Graduate School

Graduate School Bulletin

September 21, 2022

We are replacing the title from Graduate School Newsletter to Graduate School Bulletin to reflect feedback given and to better communicate information from the Graduate School to Graduate Dept. Heads, Graduate Faculty, Graduate Program Directors, Graduate Program Staff, and Graduate Staff.


Table of contents

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

Faculty and Staff

Graduate Student Success

Opportunities for Graduate Students

Funding for Graduate Students

Upcoming Events and Deadlines

 

Faculty and Staff

Sarah Tortella joins the Graduate School as the new Director of Recruitment. Tortella’s career spans 18 years in engagement, recruitment, and talent acquisition across government, nonprofit, and private sectors.

As Director of Graduate Recruitment, Tortella will work collaboratively with the academic units, the K-State campuses primarily on supporting units and the Graduate School team members to:

    • Develop a graduate strategic recruitment and admission plan that are in alignment with the university SEM and Graduate Schools’ goals.
    • Lead the implementation of the Graduate SEM plan by coordinating tactics with academic programs’ recruitment efforts using data informed analysis
    • Oversee operations management and admissions
    • Assess graduate recruitment/admission practices to identify best admission practices that support DE&I effort
    • Plan and implement ongoing training sessions for graduate program coordinators in best practices in graduate recruitment and admissions processes, as well about changes in higher education that impact recruitment

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We are replacing the title for these sessions from brown bag to "Know How: Graduate School conversations" given the racial and classist history surrounding the term “brown bag” (for more information seehttps://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/question/2014/february.htm)

The Graduate School invites you to join us on September 21st for a refresher on the Graduate School’s policies and procedures. Location: 121 Eisenhower Hall and via Zoom (https://ksu.zoom.us/j/99919430807, Passcode: GRAD).This session led will:

    • discuss the process to identify policies to be reviewed
    • present the policy review work that the Grad Council is undertaking this academic year, discuss challenges in implementing policies that impact students’ success and students’ progress to graduation (such as admission, incomplete grades, probation, annual student evaluation, and admission)
    • discuss plans on how to address challenges

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

Please RSVP to this event by September 21st 9am.

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The Graduate School invites you to join us on October 19th for an Orientation for New Department Heads and new Graduate Program Directors.

Location: 121 Eisenhower Hall and via Zoom (https://ksu.zoom.us/j/99919430807, Passcode: GRAD).

For information about this event, please contact Bailee at blirwin@ksu.edu or Miranda at mquint@ksu.edu

Please RSVP to this event by October 18th.

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Departments are invited to nominate outstanding graduate student teachers for the GSC Award for Graduate Student Teaching Excellence. This award recognizes one master’s student and one doctoral student who have excelled in teaching. Each award recipient receives a $500 scholarship from the Graduate Student Council and serves as K-State’s nominee for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award. MAGS award winners receive a $750 honorarium and are recognized at the MAGS annual meeting in the Spring.

Nominees must be enrolled in a graduate degree program and have an appointment with teaching responsibilities at K-State during the 2022 calendar year.

October 4 is the deadline for departments to submit nominations to their respective college dean’s office. Each department may nominate one master’s student and one doctoral student.

Visit the award webpage for additional information and nomination materials. Questions about the award may be directed to Dr. Megan Miller, Graduate Student Success Coordinator, at mmmiller@ksu.edu, 532-6191.

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Sept. 21

September Know How: Graduate School conversations, 11:30am-1:00pm, Eisenhower 121

Topic: Policies & Procedures

Sept. 28

Graduate Faculty Orientation, 10:00am-11:30am, Zoom

Sept. 29

Graduate Faculty Orientation, 3:30pm-5:00pm

Oct. 3

Associate Dean's Meeting, 2:00pm-3:00pm, Eisenhower 121

Oct. 4

Deadline for departments to submit nominations to their respective college dean’s office for GSC and MAGS teaching awards

Oct. 18

Deadline for colleges to submit nominations to Dr. Megan Miller (mmmiller@ksu.edu) for GSC and MAGS teaching awards

Oct. 19

October Know How: Graduate School conversations, 11:30am-1:00pm, Eisenhower 121

Topic: Orientation for new Department Heads and new Graduate Program Directors

Nov. 1

Award recipients will be selected by the awards selection committee for GSC and MAGS teaching awards

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Graduate Student Success

The recipients of the University Distinguished Professors Excellence in Doctoral Studies Awards are Kelsey Panfil, doctoral candidate in psychology, Prospect Heights, Illinois; Hannah Quellhorst, doctoral candidate in entomology, Lebanon, Indiana; and Carlos Pires, doctoral candidate in agronomy, Brazil.

The awards recognize doctoral candidates who have shown exceptional achievement in graduate studies and demonstrate excellence in scholarship through publications and other accomplishments appropriate for their academic field. The University Distinguished Professors Group has established a set of guidelines and criteria for the evaluation of candidates and partners with the Graduate School to coordinate the selection process. Read the full news release recognizing this year’s award winners here.

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Lafene Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), has partnered with Lifeworks My Student Support Program (Lifeworks My SSP) to offer all K-State Students free mental health and well-being support. This includes:

      • 24/7 real-time, confidential mental health support services for everything from an immediate crisis to everyday concerns, via phone and online/app chat.
      • Counseling from trained, master's-level, multilingual clinicians. Counselors who speak Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, French and English are available 24/7. Other languages by appointment, depending on availability.
      • On-demand support — whenever, wherever — as many times as they need it, with no appointment necessary.
      • Free access to LIFT, a fitness app.

To learn more, watch the My SSP app tutorial video and download the My SSP app. For additional questions contact Lafene CAPS at counsel@k-state.edu

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As students are entering this phase of the semester, please remember that the Program of Study (POS) is to be submitted for full time students at the end of their second semester and for part time students, at the completion of 9 credit hours. Having a program of study in place early in the student’s graduate career provides a roadmap to support timely degree completion. When assisting students with developing their program of study, please follow requirements outlined in the Graduate Handbook.

For questions or more information, please contact Angela Pfizenmaier at akt@ksu.edu

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Opportunities for Graduate Students

Research and the State is a multi-disciplinary research forum that encourages graduate students to focus on effectively communicating their work to diverse audiences. Ten presenters will be selected to represent K-State at the annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit where they will present their posters to state legislators and the public.

Registration for Research and the State is now open and will close September 30. Registration is available on the Research and the State webpage. Please encourage your students to participate in this event.

For direct questions, please contact Dr. Megan Miller at mmmiller@ksu.edu

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K-State Career Center is hosting a three-day career fair from 11am – 4pm CDT. This is an in-person event held in Bramlage Coliseum. The schedule for the career fair is as follows:

Tuesday, Sept. 20th – Agriculture, Business, Arts and Sciences, Health and Human Sciences. Click to view day one map.

Wednesday, Sept. 21st – All Majors. Click to view day two map.

Thursday, Sept. 22nd – Engineering, Technology and Aviation. Click to view day three map.

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Graduate students who are writing a thesis, dissertation, or report are encouraged to attend this session for guidance on using the ETDR formatting templates. The session will be held via Zoom on Sept. 26 from 1:00-2:30pm. Learn more about the session.

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Join K-State Libraries every Monday from 1:30pm – 2:30pm, for The Library and Your Research, a free workshop series co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Council that helps graduate students enhance and professionalize their scholarly pursuits.

Sept. 26th – Managing Citations and References, register here.

Oct. 3rd – Copyright, your ETDR and Publishing, register here.

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A common challenge with making writing progress is simply making the time and getting started. The Graduate School is partnering with the Department of English and the Writing Center to host a Grad Student Writing Group, which will provide a time and space for grad students to work on writing projects. The first group will be held Sept. 29, 1:30-3:30pm, in room 121 Eisenhower Hall. Students should bring a laptop, pen and paper, or whatever they need to support their work and are welcome to come for as much or as little of the session as needed. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Writing workshop recordings available – Students who were unable to attend the “Acclimating to American Graduate-Level Writing” and “Graduate-Level Writing” workshops earlier this semester may access recordings of these sessions from the GSC Professional Development website.

For more information or questions, please contact the Dr. Megan Miller at mmmiller@ksu.edu

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The Graduate School, Office of Research Development (ORD), and Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships are partnering to offer two informational sessions for graduate students to learn about graduate fellowship opportunities. The final session of this series, “Identifying Graduate Research Fellowship Opportunities,” will be held Sept. 28, 3:30-5:00pm via Zoom. Information and registration is available on the GSC Professional Development webpage.

    • Previous session recordings available – Students who were unable to attend the “Pathway to the Presidential Management Fellowship” and “NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Information Session” earlier this semester may access recordings of these sessions from the GSC Professional Development website.

For more information or questions, please contact Dr. Megan Miller at mmmiller@ksu.edu.

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Funding for Graduate Students

October 1, 2022 is the application deadline for graduate students to be considered for a GSC travel award for conferences or other professional activities that have a start date anytime in December. NOTE: Graduate students who plan to give a presentation at a conference but are not informed if their presentation submission has been accepted prior to the GSC travel award application deadline, are still expected to apply for the travel award by the deadline. In the application, they should indicate that they plan to give a presentation. If allocated a travel award, the award will be contingent upon the student providing verification that their presentation was accepted for the conference.

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The Graduate School will now be awarding five scholarships each Fall and Spring semester for the Graduate Student Child Care Scholarship. This scholarship serves to relieve some of the financial burden of child care expenses, facilitating degree progress of graduate students who are raising families. Five scholarships up to $1,000 each will be awarded each Fall and Spring Semester. Please encourage students to apply.

The application will open on October 1st, 2022 and the deadline to submit an application for the Fall semester is October 17, 2022. For more information and the application process, please, visit the website.

For questions about the Graduate Student Child Care Scholarship, please contact Dr. Megan Miller at mmmiller@ksu.edu.

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Sept 20-22

K-State All University Career Fair, 11:00am – 4:00pm, Bramlage Coliseum

Sept 26

EDTR Templates Training Session, 1:00pm – 2:30pm, Zoom

The Library and Your Research: Managing Citations and References, register here

Sept 28

Identifying Graduate Research Fellowship Opportunities, 3:30-5:00pm, register here

Sept 29

Writing Group, 1:30-3:30pm, Eisenhower 121

Sept 30

Research and the State registration deadline

Oct 1

Deadline to apply for GSC travel award for professional events that begin anything in December

Oct 7

Deadline to complete KSIS graduation application for name to appear in commencement program

Oct 17

Deadline for Fall Graduate Student Child Care Scholarship

Nov 1

Deadline to apply for GSC travel award for professional events that begin anytime in January

Nov 11

Deadline to complete all degree requirements, submit signed exam and ETDR ballots, and submit ETDR

Nov 18

Deadline to submit graduate certificate completion

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