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 In the news—April 2006

Deadlines and Reminders—A list of academic and other deadlines, plus reminders for important graduate events sponsored by the Graduate College.

Events

News

Graduate Council—This month's meetings: April 6 and 20

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  Deadlines and Reminders

4/6/2006

Thesis First Deposit
Graduate College

First deposit of finished, complete thesis due

4/11/2006
Drop Courses
Registrar Service Center

Last day for graduate students to drop courses without penalty of "F" grade

4/11/2006
Withdrawal of Registration
Registrar Service Center

Last day to withdraw without dean's permission

4/26/2006
Final Exam Report
Graduate College

Final Exam Reports due from departments on degree examinations for May graduates

5/3/2006
Thesis Final Deposit
Graduate College

Final thesis deposit due

5/13/2006
Graduation
Carver Hawkeye Arena

Commencement ceremony

5/17/2006
Grade Report - I, O
Registrar's Office

Last day to clear “incomplete” and “no report” grades

5/17/2006
Grade Report - GIS
Registrar's Office

Final grades due for Guided Independent Study courses applied toward degree

5/25/2006
GSS Travel Funds Application Deadline
Graduate College

Graduate Student Senate Travel Funds Application Submission Deadline

5/25/2006
International Travel Funds Application Deadline
Graduate College

Graduate College International Travel Funds Application Submission Deadline


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  Events

Graduate Faculty Meeting, April 24, 2006
All tenured faculty are members of the Graduate College Faculty and are invited to attend this meeting. Meeting agenda...

Upcoming Thesis Defense Dates
Click here for a list of upcoming thesis defenses.


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  News

UI Scholars Honored with Dissertation Awards
As a part of Graduate Student Recognition Week, six UI graduate alumni were honored with the highest awards the university gives for excellence in research scholarship.

Winners of the D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize and the L.B. Sims Master's Thesis Award spoke about their research. President Skorton, Provost Hogan, Graduate College Dean Keller were present to congratulate the scholars.
More about the award winners...
 

UI Graduate Students Receive Mentoring Award
The first mentoring awards for graduate students were presented earlier this spring to the following graduate students:

  • First Place (awards sponsored by the Graduate College)
    Shehre-Banoo Malik
    Mary Jeanette Moran
    Timonthy White
    Lucas Christain
     

  • Second Place (awards sponsored by the VP for Research)
    Michael Hitchler
    Katherine Parker
    Ian Besse
    Lia Plakans


UI Graduate Scholars Win Recognition

The 2006 Jakobsen Conference featured a wide variety of presentations from UI graduate students. Read more about award-winning scholarship...
 

UI Graduate Programs Ranked High by U.S. News
U.S. News & World Report has ranked nine University of Iowa colleges and graduate programs among the top 10 best in the United States, and an additional 10 in the top 25, when compared with other public universities. More on this story...

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  Graduate Council

Click here for a full list of 2005-06 Graduate Council members

Click here for Meetings and Agendas (January 2005-Current meeting agenda)

Meetings this month: April 6 and 20

                         
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