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<p class="p1" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Hello All SSHA Graduate Students,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We hope you all are doing well during this time in the semester. Please note the important dates and deadlines below for the Fall 2021 Semester:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><img width="759" height="449" style="width:7.9097in;height:4.6736in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D7B3BC.C0A48530"></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="p1" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Additional Fall Semester Deadlines and Information:</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Office of the Registrar<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Graduation Application:
</span><a href="https://registrar.ucmerced.edu/forms#Graduation%20Forms"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://registrar.ucmerced.edu/forms#Graduation%20Forms</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">***Please reach out to Office of the Registrar and CC your SSHA Graduate Services coordinator for specific questions regarding registration
and graduation: </span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:registrar@ucmerced.edu"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">registrar@ucmerced.edu</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">
***<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Graduate Division <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Advancement to Candidacy, Application for Qualifying Exam, etc. Forms:
</span><a href="https://graduatedivision.ucmerced.edu/faculty-staff-resources/forms-publications"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://graduatedivision.ucmerced.edu/faculty-staff-resources/forms-publications</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thesis/Dissertation Checklist & Submission Info:
</span><a href="https://graduatedivision.ucmerced.edu/current-students/dissertationthesis-submission"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://graduatedivision.ucmerced.edu/current-students/dissertationthesis-submission</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">***Once forms are completed, please submit all Graduate Division forms to Graduate Services (</span></i><a href="mailto:gradservices@ucmerced.edu"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">gradservices@ucmerced.edu</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">)
and CC your SSHA Graduate Services coordinator.*** <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">SSHA Graduate Services Website<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please visit the SSHA Graduate website </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://ssha-grad.ucmerced.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://ssha-grad.ucmerced.edu/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> for
any general information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please let us know if you have any questions.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Best,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Alexis Quintos, SSHA Graduate Services Student Assistant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase">SSHA GRADUATE SERVICES</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:ssha.grad@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ssha.grad@ucmerced.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase">SSHA GRADUATE SERVICES</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND ARTS</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#999999;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">5200 Lake Road </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#999999">|<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> Merced,
California 95343</span><br>
ssha.ucmerced.edu/graduate </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EEEEEE;letter-spacing:1.9pt;background:#092F44">BUILDING THE FUTURE IN THE HEART OF CALIFORNIA</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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