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observe the dissertation process. The Dean’s
representative will not participate in the
proceedings and does not have any voting right nor
any signature authority on any of the examination
documents.

5. Defense Approval Deadline

• All doctoral defense approvals must be completed
by the second week in March. Any defense
approval request submitted after the deadline will
not be reviewed for approval for May or December
graduation. All regular doctoral defenses must be
completed by the second week of April. For
approval of December Graduation, all doctoral
dissertation must be submitted on the first week
of November and defenses completed by the
second week of November.

• Any defense that failed to meet the deadlines will
not be included in the list for May or December
graduation.

6. Dissertation Binding

• The dissertation/thesis must be cleared by the
Dean of the Graduate school after it has been
successfully defended and all revisions suggested
by the committee have been made. Once cleared,
students should upload their dissertation/thesis to
ProQuest/UMI with the original copy of the
committee signed sheet. A receipt of payment
must be submitted to the Dean of the Graduate
School before a final clearance and approval will be
granted. After publication and printing, the
dissertation/thesis must be mailed to the Graduate
School, Bowie State University, Center for Business
& Graduate Studies, Suite 1312, 14000 Jericho Park
Road, Bowie, MD 20715. The dissertation/thesis
should not be mailed to the student’s
home/private address. Students will be notified to
pick up their bound copy as soon as it becomes
available.

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