{"id":287,"date":"2019-09-06T15:53:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2022-04-05T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:05:15","slug":"posthumous-degree-award-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/policies-pertaining-to-students\/posthumous-degree-award-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Posthumous Degree Award Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 70%\">*Any department, office or individual notifies the Registrar\u2019s office upon learning of the death of a student.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 70%\">*The Registrar\u2019s office checks the academic status of the student and forwards the case to the Provost.<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If the student is matriculated and has completed graduation requirements, the University issues a (Departments and Deans may authorize substitutions in order for requirements to be met.)<\/li>\n<li>The Provost authorizes the printing and issuing of the diploma.<\/li>\n<li>If the student is matriculated and has completed at least 90 credits, the University may issue a Certificate of Academic Achievement. The Provost considers the circumstances of the death, and the student\u2019s academic standing and the benefit to WCSU in making the decision.<\/li>\n<li>Consults with Department Chair and others as necessary<\/li>\n<li>Makes a recommendation on whether to issue a Certificate of Academic Achievement Authorizes the printing\/issuing of a certificate.<\/li>\n<li>Certificate looks like a diploma and is signed by the President, Provost and appropriate Sets up a meeting for a brief ceremony and\/or sends a letter to appropriate survivors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 70%\">*Departments may have their own polices on terminally ill students or students who die before they complete 90 credits. \u00a0These policies should include consultation with the appropriate Dean.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Departments may issue their own Certificate of Achievement. Publication and Design will have a template for consideration and use. Such certificates may be signed by the Chair and Dean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Senate Approved 4\/19\/06, R-06-03-02 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Administrative Approved: 9\/6\/06<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Any department, office or individual notifies the Registrar\u2019s office upon learning of the death of a student. *The Registrar\u2019s office checks the academic status of the student and forwards the case to the Provost. If the student is matriculated and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"parent":256,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}