Graduation Completion Calendar - Spring 2008

Spring, 2008


 
January 7, 2008 Deadline for Adjustments to Graduation List.  Students who had previously signed up to complete curriculum requirements this semester but have changed plans must have these changes to the Graduation Office, Sparks Hall, before the end of business the first day of classes.

March 3, 2008

 

March 3, 2008

Deadline to Announce Ph.D. Dissertation Defense. Ph.D. candidates must have the defense announcement in the Office of Academic Assistance by this date. Contact Carla Woods for details and submission requirements.

Change of Name and Postponement of Graduation Date. Any student who is unable to complete his or her degree requirements must change the date of graduation by Monday, March 3, 2008. Students seeking to change graduation date may do so by contacting Graduation Services, or at http://www.gsu.edu/es/graduation.html

March 17, 2008

 

March 17, 2008

Last Day to Defend Ph.D. Dissertation. Beyond this date, if defens has not been completed and graduation had been scheduled for this semester, the date of graduation ill be changed to reflect a later semester. [NOTE: No presentations or defenses allowed during spring break March 3-9.]

Doctoral Candidate (Spring) Commencement Program Information Deadline. All doctoral candidates must provide the Office of the Registrar, Commencement Services, with complete information for the fall commencement program (there is no summer commencement) as soon as possible in order to ensure that the correct information is printed. Contact Mr. Christopher Robertson at the Commencement Office. Contact Carla Woods in the Office of Academic Assistance for details.

March 28, 2008 Deadline for Ph.D. Candidates to Resolve Incomplete (I) and In-Progress (IP) grades. In order to be cleared for graduation, doctoral candidates should check with the department to see that Grade Adjustment in the Registrar's Office has been sent all grade changes.

 

 Portfolio candidates must have their papers turned-in and evaluated before this date. Students should contact their departmental graduate directors for earlier departmental deadlines to allow for completion of review by this date. Any exceptions require approval of the department chair as well as the graduate coordinator.

May 16, 2008 Commencement Ceremony for Spring Semester, 2008.