Monday, May 13-Sunday, May 19, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Graduate College has been asked by the faculty to provide extra marketing for several courses for Summer and Fall 2019. Please check with your graduate coordinator to determine how these classes fit into your degree requirements. Contact the instructor and/or department for more information about the course.

ON CAMPUS THIS WEEK

BGP Assessment Process Discussion [Registration required]

Center for Faculty Excellence | Thurs, May 16, 2019 | 10:00am-11:00am | Olscamp 106

Writing Clear and Challenging Learning Outcomes Workshop [Registration Required]

Center for Faculty Excellence | Thurs, May 16, 2019 | 10:00am-11:00am | Olscamp 106

DISSERTATION/THESIS DEFENSES

Dissertation Defense: Jordan Bounds, “On the Quasi-Isometric Rigidity of a Class of Right-Angled Coxeter Groups”

Department of Mathematics and Statistics | Mon, May 13, 2019 | 10am-12pm | MSC 228

Dissertation Defense: Wentao Ge, “Bootstrap-Adjusted Quasi-Likelihood Information Criteria for Mixed Model Selection”

Department of Mathematics and Statistics | Mon, May 13, 2019 | 10am-12pm | MSC 340

Dissertation Defense: Mohammed Yousef, “Two-Stage SCAD Lasso for Linear Mixed Model Selection”

Department of Mathematics and Statistics | Monday, May 13, 2019 | 4pm-6pm | MSC 302

Dissertation Defense: Mark Zeno, “Housing Partnerships: Understanding Organizational Culture Elements, and Building and Maintenance Strategies Between University Professionals and Private Corporate Developers.”

Department of Higher Education & Student Affairs | Tues, May 14, 2019 | 1pm-3pm | Education 305

Dissertation Defense: Samuel Carolus, “Properties of Higher Order Hochschild Cohomology”

Department of Mathematics and Statistics | Tues, May 14, 2019 | 2pm-4pm | MSC 459

FROM THE GRADUATE COLLEGE

Upcoming event: Career Conversations for Graduate Students will take place on June 1 and June 2, 2019. Attend webinar presentation and participate in roundtable discussions with peers.  [INFO]

Graduate Coordinators, please inform incoming student about the Facebook Group for incoming students.

The Graduate Student Senate Regalia Award  supports graduate students who may need help covering the cost of renting regalia (for Doctoral students) or purchasing regalia (for Master’s students).The deadline for Summer graduates is Monday, June 10, 2019. [INFO]

NEW! We’ve launched a micropodcast for Graduate College updates. Listen online here, on Stitcher, or add the RSS feed to your podcast app.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Graduate Students sought for the 2019-2020 Conduct Committee. Members have the opportunity to review higher-level alleged policy violations for the student code of conduct, in a hearing board format. Applications are due May 20.  [INFO]