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2 The Voice, For Students, By Students I Octobers, 2011 | www.fsuvoice.com | send news tips to the editor; thevoice.fsu@gmail.com Making the deadline for graduation by Chamell Harris Features Editor Job applications are not the only thing upperclassmen need to fill out this fall. “We are the gate keepers,” says Jas mine Coleman, administrative support associate of the registrar’s office: Her job is simple. It is to help students graduate. When it comes to graduation, the Regis trar’s Office makes sure that all the techni cal work and paperwork is taken care of, so students can graduate. Students graduating in May should start their application process im mediately. The deadline for those graduating in Spring 2012 is Jan. 30. There are three parts to completing the pro cess: the application, the application fee and the audit. These three things must be submit ted at the same time in order to be processed by the registrar’s office. The application, available online, is the first step of a long process of making sure students graduate from Fayetteville State in the students’ prospective time frame. The fee is $50 dollars. It pays for the stu dents’ name to be printed on the graduation ceremony’s program, among other celebra tory things. The degree audit is the most important of the steps. “The degree audit is the official processing of the academic material,” said Mrs. Cole man. She mentions that the audit is done through the individual departments. The de gree audit can be printed from the FSU web site as well, if students want to use that to track their progress. The office of the registrar is just that, the gatekeepers. In charge of making sure every thing gets done from the department chairs down to the advisors, and finally to the stu dents. While the application process hasn’t been the main reason why students get held back a semester, the process that students need to follow in order to complete this transaction is one of the biggest issues when it comes time to cross the stage with a diploma in hand, courses and credit hours as assigned in the undergraduate catalogue. “It all goes back to the catalogue,” said Mrs. Coleman. The undergraduate catalogue on the FSU website is the first place students are directed to whenever they have a question or concern about courses. The catalogue outlines all the See, GRADUATION, Page 3 Correction In the September 21 edition, it was incorrectly reported in an article that Tim Pawlenty en dorsed Rick Perry as the Republican nominee. In fact, Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney. The Voice regrets this error. CONTACT US: NEWS, STORY TIPS: 910-672-2210, TheVoice.FSU@gmall.com Come by and see us: Rm. 241 Rudolph Jones Student Center Features Editor Charnell Harris, charri129@broncos.uncfsu.edu Design Editor Stacey Robinson, srobins9@uncfsu.edu Web Editor Nike Pascal, npascal@broncos.uncfsu.edu Distribution Manager Jennifer Lucas, jlucas2@broncos.uncfsu.edu Advertising Director: Sabrina Spencer, sspence5@broncos.uncfsu.edu Adviser Professor Kevin M. Dilley, kdiliey@uncfsu.edu MEET THE STAFF Staff Writers Nathalie Rivera, April Love, Jasmin Sessoms, Matthew Campbell, Erin Lawson, Tiffiney Lee, Mashawn Corbett Staff Photographers: Jennifer Lucas, Jan-ed Harris, Shakieviea Gilchrist, Jeffery Pearson, Robert Johnson, Antonio Monroe, Rasheed McLain, Leland Walker, Eldon Alfrod Staff Illustrator: Jovian Turnbull Copy Editor: Anna Lee JOIN US ONLINE: Twitter: http://twitter com/fsuvoice Facebook: Fayetteville State University;s The ' Voice Newspaper News alerts: www. fsuvoice.com VISION CENim A NATK^WI VISION EYECARE CBsfTER tOCATED ONI.Y IN WAL-MART Paal GuUotti Store Manager 1550 Skibo Rd. Fayetteville, NC 28303 Phone (910) 868-8727 Fax (910) 864-9254 Now accepting FSU student insurance for glasses and contacts. Bring in this ad for a FREE cleaning cloth. ASHLEY FURNiTURE % Cynthia Ree^ 910-916-1533 Sales PjrafelsiS 5075 Morganton SB. Fayetteville, NC 28314 866.268.69S9 (customer care) OttjrStort tocMtonni MC:. Charbtte, NC . Mattbew*, MC H€. . Concord. NC * HC NC . Qtmmrnt, BC * S€. SC ♦ Aammfci GA
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