Graduate School

Graduate School Bulletin

November 14,2023

 

Table of contents

Click on a category name to view that section or click on a headline to read the full announcement.

Building a Graduate Holiday Tradition

Articles of interest

Faculty and Staff

Admissions

Recruitment

Graduate Student Success

Opportunities for Graduate Students

Funding and awards for graduate students

Upcoming Events and Deadlines

 

Building a Graduate Holiday Tradition

The Graduate School invites you to join us for our first annual End of the Semester Celebration on Thursday, December 14th at 5pm in the Morris Family Multicultural Student Center.

This event is sponsored by the Graduate School and Graduate Student Council and is open to all graduate students and graduate faculty to come together and celebrate the end of the semester. The event will include baking activities and will provide an opportunity to celebrate the diverse backgrounds of our graduate students and faculty. Please RSVP your attendance by December 8th.

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Articles of interest

Why are we so squeamish about teaching ‘skills’?

A recent article from The Chronicle of Higher Education about the concept of teaching content over skills. It differentiates the two terms, and how that shift in focus could revive graduate programs. .

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If you come across an article that would be of interest to other graduate programs, please send it to Michael Sellman, Graduate School communication specialist, at msellman@ksu.edu, to have the article featured in a future Bulletin!

 

Faculty and Staff

Graduate faculty and student news on the Grad School website

The Graduate School website homepage now includes a feature that showcases news about graduate faculty and graduate student accomplishments, and other major news about graduate education at K-State. An archive of news stories is also included in the Graduate School website. Prospective graduate students are the top visitors to our website. These news features demonstrate to prospective students the incredible opportunities available to them at K-State.

    • Help us build graduate news stories!

When your department or college works with the Division of Communications and Marketing to publish major news stories about gradaute faculty or graduate students securing research grants, receiving awards, or making advancements in research, scholarly, or creative work, ask that the Graduate School be tagged so that the story will feed into the news feature on our website.

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Non-Hooding Faculty Commencement Participation

Faculty are invited to participate in the commencement ceremony on December 8, 2023 at 1pm. As it is customary, we reserve seats in section 6. Please fill out the RSVP survey to indicate your participation in the commencement ceremony. More information is available on the graduation website. For any questions about the ceremony, please contact Miranda Schremmer, mquint@ksu.edu.

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November Know How Session: Processing & Completion of Softdocs/Etrieve

The Graduate School invites you to join us on November 15th for our Know-How session on Processing & Completion of Softdocs/Etrieve. In this session we will cover how softdocs/etrieve forms are processed and completed by the Graduate School and any questions you may have about these processes. This Know How will be held from 11:30am – 1:00pm via Zoom and in Eisenhower Hall, Room 121.

RSVP your attendance by November 14th.

For more information about this event, please contact Miranda Schremmer at mquint@ksu.edu.

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Dr. Yong- Cheng Shi to give presentation titled "Modifying starches, flours, and grains for nutritional and functional properties"

Yong-Cheng Shi, professor of grain science and industry, will make a public presentation titled "Modifying starches, flours, and grains for nutritional and functional properties" at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Leadership Studies Building Town Hall, Room 114. More information is available in the K-State Today article.

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Drop/withdrawal policy and processes and 899/999 hours

Students who need to drop or withdraw from a course must do so by the deadlines stated in the academic calendar. Students who miss the posted deadlines due to extenuating circumstances may appeal for a backdated drop/withdrawal by following the process outlined on the Registrar’s website. This policy also applies to 899/999 hours.

    • Not completing a thesis or dissertation in the targeted semester of graduation is not an extenuating circumstance that warrants a back-dated drop or withdrawal of 899/999 research hours.
    • The purposes of the 899/999 courses is to provide graduate thesis and dissertation students the ability to stay connected with the university for the semester, utilize needed services (such as the library, parking services, etc.) as well as work on their thesis and dissertation while gaining the benefit of being reported to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) and the National Student Loan Database System (NSLDS) as a full-time enrolled student regardless of how many credit hours registered. This benefit assists with keeping student loans in deferment and affords the student the right to be coded as a full-time student whether in 1 credit or 9 credits.

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Upcoming Events and Deadlines

November 15 Know How Session: Processing & Completion of Softdocs/Etrieve
November 30 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award Lecture by Dr. Yong-Cheng Shi, professor of grain science and industry, 2:30pm, Leadership Studies Building Town Hall
December 14 End of Semester Celebration, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, Morris Family Multicultural Student Center
All Graduate School events and deadlines
Doctoral defenses

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Admissions

Change to Fall 2023 semester start date

With the official change to the university Fall 2024 semester start date, the Graduate School is working to reissue I-20s to already admitted students. The Fall 2024 dates are: Reporting 8/9/2024 (date international students should arrive by); start date 8/19/2024 - first day of classes.

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Recruitment

Recruitment Event Funding Grants

The Graduate School is accepting applications for recruitment funding grants. The grants assist graduate programs with hosting spring semester campus visit events for applicants offered Fall 2024 admission to doctoral programs or to the Fine Art terminal master’s degree program.

    • Programs will receive up to $500 per student attending the recruitment event and a maximum of $5,000.
    • Programs will be expected to make the travel arrangements and provide any additional funding necessary to support activities.
    • Complete the online application form by December 1, 2023. As part of the application, programs must upload a single PDF document containing an engagement plan, sample itinerary (1-2 pages), and the estimated budget, including department contribution. The engagement plan should indicate what opportunities the recruits will have to interact with current students and faculty and what activities will be included to orient them to the department, campus, and town.
    • Funding decisions will be made by December 20, 2023.

Please direct questions about recruitment funding grants to Dr. Michael Young, Graduate Faculty Associate in the Graduate School, at michaelyoung@ksu.edu.

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Fall 2024 Nominations – Timothy R. Donoghue Scholarship

The Graduate School is accepting nominations for the Timothy R. Donoghue Graduate Scholarships. The nomination deadline is January 31, 2024.

Funding information: Master's students are awarded a $3,000 scholarship, and doctoral students are awarded a $5,000 scholarship for one academic year. The scholarship may be renewed for a second year.

Nomination guidelines and procedures:

    • Nominees must beginning a K-State graduate program in Fall 2024 and be offered an assistantship.
    • Nominees may be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or international students.
    • Limited funding is available to support up to 20 doctoral and up to 10 masters admitted for Fall 2024.
    • Each graduate program may submit four
    • Nominations are due January 31, 2024. Selected students will be notified by February 17.

Learn more about the scholarship and access the nominations survey.

Questions about the Donoghue Scholarship may be directed to Miranda Schremmer at donoghuescholarship@ksu.edu or 785-532-6191.

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Slate CRM Implementation for Graduate School

The Graduate School continues to work with Carnegie and the slate CRM implementation team. We are finishing up Phase I and have moved on to Phase II, the application.

We began building the structure of the application and what it will look like. We are also currently reviewing the fields and prompts that will need to be created in Slate to collect the data we need in the application.

We are still finalizing source formats (how data is fed into Slate and from where), communication, events, and the Request for Information Form.

The current timeline is as follows:

    • Phase 1- Complete by November 6th
      • Building Records, Forms, Events, and Communications
    • Phase 2- Complete by January 22nd
      • The Application form developed
    • Phase 3- Complete by April 15th
      • Workflows designed
    • Final Implementation goal: April 29th
    • Historical Data Migration into Slate by May 31st

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Graduate Student Success

Spring 2024 graduation without enrolling spring 2024 semester

A student may submit all graduation requirements by December 1, to graduate spring 2024 without having to enroll spring 2024 semester. Please note, for a terminal degree student to participate in fall 2023 commencement, all requirements must have been met by November 10th.

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Graduate students in English and agronomy recognized for outstanding teaching

Two graduate students were awarded the GSC Award for Graduate Student Teaching Excellence. The master’s award recipient is Delaney Sullivan, master’s student in English, Camden, Del. Her major professor is Philip Nel, professor of English.

The doctoral awardee is Endy Lopes Kailer, PhD student in agronomy, Piedade do Rio Grande, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Kailer’s major professor is Charles W. Rice, university distinguished professor of agronomy.

Please read the GSC Award for Graduate Student Teaching press release for more information.

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Opportunities for Graduate Students

International Education Week

Events for International Education Week continue to take place through Nov. 17.

International Education Week, hosted by the Office of International Programs, creates awareness of the global impact K-State offers with engagements through various events during the 10-day event.

International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education. It’s an opportunity for the K-State community to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.

The schedule of events is available on the Office of International Programs website.

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Graduate Students invited to apply for Grad Edge: Leadership Development Program

Graduate students can apply to the Spring 2024 Grad Edge: Leadership Development Program. Participants will work with leadership faculty as well as peers to take on relevant leadership challenges. The application deadline is Dec. 5.

Students interested in the program can read the K-State Today article for more information.

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Save the date for spring 2024 research presentation events

Registration will open soon for the Three Minute Thesis, or 3MT, (to be held Feb 7) and the K-State Graduate Research, Arts, and Discovery Forum (to be held March 20 and 21). Graduate students may present any research completed as part of their K-State graduate program—they do not have to present a completed thesis or dissertation. Stay tuned for more details!

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Funding and awards for graduate students

Homeland Security Professional Opportunities for Student Workforce to Experience Research

The Homeland Security Professional Opportunities for Student Workforce to Experience Research program is currently accepting applications for internships until Dec. 15.

The program is an opportunity for graduate students to gain experience with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and research the agency along with component agencies to enhance research and career goals.

Appointments will run for 10 consecutive weeks from May to July. Interns will be assigned research projects and other technical activities under the guidance of a DHS mentor.

For more information on the program, and instructions on how to apply, visit the program’s zintellect website.

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Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Laboratory Visiting Scientist Program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) Visiting Scientist Program is offering 10-week summer internships for undergraduate and graduate students. Participants will have hands-on experience and individualized research opportunities as they network with top scientists and researchers. They’ll also have access to a unique federal laboratory with state-of-the-art instrumentation. And they can increase their marketability by enhancing their academic and professional preparation.

The application deadline is Jan. 16, 2024. Visit the Homeland Security Summer Internships zintellect website for more information, and to apply.

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Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program open for applications

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is accepting applications for the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program.

The program gives graduate students a chance to advance their master’s or doctoral thesis by utilizing the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the Department of Energy laboratories, industry, and other approved facilities.

Applications can be submitted through the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program zintellect website.

Visit the program website for more information.

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Women pursuing advanced degrees invited to apply for AAUW Fellowships and Grants

The American Association for University Women (AAUW) Manhattan Branch is offering fellowships and grants between $3,000 to $50,000. The AAUW is among the world’s premier sources of funding for women pursuing advanced degrees. In 2022-2023, The Association provided nearly $6 million in fellowships and grants to women and community projects.

The deadline to apply is Nov. 15. For more information, visit the AAUW fellowships and grants website.

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Upcoming Events and Deadlines

November 8-17

International Education Week

November 15

TLC: Assessment Follow-Up (GPD)

November 16

 AgInnovation Best Practice Webinar – A lived Experience Tribal Relations and Natural resources stewardship
November 19-26 Fall Break

November 27

Library Workshop: After Graduation Accessing Research on the Job, 1:30pm – 2:30pm, Zoom

November 29

TLC: Promoting Mental Health (NTK)

December 1

GSC Travel Award Application Deadline for February Funding

December 5

Grad Edge Application Deadline

December 6

TLC: Teaching CHAT

December 8

Graduate School Commencement, 1:00pm, Bramlage Coliseum

December 14

End of semester Celebration, 5:00-7:00pm, Morris Family Multicultural Student Center

December 18

Three Minute Thesis Registration Deadline

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