The Advisor Diaries

Dear Diary,

In our office we had just finished another Fall graduation and began to get ready for the Spring semester. I was busy updating records of the graduating seniors when the receptionist came to my desk inquiring about one of my students.

Apparently the student at the window was trying to register for the Spring semester and had a hold on his registration from our office. I looked for his paperwork but couldn’t find it so I decided to double check  our student system and there it was… He had graduated in the Fall semester and didn’t know it! That’s right…I had posted his degree and he was now a graduate of our fine institution. To his credit,  he was working on a couple of  ‘incompletes’ and wasn’t sure if the professors turned in the grade changes in time for the Fall graduation, but they did.

Normally in our office we see students who think they’ve graduated, but actually  haven’t for some reason or another. This was such a refreshing take on things that I had to share it with everyone in our office. In fact, this story made it all the way to the Provost’s office. I was at a meeting with the Provost and he to relayed this story to everyone in the room. Some didn’t believe it, until I raised my hand and assured them it occurred and wasn’t an urban legend. 

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