Due to the widening COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, the Graduate College has temporarily waived the requirement for on-campus participation at preliminary and final examinations for doctoral students.

Effective immediately, the Graduate College will allow preliminary and final examinations to take place fully online by temporarily waiving the current policy requirement that at least the chair and one additional member participate on campus and removing the requirement for students to petition to participate remotely.

We hope this will enable our graduate students to complete this important milestone with minimal disruption.

For more information about doctoral committee and examination policies, please see the Graduate College Handbook.

Please continue to check both the university's COVID-19 webpage and the Graduate College's COVID-10 webpage frequently for updates and resources.