DGS Meeting - October 5, 2012

    DGS Meeting
    Friday, October 5, 2012
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
    Shumaker Bldg. Rm139


    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 ProgressFinancial Aid PowerPoint Presentation

    2)    Graduate Student Council Concerns - Amerisa Waters  Gallery Night EventGSC Information for DGSes

    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 TeamStudents in Distress

    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

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

    http://louisville.edu/graduate/mentorcenter ,   Year of the Mentor

    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