<div dir="ltr"><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">***THIS MESSAGE IS FOR ALL CONTINUING PHD STUDENTS***</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"></font></div><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hello PHD Students,</font></div><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Happy Friday! Right now, I am working to clear up student files and have been running into issues especially with grad division. Here are some things I need you all to do in order to not hold you up as you work to advance to candidacy.</font></div><ol start="1"><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Once you complete your written examination, you must submit your results via R'Grad. If you do not record this in R'grad it will cause issues when you move to your next items.</font></div></li><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">You must submit your nomination of the Oral Qualifying Exam Committee in R'Grad and have it approved before taking your Oral Qualifying examination. You must complete this form, preferably one month before taking your exam, but at minimum 2 weeks prior. If you need to make an adjustment to your committee it also must be submitted and approved at least 2 weeks prior to your Qualifying Exam. <b>You are not able to conduct the exam unless this is first approved, or your exam will be voided, and you will need to retake the examination.</b></font></div></li><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px"><b><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:400">You will need to </span>submit the petition in R'Grad for Report of Exam or Degree Requirement for <span style="color:rgb(21,22,24);word-spacing:2.24px">Research Proposal/Grant Application (Written Qualifying Exam)<span style="font-weight:400">. </span>Grad<span style="font-weight:400"> Division will require this as well in order to accept your Oral Exam petition.</span></span></font></div></b></div></li><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Once all the previous conditions are met, you can take your examination. Pass or Fail, your examination must be submitted. You must submit your results in R'Grad within 48 hours.</font></div></li><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">After completing your examination if you have not already done so, nominate your Dissertation Committee. In many occasions students will use the same members from their Oral Qualifying Committee to serve for their Dissertation Committee.</font></div></li></ol><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><div style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>Also, for those of you  who plan to graduate at the end of this quarter</b><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>,</b> please also make sure you read and understand these </span><a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/dissertation-and-thesis-submission" id="m_-6676292636623858264m_8534594189666756942m_8693012580811561349OWAee91bb91-4606-a410-29ae-ee5e610ba259" title="https://graduate.ucr.edu/dissertation-and-thesis-submission" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px">dissertation/thesis submission timelines</a><span style="font-size:12pt"> and these </span><a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/graduation-procedures" id="m_-6676292636623858264m_8534594189666756942m_8693012580811561349OWA150e68b8-0554-b939-4a7a-de2bb95466d7" title="https://graduate.ucr.edu/graduation-procedures" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px">graduation deadlines</a><span style="font-size:12pt">.</span></div><div style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">Lastly, make sure to complete your <a href="https://ucrbsgsac.wufoo.com/forms/re9dhgq1ggb88v/" target="_blank">Dissertation Announcement</a> form. All PhD students must have a mandatory public defense as part of completing their PhD.</span></div><div style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Let me know if you have any questions!  </div></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Please make sure you follow these instructions as the Grad Division is getting increasingly stricter with following their guidelines, and it will result in a hold on your accounts or repeating your examinations.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div></div><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Chris</font></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">M.Ed. Higher Education Administration and Policy</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Graduate Student Services Advisor</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)">1140 Batchelor Hall | CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Programs Advised:</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Biophysics/Statistics/CMDB</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Office Hours</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Wednesday 2pm-3pm</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0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