Delaying SFU convocation date
 

I am a SFU BBA student and had originally registered for convocation this October. I just finished my last set of classes this summer. I have been offered a position in Asia, which starts the first week of September. Therefore I will be I will unable to attend the convocation ceremony, and trying to push back it to June.

I emailed some folks from the registrar department, and they told me that I am unable to push back the convocation date, because its not their policy to make exceptions unless its like a life and death situation. I know of several students that delayed their convocation. Whether or not they had originally applied for convocation, not too sure. Anyways is this lady just BS'ing me? Any ways around this?

Thanks guys.

May be contact those few students that you know?

Opportunity > convocation though.

The only way to do this is to cancel your application for graduation.

^ yup thats what i did before. just cancel it, and apply for convo when you get back

Cancel your grad application is the ONLY way.

If you graduate in Dec 2009 but convo in June 2010, you are still considered a 2009 graduate right? Also, lets say you finish your school in Dec 2009, when you tell potential employers you are graduated, the only official way to prove that is just a transcript because you have no other documents supporting your claim, am I right?

^transcript and/or the degree.

and yes, if you graduated in Dec 09, you are a 09 alumni.

convo is just a ceremony.

thanks for the responses guys! Cancelled my grad application and got the $35 refund..haha

Will reapply sometime after October.

yep. for example, i, transcipt wise, graduated in 2006. i didnt convocate until 2008. regardless, im going to both of the reunions hahaa

I finished all my courses in Dec 08, convo was June 09 but degree said Feb. 09.

figure that one out....

depends on when your grad application was filed.

Feb 09 is the date when your degree was conferred. It goes back to the old tradition of the senate conferring your degree on the recommendation of the department. Takes time to review applicants.