GRADUATION 12/2/71 Date of a student's degree shall be the end of the quarter in which ALL requirements have been completed. 3/17/76 Approved policy of awarding graduate degrees "with distinction" to graduate students who have shown exceptional achievement in their course work, following a vote of his/her graduate faculty and that such distinction also be stated on the student's transcript. 6/9/76 Issue of awarding graduate degrees "with distinction" withdrawn. 2/15/78 GASC requested to discuss with the Graduation Office clearing graduation applications with the library to see if all fines are cleared. 10/3/84 Discussed whether or not graduate students should have their names in the commencement bulletin and be permitted to attend commencement without all the graduation requirements being met. 10/17/84 Recommended the appropriate University Comm. consider a policy to require verification of completion of all degree requirements for graduate students prior to their being listed in the program and attending commencement. 1/26/88 Reaffirmed policy that students should not be allowed to participate in commencement ceremonies until all degree requirements are fulfilled. 5/31/88 Approved allowing graduate students to participate in graduation ceremonies only if they have satisfied all college and dept. requirements as certified by the appropriate college or dept. comm. 6/8/93 Approved that doctoral students must have successfully defended the dissertation as certified by the appropriate program director one month prior to commencement ceremony in order to be eligble for graduation. 2/15/94 Awarded posthumous Master's degree to Education College student. 2/19/02 Approved policy that for doctoral candidates to particpate in the commencement ceremony, their doctoral program director must certify that the candidate will have successfully defended their dissertation prior to commencement, and the program director must also certify that the student is substantially likely to complete all the degree requirements by the guidelines and timeframes set forth by the University. 3/4/08 Approved discontinuing the registration in term of graduation requirement.