Certifying students for graduation

The method used for certification differs by certifier and level.

The Major/Minor Certification tool is used by schools to verify that undergraduate major/minor requirements have been met. Major/minor certifiers are faculty.

Using the Major/Minor Certification tool to certify degree completion (faculty)

The Commencement tool is used by NTC to record preliminary, final, and partner degree certification checks of the NTC Core Curriculum and review major/minor certification. We also call this the “Degree Cert tool”.

Certifying students for graduation (NTC)

Certifying students for graduation (SoPA)

Certification in SZADEGR is used by graduate directors or other school administrative staff to certify graduate students for graduation. NTC also uses SZADEGR to certify graduates once they have verified all undergraduate degree requirements have been met as well as indicating honors.

Certifying degree completion (SZADEGR)

Students apply for graduation online via Gibson. Students not currently enrolled should submit a paper/PDF application.

The student’s curriculum, program and field of study in Banner must be the same as the curriculum on the online application for degree.

List of degree certifiers

School	Program	Certifier	Email

School	Program	Certifier	Email
Architecture	GR AR	Sonsoles Vela	svela@tulane.edu
Architecture	GR AR	Emilie Taylor Welty	etaylor2@tulane.edu
Architecture	UG AR	Allison Cruz	acruz5@tulane.edu
Business	GR BS	John Silbernagel	jsilber@tulane.edu
Liberal Arts	GR SLA	Ann Schumacher	aschumac@tulane.edu
Law		Del Kirkpatrick	dkirkpatrick@tulane.edu
Law		Cathy Hayes	chays1@tulane.edu
Medicine	MD	Allys Dierker	adierke@tulane.edu
Medicine	GR MED	Zylkia Lozano	zlozano@tulane.edu
SoPA		Hope Anderson	hope@tulane.edu
SoPA		Micahla Williams	mwilli2@tulane.edu
SoPA		Lanaya Picquet	lanaya@tulane.edu
Public Health	GR PH	Susan Cantrell	cantrell@tulane.edu
SSE	GR SSE	Janet Morgan	morgan@tulane.edu
Social Work	DSW	Lisa Hawkins	lhawkin1@tulane.edu
Social Work	MSW/MS	Tona Zwanziger	tzwanzig@tulane.edu
Social Work		Lindsay Fields	lfields3@tulane.edu
NTC		Dolores Hemphill	dhemphil@tulane.edu

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