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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Hello </span>BPHY <span style="color:black">
Graduate Students and BPHY Faculty,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">It is time for BPHY graduate students to plan and complete their Annual Progress Report. A face-to-face meeting with the guidance committee is highly recommended, so that the student can discuss the research progress
and graduation plan with the committee and obtain advice on their performance. The annual progress report must be completed after the meeting or progress discussion.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:red">Starting this year (2022), submission of the Student Annual Progress Report will be done online (hard copy is no longer required).</span></b><span style="color:red">
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<span style="color:black">Here is the process:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Graduate students will schedule their annual committee meetings with their guidance committees. The student must complete a 2-5 page summary of their research progress and send a copy to their guidance committee before their meeting. Upon completing your meeting
or research progress discussion with your guidance committee, you must complete the Student Annual Progress Report form (see the link below) and attach a PDF copy of your research progress report. <o:p></o:p></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="A">
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Link to the APR form: <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=d367261a-6773-4206-8e9e-f71eb8bc521a&env=na3&acct=662bc3a1-ffe6-496e-b95c-f9ce7808bd42&v=2">https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=d367261a-6773-4206-8e9e-f71eb8bc521a&env=na3&acct=662bc3a1-ffe6-496e-b95c-f9ce7808bd42&v=2</a>
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Faculty, at the end of your committee meeting, the graduate student will submit a Student Annual Progress Report.
<b>All signing processes have moved to online (using DocuSign).</b> The student’s major professor/guidance committee chair will select the student’s overall progress and enter the guidance committee’s comments. All guidance committee members, including the
graduate advisor, will print their name and sign the annual progress report. <o:p>
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<span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Once the student, guidance committee members and graduate advisor sign the form, the student services advisor will receive a copy of the report to be filed with Graduate Division.
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<span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">The Annual Progress Reports must be filed by
<u>September 23<sup>rd</sup>.</u></span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto">
<b>Fidel Rivas</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Student Services Advisor<o:p></o:p></p>
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CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="mailto:fidelr@ucr.edu">fidelr@ucr.edu</a> | (951) 827-5688<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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