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Posthumous Degree

Name: SUNY Niagara
Address: 3111 Saunders Settlement Rd, Sanborn, 14132, United States
Telephone: 716-614-6222

The college may award a degree and/or certificate posthumously in recognition of a student’s work and satisfactory progress towards a degree and/or certificate at the time of death.

The following guidelines and restrictions apply:

The student must have been matriculated in a degree or certificate program at the time of their death.
A written request for the awarding of a posthumous degree must be submitted by a family member, survivor, legal representative, or College faculty or staff member (with agreement from the student’s family member) to the Records Office. The request should include the student’s full name, degree/certificate program, and any supporting documentation (death certificate or equivalent) regarding the student’s death. The request will be reviewed by the Registrar and forwarded to the Office of Academic Affairs for final approval.
The student must have been in good academic and conduct standing at the time of their death.
For a certificate, the student must have completed a minimum of 50% credits toward their certificate.
For an Associate degree, the student must have completed a minimum of 30 credits toward their degree with at least 6 completed at the College.
The college President may approve exceptions for cases that do not meet the above criteria.
Academic honors will be awarded with a posthumous degree as applicable.