Procedure No.:   12.001 (was 22.001)

Page No.:        1 of 1

Date Issued:     04/17/01

Issued By:       Bill Jones

PURPOSE:

Establish guidelines for awarding degrees posthumously.

POLICY:

At the request of a parent or spouse, Ohio University may award a baccalaureate degree posthumously to a student providing the student was in good academic standing at the time of death, in a degree program, and, for a baccalaureate degree, had entered his/her senior year at the time of death. An associate degree may be awarded posthumously to the student in good academic standing who had entered the second year of the associate degree program and had completed at least 64 quarter hours of credit.

PROCEDURES:

The family member must make this request to the student's academic dean (the dean actually could suggest this possibility to the family if he/she wishes). The academic dean (Athens campus dean for baccalaureate degree and some associate degrees or appropriate regional campus dean for most associate degrees) must send a memo to the Office of the Registrar asking that the degree be awarded posthumously as of the appropriate graduation date.

The Office of the Registrar will waive the application fee.

The diploma can be given to the academic dean (or to whomever else seems appropriate) for presentation in a private gathering as a special gesture to the family. Upon the request of the academic dean, the Office of the Registrar will make a special effort to get the diploma early.

Dick Piccard revised this file (http://www.ohiou.edu/policy/s12-001.html) on February 27, 2003.

Please E-mail any comments or suggestions to "polproc@www.ohiou.edu".