Transcript Sample Title Slide - Missouri S&T Graduate Studies

Council of Graduate Coordinators
and Staff (CGCS) Meeting
March 8, 2013
Agenda Items
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New Grad Admission Application account
Grad Pending Files (weekly reports)
Chancellor’s Fellows Poster Session: Faculty Judges
MDHE Review of PhD Programs at S&T
New Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Stipend X restructure committee
Reminders
Upcoming Events
New Grad Admission Application
Account
• The email address for graduate staff to send
applications/action sheets to is: [email protected]
Grad Pending Files (weekly reports)
– Refer to the weekly enrollment report (from 3/1/13) for FS 13
– Need to address the pending files and admitted students issues
Chancellor’s Fellows Poster Session:
Faculty Judges
– CF Poster session is on March 13 (Wednesday) from 11am-1pm
at the Havener Center Atrium (upstairs)
– Any faculty interested in serving as judges, please get in touch
with Elaine Light
MDHE Review of PhD Programs at S&T
• FS 2013 follow-up of degree program audit by
Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE)
which was conducted during the fall of 2010.
• Meeting with departments to ascertain the progress
and status of the programs since the last review, and
to offer the assistance of my office to help prepare
the response to the upcoming review.
MDHE Review of PhD Programs at S&T
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• Discuss general program issues surrounding time-todegree completion – in particular, barriers that your
program and students may face – and to discuss
services that my office can offer in assistance in this
regard, and more generally.
• Dr. Stephen Clark (Provost’s Special Assistant) will be
helping me.
MDHE Review of PhD Programs at S&T
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Aerospace Engineering, PhD
Computer Engineering, PhD
Computer Science, PhD
Mathematics, PhD
Petroleum Engineering, PhD
Dissertation Completion Fellowship
• Dissertation writing can become easier if the student
is given the opportunity to focus on writing and not
worry so much by the GTA/GRA duties.
• Could help in the time-to-degree metric
• Could be a good retention tool
• My office is willing to explore this option. Please let me
know if you would like to collaborate in this effort.
Stipend X restructure committee
• Many elements to be considered in the Stipend X
restructure model including (but not limited to) the
following:
– Inclusion of tuition and fees for GRAs as separately
budgeted line items in their extramural funding proposals.
– “Tiered + Range” Stipend Structure
For each tier, a salary range is specified. The tiered + range structure can be
used to make competitive offers and also reward current graduate students
with demonstrated results.
- Health Insurance, etc.
Stipend X restructure committee (contd)
• A small committee is being setup to address the
Stipend X restructure issues
– How should Stipend X be restructured?
– What are the financial implications of Stipend X on the
institution?
– How should the restructured Stipend X model be
implemented at S&T?
• If any of the graduate coordinator is interested
to serve on the committee, please let me
know.
Upcoming Events
Chancellor’s Fellows Poster Session
March 13th 11am-1pm
Havener Center Upstairs Atrium
Chancellor’s Fellows Awards Banquet
April 2nd 6pm-8pm
St. Pat’s Ballroom C- Havener Center
CGCS Meeting
April 12th 12pm-1pm
140 Toomey Hall
For a complete list of events, please visit our website:
http://grad.mst.edu/upcomingevents/
Announcements/Reminders
• The last day our office will accept theses and dissertations for the
1st format check is Monday, April 8th.
• Forms 2/7 and the final library copy of theses and dissertations are
due no later than 4pm on Wednesday, April 17th.
• Those departments who require an MS Comprehensive Exam must
submit Form 3 by Wednesday, April 17th.
Open Items
Thanks for attending.
Next Meeting:
At 12pm
March 8, 140 Toomey Hall