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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">If you plan on graduating (at any point), please read this…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please file for degree candidacy the term prior to when
<span style="color:#44546A">you </span>plan to graduate</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span>(preferably, <i>not required</i>, after <span style="color:#44546A">you</span> have registered for
<span style="color:#44546A">your </span>final term). Students DO NOT need to have their CLEP or other pending transfer coursework in the system to file<span style="color:#44546A">. If you wait to receive CLEP or transfer credit work you may incur a
</span>$50 late application fee. <span style="color:#44546A">Your major advisor and graduation services advisors will make notes on your application to indicate pending coursework and put you in the cue to participate in graduation.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Degree Candidacy application deadlines to avoid late fee:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">February 1 for May and August (summer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">September 1 for December and January (winter)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*If the deadline falls on a weekend it defaults to the following business day on Monday (i.e. Feb. 1 this year fell on a Saturday so the deadline was Feb. 3). I will keep you apprised of any changes (we are lucky to have Julie in our office
– we get update notifications quickly).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nancy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Nancy G. Rodriguez-Lorta, M.Ed. | Assistant Director - Advising, Orientation and Retention<br>
UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Office of Career & Academic Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Forbes Building, Room 211 | PO Box 210036 |Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Phone: (520) 621-3616 | Fax: (520) 621-8662<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Twitter: @CALS_UA | Website: cals.arizona.edu/cas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#404040">To schedule an appointment call (520) 621-3616<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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