Registrar's Office. Commencement and Convocation Records
The University Registrar office manages student enrollment, status, and course schedules. Prior to University administrative rearrangement in the middle of the twentieth century, the Registrar oversaw student financial aid and donations to the University in addition to courses and student grades. This collection contains records documenting baccalaureate, commencement, and convocation ceremonies at Wake Forest University. The materials include invitations, programs, speeches, tickets, and other related ephemera.
Biographical and Historical Note
The University Registrar office manages student enrollment, status, and course schedules. Prior to University administrative functioning in the middle of the twentieth century, the Registrar oversaw student financial aid and donations to the University in addition to courses and student grades.
As of 2015, the Office of the University Registrar serves the WFU academic community and reports to the Provost. The office's mission statement states "Our principal responsibility is to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and security of student academic records/data and to provide various record services."
Collection Overview
This collection contains records documenting baccalaureate, commencement, and convocation ceremonies at Wake Forest University. The materials include invitations, programs, speeches, tickets, and other related ephemera.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: Series 1. Commencement and related events, and Series 2. Convocation, fall and Founders' Day. Both are organized in chronological order.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by Stephanie Bennett, 2015
- Revision Description
- Revised by Sayeda Islam, Ashelee Gerald Hill, Stephanie Bennett, 2018, 2019, 2021
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
- Preferred Citation
- Registrar's Office. Commencement and Convocation Records (RG 20.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.