USF GRADUATE SCHOOL

Brown Bag Meeting8-11-11

Dr. Rick Pollenz – now Assoc. Dean, Undergraduate Studies And Director of Undergraduate Research

Dr. Peter Harries – new Interim Assoc. Dean

Asst. Dir. Postdoctoral Affairs - vacant

GRADUATE SCHOOL STAFF CHANGES

Academic Policies

August 19, 2011: Friday

Last day to register for Fall 2011 without a late registration fee of $100.

ADMISSIONS

August 22, 2011: Monday Fall 2011 classes begin.

  August 26, 2011: Friday

Last day to process any last minute admits. Last day to pay for Fall 2011 classes and to avoid a $100 late payment fee.

 

ADMISSIONS

September 5, 2011: Monday

Graduate Admissions Office will begin to cancel Open GARs (CN) and MIPs (CP) for

Fall 2011.

ADMISSIONS

September 19, 2011: Monday

Admissions will begin to finalize all Provisional Admits for Fall 2011.

If the pending items are not received, an Admissions Hold (AG) will be placed on the student’s registration for the next semester.

ADMISSIONS

REMINDERS:

When sending Missing Item Packets or Direct Receipt Program GARS, please remember to attach original transcripts and test scores.

A copy of these items should be made for your department file.

ADMISSIONS

Semester

All Graduate Applications

Grad School Fellowships

DeadlinePriority deadline* for admission to

graduate programs & dept

assistantships

Nominees must be admitted

Fall Semester 2012 see program deadline 15-Feb

Spring Semester 2012 see program deadline N/A

Summer Session 2012 see program deadline N/A

Int’l Applications inside US. Need I-20 & visa

Semester Graduate School Int'l application deadlines

(inside US). Earlier program deadlines supersede these.

I-20 processing deadline for admit

decision & all immigration documents (inside US).

Fall Semester 2012 June 1 July 15

Spring Semester 2012 October 15 December 1

Summer Session 2012 February 15 April 1

Int’l Applications outside US. Need I-20 & visa.

SemesterGraduate School Int'l application deadlines (outside US). Earlier program deadlines supersede these.

I-20 processing deadline for admit

decision & all immigration documents

(outside US).Fall Semester 2012 May 1 June 15

Spring Semester 2012 September 15 November 1

Summer Session 2012 January 15 March 1

Application Deadlines:

Published Application Deadline- final or priority?

Application processing deadline – your program will be removed as a choice on the application for the term selected by the applicant – can be later than Published Application Deadline to allow for space-available admits.

ADMISSIONS

How to change Published Application Deadline:

To push application deadline into the future: Need approval by your College & the Graduate

Council; then change can be immediate. To push application deadline earlier: Change must go through the regular catalog promulgation process for the next catalog. 

ADMISSIONS

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) – Planning Grant

Partners: University of Central Florida (prime), Florida Education Fund (McKnight sponsors), Valencia CC, and Hillsborough CC

Broaden the pathways to the professoriate by creating an academic/social support net

Underrepresented Minority Students (URM) in STEM fields

GRADUATE SCHOOL RESEARCH

The Graduate School received $125,000 from the Sloan Foundation

Goal: to enhance success of underrepresented minority students (URM) in STEM fields

Grad School will hire a faculty member at 0.5FTE to lead the grant efforts: improve recruitment, coordinate proposal writing, provide workshops on URM student success

GRADUATE SCHOOL RESEARCH

Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL)

USF has become a core institutional member in the CIRTL network of 25 universities

Network sees graduate education as the nexus for preparing future STEM faculty & advancing STEM undergraduate education. CIRTL seeks to prepare future STEM faculty to be both superb researchers and excellent teachers.

CIRTL will apply for NSF funding for the Network in January 2012.

GRADUATE SCHOOL RESEARCH

QUESTIONS?