Fall 2018 DGS Meeting

    September 14, 2018 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in MITC, Room 201

    Fall 2018 DGS Meeting Agenda

    Friday, September 14, 2018

    3:00 – 5:00 PM

    MITC 201

    Welcome and Introductions

    Introductions: 

          Director of Graduate Admissions and Enrollment Management – Shabeer Amirali

          Admissions Counselor – Anthony Harris

          Associate Dean – Barbara Clark

    Graduate Student Council

    2018 – 2019 (Kelsey Kaht, GSC President)

          Graduate Student Appreciation Week

          Coffee with the Deans

          Graduate Student Halloween Party

          Graduate Student Regional Research Conference (GSRRC)

          Dedicated Library Study Lounge for Faculty and Graduate Students

    Services for Graduate Students

          Bronwyn Williams, Director, University Writing Center

          Anna Marie Johnson Library Services 2018 Kornhauser Resources; ThinkIR Brochure; SIGS Grad Fair Handout

          Spring 2019:  English 677:  Graduating Writing in the Disciplines (Andrea Olinger) ENGL 677 Syllabus Draft; English 677 Flyer Spring 2019

    Admission and Academic Policies

    English 601:  Academic Communication in English - ESL Course (Paul DeMarco)

    Funded Student Non-Resident Exception Form (Paul DeMarco)

    Graduate Catalog (Paul DeMarco) November 26, 2018/Landing Page https://catalog.louisville.edu/
    Admission Holds (Paul DeMarco, Shabeer Amirali and Courtney Kerr) Provisional Probation Service Indicator ; Registration Holds 

          Provisional Probation (PPRB )

          Provisional (PROV)

    Onbase Referral Form (Shabeer Amirali and Cheryl Schroader)

    Non-Degree Credit Hours (Barbara Clark) Graduate Catalog Non-Degree

    Transfer Credit Changes (Courtney Kerr)

    Variance Request Process (Courtney Kerr) Variance Request Process

    Recruitment and Diversity

    Diversity web-site (Latonia Craig)

    Recruitment Calendar (Latonia Craig) Graduate Recruitment Calendar 2018

    GRE Workshops (Latonia Craig) GRE Workshops 2018-2019

    SIGS Activities, Events, Initiatives, and Opportunities

    Mentoring Academy (Barbara Clark) Mentor Training Program for Graduate Students

    Strategic Plan (Michelle Rodems)

    PLAN Overview (Michelle Rodems) PLAN Overview

    Graduate Student Appreciation Week (Michelle Rodems) Graduate Student Appreciation Week

    Three Minute Thesis (Michelle Rodems) Three Minute Thesis

    DGS Orientation (Latonia Craig)

    Doctoral Hooding and Graduation Ceremony (Courtney Kerr) Save the Date

    Award Nominations (Courtney Kerr) Call for Nomination of Student Awards for December 2018 ; Doctoral Dissertation Completion Award

    Dates to Remember (Courtney Kerr) Dates to Remember