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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Good morning, David!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We do not hand our diplomas at commencement; I still marvel at any institution that is able to do so!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We use the following verbiage:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoTitle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">The University of Tulsa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Upon recommendation of the Faculty of the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences
</span><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoTitle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">hereby confers upon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Name"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Captain Cane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">the degree of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Degree"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Bachelor of Arts</span><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">
</span><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><a name="Dropdown1"></a></span><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">with all its honors, rights, and privileges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Given under the Seal of the University at Tulsa, Oklahoma, on this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="TermDate"></a><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Twentieth day of December, two thousand and fourteen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> oacrao-l-bounces@lists.onenet.net [mailto:oacrao-l-bounces@lists.onenet.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Fulmer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 05, 2014 10:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'oacrao-l@lists.onenet.net'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Oacrao-l] Two questions for my fellow registrars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Greetings, friends. I hope that your week has been going well thus far.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">I have two questions to ask of you:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Do you give your graduates their actual diploma at your commencement ceremony? I’m fairly certain we don’t have any institutions in the state that do so but
in case I’m wrong </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:windowtext">J</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Also, our administration is considering moving away from what most would consider the standard text (Old English a.k.a. King James) normally found on a diploma.
Would you be willing to share the verbiage that you print on your diploma? If you have a “sample” that you can scan to me that would be awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Thanks, everyone. Remember, the weekend is coming!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">David<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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