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Graduate Program Directors/Program Assistants Brown Bag. Thursday, January 17 th , 2012. Agenda. Welcome – Dr. Harries Graduate Admissions and Recruitment Update – Dr. O’Connell Candidacy Issues – Dr. Harries ETD Deadlines & Registration – Dr. Harries
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Graduate Program Directors/Program Assistants Brown Bag Thursday, January 17th, 2012
Agenda • Welcome – Dr. Harries • Graduate Admissions and Recruitment Update – Dr. O’Connell • Candidacy Issues – Dr. Harries • ETD Deadlines & Registration – Dr. Harries • ETD Plagiarism Checks – Dr. Harries • Presidential Fellowships – Dr. Harries • In the News • Open Forum • Adjourn
Candidacy Issues • The policy is that the forms for moving PhD students into candidacy must be submitted before the ‘end’ of the previous semester • One issue that has arisen too frequently is that students are registered for Dissertation Hours before being admitted to candidacy – BOG file issues
ETD Deadlines • Remind students that they need to register for graduation by the end of week 6 • Students also need to do the ETD registration before they submit their document to ProQuest • Deadlines for Spring 2013 • Masters – F, March 29th, 2013 • PhD - F, April 12th, 2013 • ETD Workshops: Jan, 30th and Feb. 19th, 2013
ETD Plagiarism • In a nutshell, use either Blackboard or Canvas to make a SafeAssignment/TurnItIn assignment as you would for a course
Presidential Fellowships • Application sent with previous email • Each department can nominate one student
Additional Reminders and Changes in Deadlines • McKnight Fellowships • CORRECTION: The Dissertation Completion and Signature Research Awards will have a Feb. 15th deadline • Policy Council will be reviewing Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Awards – so deadline for those is May 1 • Next Meeting: Feb. 28th, 2013
SPEAK Test and Spoken English Course • Now overseen by Academics • Score of 50 needed to be an instructor of record • Course to be offered in Spring semester: T, Th 3:30-4:45 (starting Jan. 22nd)
Items in the News • http://chronicle.com/article/Putting‐Dissertation‐Online/136275/?cid=gs&utm_source=gs&utm_medium=en • http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-Is-a-Means-to/131316/ • http://chronicle.com/article/The‐Alt‐Ac‐Track‐ Careers/136505/?cid=gs&utm_source=gs&utm_medium=en