After each semester and once the listing is finalized by the Registrar’s Office, 大学营销和传播办公室将学位获得者的名字分发给他们家乡的报纸, based on the graduation application.
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民政事务总署 Registrar's role in degree completion (graduation)
的 民政事务总署 Registrar maintains the accuracy of the degree audit system, making sure degree and program requirements are correct and match the catalog. 的 office reviews and processes the Application to Graduate for undergraduate students, notifying students and advisors of issues, or approving the candidates to be added to the graduation list. 一次 grades are posted, 注册办公室根据学位审核中列出的要求授予学位，并相应地打印和邮寄文凭. 文凭 are mailed approximately six to eight weeks after the official graduation date.
Academic advisor's role in degree completion (graduation)
Academic advisors should review students’ degree audits and help plan a path to graduation. 顾问应该查看学生的学位审核，以确保学生没有遗漏任何毕业要求. All items on the audit 必须 show complete or 正在进行的. Advisors should submit any exceptions needed by the student to ensure those exceptions are processed.
Advisors 必须 meet with the student to complete an Advisor 毕业 Check when a student completes 90 earned hours. 的 purpose of the check is to determine requirements left to complete in the last two semesters of the degree.
Degree completion (graduation) process for undergraduate students
- Undergraduate students 必须 submit an application to graduate through CatPAWS at least one semester preceding the term in which graduation is planned.
- 它是。 responsibility of the student to review the degree audit 在申请之前，如果他们不确定学位完成(毕业)的资格，请向他们的学术顾问寻求帮助, or if they do not understand how to resolve a deficiency in their degree audit.
- When an undergraduate student applies to graduate, the following steps occur:
- 在 term preceding the one in which degree completion (graduation) is planned: 民政事务总署 Registrar checks the student record to see if the student has an Advisor 毕业 Check on file. If one does not exist, it is sent to the advisor as soon as possible to expedite the process; approval to be added to the graduation list may be delayed as a result.
- 在 term in which degree completion (graduation) is planned: Registrar’s Office reviews the student record after the first week of classes (last date to add/drop). If the degree audit is not completed with 正在进行的 courses, the student is notified and the advisor is copied on the message.
- 一次 final grades are posted at the end of the semester, students should complete the following steps:
- 检查 degree audit to ensure the audit shows all requirements completed (checkmarks) or 正在进行的.
- Ensure all cashiering holds have been cleared (these display on the audit). A hold does not prevent participation in the commencement ceremony, but will prevent the release of the diploma and transcript.
- An email is sent toward the end of the semester, 提醒学生确保文凭邮寄地址准确无误(如果需要更改，请联系注册主任办公室)，并检查是否有阻碍文凭和成绩单发放的因素.
- 注意: A graduation hold is placed on each pending graduate’s record to ensure transcripts do not go out until the degree has been awarded.
- 的 final degree completion (graduation) clearance review takes place after grades are posted. This happens the week after the posting of final grades. Each student’s degree audit and transcript are checked to see if all requirements are met. If all requirements are met, the degree and honors are posted, and the graduation hold removed.
- 不符合毕业资格的学生将收到电子邮件，通知他们已从毕业名单中删除，必须在未来学期重新申请. Examples of ineligible students include but are not limited to those who fail classes in the last semester, did not meet GPA requirements and/or have various other issues preventing them from graduation.
- Students who have pending issues (e.g. transfer work, incomplete grades) receive emails notifying them of the deadline to resolve the issue and still be awarded a degree for the intended semester of graduation.
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