Requirements for MMG Thesis Committee Meetings One week prior to your annual meeting provide your committee members a one page document describing the progress on your thesis project At the meeting, the following 4 slides will be required and should be presented in order: – Career Development – Scientific Update – Short-term goals accomplished – Current short-term goals Additional slides can be added in between these After the meeting, you should deliver your update, the slides you present, and the signed meeting form to Emily Morran for your permanent file

MMG Thesis Committee Meeting: Career Development (Date of Meeting) Current putative plan(s) for life after grad school Actions taken toward this goal Plans for future actions Possible barriers/issues to consider What are your career goals, what are your plans to achieve them, what steps have you already taken, and what long term plans are you making? List any changes since last meeting.

MMG Thesis Committee Meeting: Scientific Update Since Last Meeting (Date of Last Meeting) Papers published/submitted/in progress (list titles, authors, your contribution, and status) Grants applied for/awarded Meetings attended/abstracts (meeting name and date, abstract title, poster or talk) Awards/recognition Techniques developed or learned since last meeting

MMG Thesis Committee Meeting: Short term goals accomplished (since last meeting) List experimental/thesis goals presented at last meeting and status

MMG Thesis Committee Meeting: Current short term goals List experimental/thesis goals for the next 6-12 months and include brief description of how you plan to meet each goal that you list.