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<b>Cc:</b> Mary J Farmer-Kaiser <mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Commencement Exercises</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">I will describe the pre-COVID format of graduation ceremonies at LSU-A&M. The format varied by term.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">December – Each College held a ceremony and awarded ALL degrees and hooded PhDs. (No common ceremony) [The Provost and other dignitaries trotted from ceremony
to ceremony all day.]</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">May – there was a large ceremony for all graduates that included PhD hooding ceremony AND college specific ceremonies were the other degrees were awarded
(Bachelors, Graduate Certificates, Masters, but NOT PhD). This was usually across two days, although recently these were all in the same day with some creative use of large spaces.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">August – one large (and really long) ceremony for all graduates at all levels, including PhD hooding.</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary J Farmer-Kaiser<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 10, 2021 8:22 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] Commencement Exercises</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">All,</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">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><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">And, more importantly, do you like what you do?</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Thanks in advance for sharing.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Mary Farmer-Kaiser, PhD</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Professor of History</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">University of Louisiana at Lafayette</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="mailto:mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu">mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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