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We had 4 graduations in the spring. I expect that trend to continue (or for us to have at least have more than one ceremony) as our graduations had become very large. COVID was a perfect excuse to split the ceremonies. We hooded only doctoral students on stage. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 10, 2021 8:22 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] Commencement Exercises</font>
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<p style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman,serif; margin:0"><span style="color:black; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are rethinking how we run our
<span class="x_marki5y44mi0z">commencement</span> <span class="x_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></p>
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<p style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman,serif; margin:0"><span style="color:black; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">And, more importantly, do you like what you do?</span></p>
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<p style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman,serif; margin:0"><span style="color:black; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks in advance for sharing.</span></p>
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