Council of Graduate Coordinators and Staff October 11, 2016 CGCS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Council of Graduate Coordinators and Staff October 11, 2016

CGCS Agenda > Graduate Funding Implementation > Graduate Leadership Development Program (GLDP) > Academic Dishonesty > Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Winners > Reminders/Announcements

New Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship > For domestic doctoral students > Nominated by department > $10,000 fellowship annually (ON TOP of 50% FTE and tuition/supplemental fees included with that appointment) > Remittance of dedicated fees (IT, activities, health center fees) > 4 years for students with a Master’s, 5 years for students with a bachelor’s > Application will open in November for students starting in 2017

New GRA/GTA/GA Funding > Any PhD student on a 37.5% FTE GRA/GTA/GA appointment or higher AND any MS student in a non-PhD granting department on a 37.5% FTE GRA/GTA/GA appointment or higher appointment will receive: – Remittance of tuition – Remittance of supplemental fees

New Funding Handouts > Respond with any comments by Friday, 10/21 – Email vpgs@mst.edu

Graduate Leadership Development Program > Information session held yesterday (Monday, 10/10) > Applications due Monday, 10/17 by 8am > More information can be found: http://grad.mst.edu/currentstudents/gldp/

Academic Dishonesty: AY 2015-2016 > 11 total cases reported – Plagiarism – 3 students – Cheating – 8 students > Resolution Method: – Informal Disposition – 11 students > Sanctions (Note: one student can have multiple sanctions assigned): – Knowledge Acquisition and Written Reflection – 8 students – Ethical Exploration Module – 9 students – Other – 1 student

Academic Dishonesty: AY 2015-2016 Plagiarism 27% Cheating 73% PhD 18% Female 27% Male MS 73% 82%

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) > Preliminary and Semi-Final Rounds held 10/5 > Final Round held 10/6 > 30 students participated – 6 finalists: > Joshua Heck (Mech. Eng., MS) – 1 st Place > Michelle Gegel (Mech. Eng., PhD) – 2 nd Place > Jatin Mehta (Chemistry, PhD) – People’s Choice > Lizzette Perez-Lespier (Eng. Mng., PhD) > Keerthana Pamidimukkala (Elec. Eng., MS) > Zuhair Al-Jaberi (Civil Eng., PhD)

REMINDERS, DEADLINES, AND UPCOMING EVENTS GLDP Applications Due > October 17, 8am – Learning about EndNote > October 19, 12pm, 103 Library – Graduate Family Halloween Party > October 21, 1-4pm, Puck – Last day to submit a thesis/dissertation for 1 st format check > October 31 – Social Networking for Graduate Students > November 4, 12pm, Shamrock, Havener – Form 2/7 and final copy of thesis/dissertation > November 9 – Learning about iThenticate > November 16, 12pm, 102 HSS – Thesis/Dissertation Boot Camp > November 28 – December 2 –

Thanks for attending! Next meeting: MONDAY, November 14, 12pm 140 Toomey Hall