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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Graduate Students,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Spring Quarter is in full swing, and now is a good time to check your Degree Audit to ensure you are on track to your degree. This applies to MS and PhD students.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are you planning to advance to candidacy or defend your dissertation this Spring or Summer Quarter 2022? If yes, please let me know the proposed date so I can get it on my calendar.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PhD Advancement to Candidacy:</b> check the Graduate Division website for the procedures and forms to nominate the committee, etc. All degree requirements need to be done before you will be advanced.
<a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/regulations-and-procedures#doctoral">Regulations and Procedures | Graduate Division (ucr.edu)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PhD Dissertation Defense:</b> check the Graduate Division website for the timeline, policies, and procedures for the defense process, graduation, etc.
<a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/graduation-procedures">Graduation Procedures | Graduate Division (ucr.edu)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have questions about your specific situation, please let me know and we can review it together in a zoom or in person meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John Herring<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John Herring<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Student Services Advisor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:John.herring@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">John.herring@ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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