<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Dear Graduating Students,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">The following is an explanation of how commencement honors are calculated:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Commencement honors for undergraduate students are based on <u>last</u> semester's cumulative GPA.  Actual honors are calculated after commencement (upon receipt of final grades which are due Wednesday, May 21st).  Students also must complete 36 residency credits (credits completed at SUNY Plattsburgh) graded A-E.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Students in combined programs (BA/MST or BS/MSED) are awarded honors based on their undergraduate cumulative GPA and the first 12 graduate credits completed.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">If your GPA is 3.9 to 4.0, you will graduate summa cum laude.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">If your GPA is 3.7 to 3.89, you will graduate magna cum laude.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">If your GPA is 3.4 to 3.69, you will graduate cum laude.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Graduate students are not awarded commencement honors.<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">If there are questions about your GPA status, please email <a href="mailto:registrar@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">registrar@plattsburgh.edu</a>.  </span></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">
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