TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-TEXARKANA
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11.08.99.H1    Award of Posthumous Degrees
October 11, 2001
Supplements System Policy 11.08

                                        

1.0GENERAL
 Texas A&M University-Texarkana may award an undergraduate or graduate degree posthumously when a student has substantially completed all requirements for the degree and was in good academic and citizenship standing at the time of death.
2.0CRITERIA
2.1The student must have been enrolled at the university during the semester in which the degree would have been conferred or during two of the three semesters preceding the date the degree would have been conferred. Enrollment in any term of a summer semester is counted as a semester of enrollment.
2.2The student must meet the minimum grade point average requirements specified for the particular degree at the time the degree would have been conferred .
2.3An undergraduate student must be classified as a senior, having completed at least 90 SCH or 80% of degree requirements. A graduate student must have completed a minimum of two-thirds of the courses required for the specific graduate degree.
3.0PROCEDURES
3.1A posthumous degree may be awarded upon the recommendation of the faculty and dean of the college in which the student was pursuing the degree.
3.2 The dean of the college is responsible for reviewing the student's academic record, confirming with the Registrar whether the specified criteria exists, and forwarding the recommendation to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
3.3The Vice President for Academic Affairs will review the recommendation and forward it to the President.
3.4The President will make the final decision on the posthumous awarding of the degree and notify the Registrar through the Vice President for Student and Academic Support Services.
3.5Any exceptions to the rule or procedure on awarding of degrees posthumously must be approved by the President.
3.6Customarily, degrees awarded posthumously will be noted on the commencement program and a member of the deceased student's family will be permitted to participate, upon approval, in the commencement in which the deceased student would have been eligible to participate. The student's diploma will be released or mailed to the person legally authorized to manage the deceased student's affairs.

CONTACT FOR INTERPRETATION: Vice President for Academic Affairs

The Vice President for Academic Affairs is responsible for maintaining this rule.