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3. Graduate School Responsibility

 The Graduate School Dean will
introduce the candidate and the
dissertation topic for defense to the
entire examination gathering.
 The Graduate Dean will declare the
dissertation open and leave the
examination under the direction of the
dissertation chair.

4. College Dean Representative

 The Dean of the College in which the
doctoral program resides may send a
representative to 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.

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