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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">COMMENCEMENT ELIGIBILITY - (<a href="https://commencement.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-weight:normal">https://commencement.ucr.edu/</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Attention all graduate students graduating in <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Spring 2022 or Summer 2022</span></strong> planning to walk in commencement!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please be sure to submit a <strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Graduation Application as soon as possible</span></u></strong> so that you will be on list
 of eligible participants.  To find the graduation application, please log in to R'Web, click on "Graduation, Grades & Test Scores" and then click "Graduation Application".  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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There are several steps involved in the application, including - on the first screen - choosing the curricula that matches your degree program. On the second screen, you will choose the quarter you plan to graduate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">If you get an error message, you may already have submitted a graduation application. To verify, visit your Student Profile in your R'Web menu and then click on "View Application to Graduate".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PhD and MFA students will participate in the hooding ceremony on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at 9am in the Student Recreation Center.  All other Master's students will participate via their individual college ceremonies. 
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The schedule of ceremonies is available at <a href="https://commencement.ucr.edu/" target="_blank" title="Commencement Schedule"><span style="color:#00748B;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://commencement.ucr.edu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please use this checklist as you are preparing: <a href="https://commencement.ucr.edu/advancedchecklist">
https://commencement.ucr.edu/advancedchecklist</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Sarah Oatman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Administrative Assistant and Graduate Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Department of Political Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">University of California, Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:Sarah.Oatman@ucr.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none">Sarah.Oatman@ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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