General Information

Blank diploma covers will be distributed to participants during the commencement ceremony.

Please note that participation in Commencement does not guarantee receipt of your degree. At the close of your final semester, and in the weeks following commencement, the Registrar conducts an audit on all coursework completed to determine if all degree requirements have been met. Degrees and diplomas are then issued upon the successful completion of this audit.

Diplomas will be mailed after the commencement ceremony, once the final course audits have been completed by the Registrar. All payments to your student account must be paid in full prior to receiving your diploma. Please note that CUC uses a third-party vendor to fulfill diploma production.

Grad Images provides official photography for the Commencement Ceremony. Professional photographers take a photograph of each graduate receiving their diploma and as they exit the stage. 

Grad Images will contact each graduate after commencement at their CUChicago email address and by mail to their home address. Each graduate will be assigned a PIN to access their individual proofs and candid shots from the event via the Grad Images website. There is no obligation to purchase products.

If you participate in a ceremony and are not contacted by Grad Images after graduation, please contact their customer service department at 800-247-3435.

Jostens, our vendor for commencement regalia, has joined with CUC's Barnes & Noble Bookstore to offer many personalized, commencement-related products.

Visit www.jostens.com, select the “College Products and Info” link and search “Concordia University Chicago” to find options for custom diploma frames and personalized graduation announcements that feature your name, graduation date, time and location.

Select items are also on display and for sale at the campus Barnes & Noble Bookstore, located in the lower level of the Koehneke Community Center.