Graduate School

Graduate School Bulletin

January 24, 2023

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Graduate School Bulletin

January 24, 2023

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

Admissions

Recruitment

Graduate Student Success

Opportunities for Graduate Students

Funding for Graduate Students

Upcoming Events and Deadlines

Faculty and Staff

The Graduate School invites you to join us on February 15th for our Know How session on Admissions & Graduation. This Know How will be held from 11:30am – 1:00pm in Eisenhower 121 and via Zoom. (Meeting ID: 999 1943 0807)

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

Please RSVP to this event by February 13th.

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The Graduate School strives to build a stronger relationship with the department heads to better support graduate programs.

This meeting will be held on January 24th from 3:00-4:00 pm in Leadership Studies, Room 127. Please RSVP by Monday, January 23rd.

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

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The Graduate School is currently working with the Division of Information Technology to migrate our electronic forms from the Decisions workflow tool to Softdocs, K-State’s new enterprise electronic forms and workflow solution. Form development in Softdocs is nearing completion and functional testing will be completed by Graduate School team members in cooperation with Information Technology team members. The Graduate School will provide informational sessions and training to graduate program directors and support staff prior to “go live” for electronic forms in Softdocs. The Division of Information Technology will also add information/instruction articles to the Service Portal Knowledge Base for all university users. The Graduate School will provide updates on progress in the Graduate School Bulletin with information on training to be offered in person and online beginning in February.

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Approval to Schedule Final Examination form - This form, with ALL signatures from the supervisory committee, must be received by the Graduate School at least 10 business days before the scheduled exam. The student submits the form, and then it routes to the committee members for their signature. Therefore, the student needs to submit the form more than 10 business days before the final exam to allow time for the form to route to committee members.

For questions, please contact Angie Pfizenmaier, Lead Degree Analyst, at akt@ksu.edu.

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“Concurrent Degree Programs” have been renamed “Accelerated Programs” last academic year. The Graduate School updated all the names in the Catalog and on our website. When we launched this change, we also changed the timing of awarding the Bachelor Degree. Now, the Bachelor degree component of the accelerated degree is being awarded when the student completes all the bachelor degree requirements.

We’d like your support with updating the accelerated program’s page on your department’s website with this information (the title and the awarding of the degree). The Graduate School has launched an effort to update the catalog pages to update the awarding of degree information. All changes will show up in the new Catalog.

If you have any questions about this change, please contact Dr. Michael Young, Graduate Faculty Associate, Graduate School at michaelyoung@ksu.edu.

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The Graduate School is calling for faculty, staff and postdoc volunteers to serve as judges at the first round of competition of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT). Previous experience with the 3MT is not required! The time commitment is 1-1.5 hours. If you are interested in assisting with a practice session or serving as a 3MT judge, please complete a brief form to indicate your interest and availability.

Please direct questions about the 3MT to Megan Miller at mmmiller@ksu.edu.

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The Alumni Association is accepting nominations for several awards to recognize outstanding graduating students, including two awards to specifically recognize graduate students: Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service and Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Academics. The nominees must complete their graduate program in May, August, or December 2023. The nomination deadline is February 13. Learn more and nominate students!

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Jan. 24

Graduate Department Head meeting, 3pm - 4pm in Leadership Studies, Room 127

Jan. 25

Mid-Cycle review: Check in sessions for finalizing submission, 10am - 11am, Eisenhower 121

Jan. 31

Nomination deadline for Fall 2023 Timothy R. Donoghue Graduate Scholarship

Feb. 15

Know How: Graduate School Conversations - Admissions & Graduation, 11:30am - 1:00pm, Eisenhower 121

Feb. 21

Associate Dean's Meeting, 9am - 10am, Eisenhower 121

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Admissions

The Graduate School is working hard to process the applications for Spring 2023 as quickly as possible. If you still have domestic applications awaiting a decision for Spring, please submit the program recommendation as soon as possible.

For questions regarding application processing, please direct them to Joe Horan, Graduate Admissions Manager, at jphoran@ksu.edu.

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Departments that wish to pay the application fee for graduate applicants may purchase fee waiver codes from the Graduate School. Purchased codes may be given to prospective students so that their application fee is waived. Codes are available in any quantity, but please order in batches if you plan to use several. When purchasing, please indicate the quantity of Domestic ($65) and/or International ($75) waiver codes that are required.

Requests and questions should be sent to Joe Horan, Graduate Admissions Manager, at jphoran@ksu.edu.

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Please keep in mind that late arrivals for International students are not normally approved due to the multiple units and agencies involved in processing an arrival, and because delays to arrival may impact when a student on an assistantship can begin receiving their stipend. For questions about arrival dates please contact gradintladmt@ksu.edu.

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Recruitment

The Graduate School is accepting nominations for Timothy R. Donoghue Graduate Scholarships. The nomination deadline is January 31, 2023.

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 be beginning a K-State graduate program in Fall 2023 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 2023.
    • Each graduate program may submit four
    • Nominations are due January 31, 2023. 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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The Graduate School’s webinar series continued January 18st with 156 registered, 26 were in attendance..

The next Graduate School Webinar is Wednesday, February 15th at 6 pm. All open house and webinar events are on the Graduate School Admission site: https://www.k-state.edu/grad/admissions/informational_sessions/

The webinars can be viewed on our YouTube Channel K-State Graduate School - YouTube

For broader communication and recruitment efforts across graduate programs a Graduate Recruitment Folder in MS Teams has been created. In the Teams folder we will be sharing digital Graduate School promotional materials, webinar, open house and events schedules. If you are interested in contributing to the Graduate School Recruitment events, please reach out. Additionally, we are in the process of providing access the folder to graduate programs coordinators, graduate advisors and staff members. Anybody else interested in having access to this folder, contact Sarah Tortella.

For direct questions or to be added to the graduate recruitment team, please contact Sarah Tortella, Director of Graduate Recruitment, at stortella@ksu.edu.

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Graduate Student Success

The GSC Professional Development Seminars start on February 9, 2023. Through the different sessions, you will build community and be introduced to frameworks designed to help you explore the role that leadership can play in your personal and professional lives. You will develop leadership competencies to make progress on adaptive challenges. If you attend these sessions, you will also receive credit toward the GSC Professional Development certificate. View a schedule and learn more!

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Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers FREE workshops and groups that teach skills related to stress management, getting better at relationships, managing difficult thoughts and emotions, mindfulness, and more. Check out these offerings to support your well-being and help you thrive in graduate school! Learn more about workshops. Learn more about groups.

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This semester, Powercat Financial is offering three free financial workshops to help you build financial skills and enhance your financial well-being. As part of the workshops, students will schedule an appointment with Powercat Financial for a free financial planning session, which has been shown to reduce financial stress and positively impact student loan borrowing.

  • Peer-led In-person Option: Sign-up in OrgCentral (with KSU eid and password)
  • Asynchronous Online Option: View the workshop at your own pace via a free, non-enrolled Canvas course by signing up in OrgCentral

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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 Jan. 27, 2023, from 1:00-2:30 pm.

Click here to register for the ETDR Templates Training Session.

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The Office of the Registrar completed the posting of fall 2022 graduate certificates to the transcripts of students whose graduate certificate completion forms were submitted by the November 18 deadline. Printed certificates will be ordered and distributed to program directors for signature beginning February 1, 2023.

Students who plan to complete a graduate certificate at the end of the Spring 2023 semester should submit the graduate certificate completion form (student or staff proxy) on or before April 25, 2023.

If you have questions about graduate certificate completion forms submitted after the fall 2022 deadline, please contact Scott Schlender <scottsch@ksu.edu> in the Graduate School.

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Opportunities for Graduate Students

Please share the following information with your graduate students

The Graduate Student Council is accepting abstracts for the annual K-State Graduate Research, Arts, and Discovery (GRAD) Forum. This event is an excellent opportunity for students to share their research or scholarly work with the K-State community and develop their presentation and communication skills. Poster presentations will be held March 8th and oral presentations will be on March 9th. Awards will be given to the most outstanding presentations. The registration and abstract submission deadline is January 31.

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Funding for Graduate Students

The Social Transformation Studies Department is seeking Graduate Student applicants for hourly teaching assistantships (TA) for faculty in American Ethnic Studies for spring and fall 2023. We require strong reading and writing skills as some of the work will involve grading undergraduate assignments. Hours are variable, but no more than 20 hours per week. NOTE: This is an hourly position and not a GTA position. Hourly wage is $12 for graduate students. We will also consider advanced undergraduates ($11 per hour) with excellent writing skills. Please send an email of interest along with a Resume if you have one to awolfe@ksu.edu.

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Graduate Student Council travel award applications are due February 1st for travel to professional events OR registration fees for virtual events that begin any time in April.

    • What if I’m still waiting for a response on my presentation submission? Students who plan to attend a conference and submitted a presentation but haven’t been notified yet if the presentation is accepted for the conference should still complete the GSC travel award application by February 1st, and report that they plan to give a presentation. If allocated a travel award, the amount will be pending until the student submits documentation verifying that the presentation was accepted.

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Upcoming Events and Deadlines

Jan. 27

ETDR templates training session, 1:00-2:30pm, Zoom

Feb. 7

Grad Coffee Chat with the Dean, noon-1pm, 118 Eisenhower Hall

Feb. 8

Three Minute Thesis first round of competition, 9am-5pm, 227 and Flint Hills room, Union

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