1. Graduate Program Directors/Program Assistants Brown Bag Thursday, January 17 th, 2012

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 29 th, 2013  PhD- F, April 12 th, 2013  ETD Workshops: Jan, 30 th and Feb. 19 th, 2013

5. ETD Plagiarism  In a nutshell, use either Blackboard or Canvas to make a SafeAssignment/TurnItIn assignment as you would for a course

6. Presidential Fellowships  Application sent with previous email  Each department can nominate one student

7. Additional Reminders and Changes in Deadlines McKnight Fellowships CORRECTION: The Dissertation Completion and Signature Research Awards will have a Feb. 15 th deadline Policy Council will be reviewing Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Awards – so deadline for those is May 1 Next Meeting: Feb. 28 th, 2013

8. 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. 22 nd )

9. Items in the News  http://chronicle.com/article/Putting‐Dissertatio n‐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/Graduate-School-Is- a-Means-to/131316/  http://chronicle.com/article/The‐Alt‐Ac‐Track‐ Careers/136505/?cid=gs&utm_source=gs&utm_me dium=en

10. Open Forum