Applications are obtainable at the Office
of the Registrar and should be returned to that office after
they have been filled out and stamped by the Bursars Office
showing that the non-refundable fee of $200.00 has been paid
for the doctor degree. Failure to comply with this procedure
may result in the postponement of the granting of the degree.
The payment of graduation fess of any kind,
the listing of the student as a candidate for graduation
in any document and/or invitation either to the graduation
ceremonies or to any other activity related to graduation
exercises shall not be interpreted as an offer to graduate
nor a covenant to that effect. Only the completion of all
requirements listed in the or in any other official University
directive entitles a student to graduation irrespective of
any representation of any kind made by any official o this
University.
Candidacy for graduation will be attained
by the student after the faculty has determined that the
requirements for graduation have been fulfilled. Subsequently,
the faculty will present the degree candidates to the President
of the University and to the Board of Trustees.
Students that have completed the graduate
requirements and paid the graduation fee, but interrupt their
studies, have the right that their payment be considered
effective for four regular semesters or two academic years
from the date of the last semester in which they studied.