The Fifth Annual Juniors’ Ball Ceremony: Have It Endured a Crisis? p. 5 If there are any questions, program chairs and I will be happy to address them. Dean of Academic Development, Shairbek Juraev p. 3 High quality undergraduate research has always been one of the major indicators of the success of any university. With this in mind the Academic Policy Committee recently endorsed a decision to transform undergraduate senior thesis into an experience of all graduating students at AUCA.