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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See Southeastern’s answers below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kristie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#44546A">Kristie Luke</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#44546A"><br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Associate Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Institutional Research and Records<br>
<i>Southeastern Oklahoma State University<br>
</i>425 W University<br>
Durant, OK 74701<br>
580.745.2176</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Oacrao-l <oacrao-l-bounces@lists.onenet.net> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Chelsea Phillips<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 6, 2021 9:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OACRAO Listserve (oacrao-l@lists.onenet.net) <oacrao-l@lists.onenet.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Oacrao-l] Commencement<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">**External Email**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning colleagues!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am gathering info for our Commencement Committee. If you have a minute, could you answer a couple of questions? Please answer with how you handled things
<b>prior to COVID</b>. <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Do you have more than one ceremony each year?
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Yes, we normally had a fall and spring commencement. Due to growth in the number of our summer graduates, we will be adding a summer commencement this year.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">If you have only one ceremony, do your fall graduates participate in the ceremony before or the ceremony after their intended graduation?
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Fall commencement included the previous summer graduates; however, we did allow summer graduates to ‘walk early’ in the Spring commencement. Once we add the summer commencement, students will be expected to participate in the ceremony held in the semester
of their graduation.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#4472C4;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:windowtext">Do you have a credit hour requirement or any other requirement that must be met for a summer or fall graduate to participate in the spring ceremony prior to their intended graduation? <span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">They
had to show that they could meet all graduation requirements by the end of the term in which they plan to finish their degree.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Do you have any students perform musical pieces or any other student performances as part of your commencement ceremony? <span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The
University band and choral usually perform during the ceremony. Our Music Department would select the musical pieces performed.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Forever</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F4E79"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2C6C46">Green</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F4E79"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">&</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F4E79"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#BF8F00">Gold</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Chelsea Phillips</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="https://usao.edu/directory/chelsea-phillips.html">Registrar/Director of Enrollment and Records</a><span style="color:black"><br>
Registrar’s Office, Troutt Hall 204</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">1727 W. Alabama | Chickasha, OK | 73018</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Phone: 405-574-1205 | Fax: 405-574-1220<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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