New Effective Date procedures on Student Program Plan page

Following the PeopleSoft upgrade, a change was made to how effective dates are used on the Student Program Plan page once a student applies to graduate. The Effective Date for the “DATA” row added when a student applies to graduate now defaults to the current date, rather than the first day of the term. Staff should also use the current effective date for any changes that take place after the student has applied to graduate. Continue to use the first day of the term for Program Plan changes (major/minor declarations, sub-plan additions, etc.) when they occur prior to the student applying to graduate.