<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">We are a community college and hand the diploma cover along with a congratulations letter signed by the president. Both one-year certificate and associate degree students may participate in commencement.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Connie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 10:14 AM Jennifer Nippert via OACRAO <<a href="mailto:oacrao@lists.osu.edu">oacrao@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal">We are looking into making a few changes with regards to our diplomas and commencement ceremony and wanted to reach out to see what other institution’s practices were.  We are a 2-yr college and in addition to associate degrees, we also
 have one-year certificates that students can earn either along with their 2-yr degree or just on their own.  Here are the questions I have:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-3857675942303895795MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><u></u>For institutions that do not hand out the actual diplomas at commencement, what is given to students (if anything) as they cross the stage?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-3857675942303895795MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><u></u>For institutions who award one-year certificates, if a student has
<u>only</u> earned a certificate are they allowed to participate in commencement ceremony?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span>a.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><u></u>If so, is their certificate handed to them as they cross the stage?<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span>i.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">      </span></span><u></u>If no, what is given as the student crosses the stage?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer Nippert<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Registrar<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">740-699-3818<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jnippert@belmontcollege.edu" target="_blank">jnippert@belmontcollege.edu</a>
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