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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Below is a list of upcoming important dates and deadlines for graduate students.<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Fall 2019<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">December 13, 2019 -
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Fall 2019 graduate commencement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">December 16, 2019 -</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> First class day for Winter Mini<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Spring 2020<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">January 13, 2020 –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Spring 2020 graduation applications are available online through myLEO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">There are two start dates for Spring 2020 graduate classes:
<b>January 13, 2020 and January 30, 2020</b>. Please check the<br>
</span><a href="https://appsprod.tamuc.edu/Schedule/Schedule.aspx"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:blue">Schedule of Classes</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> to verify graduate course start dates<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">March 27, 2020 -
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Last day for students to defend a final thesis or dissertation<b>
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">April 3, 2020 –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Last day for students to submit a final thesis or dissertation and all related documents to the Graduate School/TDS for those who are planning to graduate in Spring 2020<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">April 3, 2020 –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Last day for departments to submit master’s/specialist comprehensive examination reports for<b>
</b>Spring<br>
2020 to the Graduate School<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">April 24, 2020 –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Last day for students to submit a thesis or dissertation proposal and all related documents for Spring 2020 approval to the Graduate School/TDS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">May 8, 2020 –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> Spring 2020 Graduate Commencement
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Courtney Hocutt</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">|</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Administrative
Associate IV</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Graduate School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><a href="mailto:Courtney.Hocutt@tamuc.edu">Courtney.Hocutt@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, TX 75429-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">903.886.5160
</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">|
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu">www.tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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