Directors of Graduate Studies Meeting

October 5, 2012

DGS Handbook

Q & A session with SIGS Dean Candidate, Dr. Beth A. Boehm, Introduction: Dr. Richard Baumgartner

Agenda

1)    SAP and other Financial Aid questions - Angela Black

        Satisfactory Academic Progress

        Financial Aid PowerPoint Presentation.ppsx

2)    Graduate Student Council Concerns - Amerisa Waters

        Gallery Night Event.jpg

        GSC Information for DGSes.pdf

3)    What to do when you think a graduate student has mental health or other issues - Student CARE Team, Michelle Clemens & Kathy Pendleton:

        Student Care Team

        Students in Distress.pdf

Helpful links:

        The Aurora Shooting and Lone-Wolf Grad Students

        Colleges Struggle to Respond to Graduate Students in Distress

4)    Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First Century: Reading Group for directors of doctoral programs - Beth Boehm

        DGS Reading Group 2012.pdf

5)    Other Mentoring Events and the Mentor Center website - Amy Lueck and Michelle Rodems

        http://louisville.edu/graduate/mentorcenter

        Year of the Mentor.pdf

6)    PLAN events for Fall - Michelle Rodems

        http://louisville.edu/graduate/plan

7)    Policy issues: 
        Non-degree admissions;  tuition for on-line courses - Beth and Paul
        Provisional and Special Condition Admits (flags and follow-up) - Libby

8)    Admissions Training for new DGSes and Program Assistants - Christian

9)    Fellowship program moving to paperless - Paul

10)  Student Honors and Awards for December 2012 - Jenny

        Graduate Honors Call for Nominations December.pdf