Graduate Student Weekly Update

Dr. Leal's whereabouts: Dr. Leal is doing field research in Puerto Rico. He's still doing Zoom meetings and responding to emails. His access to the Internet will be intermittent so his response may not be immediate.
Free books for the taking: There are books on the second floor of Tucker Hall from Dr. Faaborg's and Dr. Carrel's collections. They include many that address evolution and ecology of spiders and birds.
New graduate course: Equitable College Teaching as Inquiry (LTC 8900-08), "This course will assist you in developing your professional voice as a teacher through action research. Action research is disciplined inquiry on teaching to improve your own teaching and make changes that impact student engagement and learning." The course is open to graduate students from ALL disciplinary areas who are interested in college teaching. Postdocs are also welcome. For more info contact Dr. Marcelle Siegel.
Here's a link to Sandy Gummersheimer's News You Can Use newsletter for this week.

Events this week

June 15 at 6:00 PM: City of Columbia's Family Fun Fests: Juneteenth Jamboree (learn more)
June 16 at 12:00 PM: ACES Seminar: "Boosting Your Career with Graduate Certificate Programs" (Register)
June 16 at 4 PM -- MizzouForward Keynote - Toward Personalized Treatment for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Opportunities for Translational Research. Learn more and register for the Zoom link here
June 18 at 10:00 AM -- Juneteenth Parade in Downtown CoMo (learn more)
June 20- Juneteenth Holiday Observed by MU - No classes

Upcoming Events

June 22 - last day to drop a course without a grade
June 28 - Climate Resilience in Rural Missouri, 3:00 PM, Zoom, -- featuring Zack Miller and Dr. Sullivan (among others). Register and read more at this link.

July 1 - Deadline for Dissertation Year Fellowship Applications
July 4 - Independence Day Holiday - University Closed
July 15 - Priority deadline for M3/D4 and thesis/dissertation materials
July 22 - Deadline for dissertation/thesis materials (late submissions will not be accepted after this date)
July 29 - last day to apply for summer graduation

Sep 5 - Labor Day Holiday – No Classes
Sep 5-Dec 12 - RSVP Open for Grad School December Commencement
Sep 13 - Deadline for the following travel awards: Professional Presentation Travel Scholarship; Dissertation Research Travel Scholarships (post-comp students); John D. Bies International Travel Scholarships; Randall Young Scientists Development Fund
Sep 26 - Last day to drop a course without a grade

Oct 7 - Deadline for GPC Travel Award (for travel between Sep 15-July 15)
Oct 26-Nov 18 - Early registration for spring 2023 by appt for current students

Nov 1 - Nomination deadline for the following: Graduate School Award (only one nomination per department for each award): Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award and Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award; Graduate Faculty Mentor Award; Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies Award
Nov 19-27 - Thanksgiving Recess, begins close of Nov 19

Dec 1 - Nomination deadline for Postdoctoral Faculty Mentor Award
Dec 2 - Priority deadline for M3/D4 and thesis/dissertation materials
Dec 5 - Last day to withdraw from a course
Dec 9 - Reading Day
Dec 9 - Graduation Application final deadlines for December 22 graduates
Dec 12-16 - Final Exam week
Dec 16-18 - Commencement weekend
Dec 20 - Grades are due in myZou by 5:00 PM

Contact

Dr. Manuel Leal
209 Tucker Hall
Director of Graduate Studies
lealm@missouri.edu

Melody Kroll
218 Tucker hall
krollmm@missouri.edu
(573) 884-4144

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