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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear BMSC Graduate Program Faculty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The BMSC Graduate Leadership is requesting a mandatory faculty vote on the Written and Oral Qualifying exam completion timeline. The current catalog text/language reflects a mismatch in the deadlines. We are
proposing the alignment of both the written and oral examinations deadlines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This modification will establish an equitable normative timeline for all students.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Exceptions:</span></u></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> the graduate program will consider extensions to the deadline for extenuating circumstances like personal/family emergency on a case-by-case
basis. Students would need to gain approval from the graduate advisor with major professor consultation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Written (Part I) and Oral Qualifying (Part II) Examinations</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Part I</b> is usually completed in the spring quarter of year 2 and no later than the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">fall quarter of year 3 of a student’s graduate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">training.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Part II</b> must be completed <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
no<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">later than the end of year 3</span> of the student’s<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">graduate training.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Written (Part I) and Oral Qualifying (Part II) Examinations</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">(no change to Part I)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Part I</b> is usually completed in the spring quarter of year 2 and no later than the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">fall quarter of year 3 of a student’s graduate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">training.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Part II</b> should be completed <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
by the end of year 2 and no later than the fall quarter of year 3</span> of a student’s graduate training.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please submit your vote by Friday, July 26.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> We will need majority consensus from the entire program faculty to move forward with the proposal being sent to Graduate
Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This is a confidential vote, and names will not be shared with the leadership. Only the vote response will be shared.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We appreciate your time and attention to this request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
Seema</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">School of Medicine, University of California Riverside<br>
Rm 3140, Multidisciplinary Research Building<br>
900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521<br>
Office #: (951) 827-7819<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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