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<p class="MsoNormal">Here at McNeese graduate students graduate with their respective college, and we have multiple ceremonies separated by colleges. Some have hooding ceremonies, some do not. It depends on the program. Personally, I do not like it. I would
like the graduate school to have all students graduate together and have a hooding ceremony that further separates and acknowledges them from the undergraduates.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">McNeese State University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu> on behalf of Mary J Farmer-Kaiser <mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 8:22 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>la-cgs@lists.latech.edu <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [La-cgs] Commencement Exercises<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are rethinking how we run our <span class="marki5y44mi0z">
commencement</span> <span class="markx11v3mq7o">exercises</span>. Can you share with me how/where your grad students graduate? Do you award all degrees together? Do you have a separate academic college ceremonies where all bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees
in that college are awarded? Do you have a separate grad school ceremony? Do you do a hooding ceremony? And, if you do, do you hood only doctoral students or do you include masters?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">And, more importantly, do you like what you do?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks in advance for sharing.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Mary Farmer-Kaiser, PhD</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Professor of History</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dean of the Graduate School</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">University of Louisiana at Lafayette</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">337-482-6965</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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