{"id":1963,"date":"2019-01-07T21:14:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T05:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/provost\/?page_id=1963"},"modified":"2024-04-26T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T22:03:41","slug":"degree-completion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/provost\/degree-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|16px||16px|false|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1200px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; 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