.m. – Undergraduate Business and Schools of STEM

3:00 p.m. – MPA, MHA, MSA, MOL, and MSITM

REGALIA

Graduates may keep all parts of their regalia package.

REGALIA ORDERING DEADLINE

Monday, March 31, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CT.  Please Note:  If you do not order your regalia by March 31, 2025, you will not be allowed to participate in the Spring 2025 Commencement Exercises.

REFUND REQUEST DEADLINE

Graduates may click here to request a refund prior to 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.  All regalia orders will become non-refundable after the April 2, 2025, refund request deadline.

REGALIA DISTRIBUTION

IN-STORE PICK-UP:  Regalia distribution will begin at the Belhaven University Bookstore, on the Peachtree Street Campus in Jackson, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, and will end on Friday, May 2, 2025.  Pickup will be during regular bookstore hours on these days.

If you attend the Online campus and would like to receive your regalia prior to the commencement day, please select the option to have your regalia shipped to you.

If you are unable to pick up regalia during our regular pickup days, please plan to arrive at the Center for the Arts building about 15 minutes earlier than your posted arrival time to be able to receive your regalia and get dressed before lineup begins.

Please bring your receipt or photo ID to when you pick-up regalia.

SHIP-TO-HOME:  Your regalia order will ship during the week of April 16, 2025.

REGALIA PRICES

All student regalia orders are non-refundable purchases after the April 2, 2025, refund request deadline.  Prices below do not reflect the additional $20.00 fee that will be added for SHIP-TO-HOME orders.  

• ASSOCIATE/BACHELOR PACKAGE – $58.30 incl. tax (Purchase – includes cap, gown, and tassel)
• MASTER/SPECIALIST PACKAGE – $107.98 incl. tax (Purchase – includes cap, gown, tassel, and hood)
• DOCTORAL PACKAGE – $184.66 incl. tax (Purchase – includes tam, gown, tassel, and hood)