Dear Students,
If you plan on graduating in the summer term, go ahead and file your 
graduation application on Patriot Web <https://patriotweb.gmu.edu> now.  
The deadline to file for summer graduation is March 18.  Visit 
http://registrar.gmu.edu/graduation/index.html for details.  Master's 
students only need to file the online application; Doctoral students 
will have an additional paper application to fill out and submit to my 
office.  I can re-use a paper application from a  previous term if you 
will let me know that you have filed for summer.

Not sure if you will finish up that thesis or dissertation in spring ?  
A good estimate is how far along you are on your writing -- You should 
be finalizing your chapters now and submitting the drafts to your 
committee members for their review.  You should also have tentatively 
scheduled the pre-defense and the public defense dates by the deadline 
to file for summer - two weeks from now.  But be sure to discuss your 
progress with your committee chair in any case.

Bioinformatics students  planning to graduate in spring will need to 
participate in Student Research Day on Tuesday May 3, if you did not 
already participate last semester.  Please contact Tiffany Sandstrum 
([log in to unmask]) for details.

If you have questions please let me know.
thank you,
Diane St. Germain


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Diane St. Germain

Coordinator, Graduate Academic Programs

*Biology, Biosciences, Bioinformatics*

*George Mason University*

MS 5B3, 10900 University Blvd. Manassas, VA 20110

*Phone* (703) 993-4263, *Fax* (703) 993-8976