Fall 2021 DGS Meeting
Fall 2021 DGS Meeting Agenda
Friday, October 15, 2021
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Belknap Academic Building, Room 129
Graduate Student Council
2021 – 2022 (Anya Trell, GSC President)
Services for Graduate Students
Bronwyn Williams, Director, University Writing Center
Admission and Academic Policies
Admission Application (Beth Boehm/Shabeer Amirali)
- New non-cognitive and diversity questions on the graduate application.
- Programs specify whether they want students to address specific non-cognitive questions.
Application for Degree Deadline (Beth Boehm)
Enrollment in semester of graduation (Beth Boehm)
Doctoral defense notification (Beth Boehm)
- In person.
- Virtual will provide information only. Provide name of person to contact if interested in attending virtual defens
Rules to Advise By (Beth Boehm)
Recruitment and Diversity
Diversity scholarship/supplement (Tamekka Cornelius)
- New criteria for applying to/receiving supplement (self-nomination)
Recruitment
DGS Orientation (Tamekka Cornelius)
PLAN Professional Development
PLAN Professional Development (Michelle Rodems)
Alumni FellowTalks (Michelle Rodems)
Graduate Student Appreciation Week (Michelle Rodems)
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) (Michelle Rodems)
Graduate School Initiatives, Activities, Events, and Opportunities
Admission Dashboards (K.B. Kulasekera/Chandler Hora)
Department/Unit Teaching Award for GTA’s (Beth Boehm)
New Master’s Tuition Award (Paul DeMarco)
Graduate Writing Across the Disciplines (Spring ENGL 677) (Beth Boehm)
Doctoral Hooding and Graduation Ceremony (Courtney Kerr)
Dates to Remember (Courtney Kerr)