Archive 2017-18

2017-2018 

Committee Email List: graduate-awards-group@unlv.edu

2017-18 Graduate Committee Membership

October Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Review Outstanding Thesis and Diss guidelines

3. Review timeline and set deadlines (see below)

   1. College deadlines . . .

   2. Scholarships and Fellowships

4. Discuss workload distribution

November Meeting Agenda

SU 207, 11/9 @ 1pm

• 1. Report back on additional scholarships 

     1. summer

     2. new Janine Lee Memorial Scholarship

  2. Graduate Regent Scholar Award (Call, Form)

• • 1. Available 11/20

    2. Due 12/4

• 3. Professional Paper Award?

  4. Kendall - additional membership (Nursing, Fine Arts, and SCHS)

  5. GPSA representation 

  6. Overview of Grad Rebel Gateway

  7. Review scholarship distribution strategy

  8. Decide who will review what theses and dissertations.

December Meeting

SU 213, 12/14 @ 1pm

1. Thesis and Dissertations Shared Folder

   1. 1. Assign Thesis and Dissertation Groups

         1. Complete rankings and send to Dave by midnight 1/8

      2. Thesis - STEM

• • • 1. Departments: 

         1. Civil and Environmental

         2. Physics and Astronomy

      2. Reviewers

• • • • 1. Steen Madsen 

        2. Hui Zhao

        3. Laura Kruskall

1. 1. 3. Thesis - Non STEM

• • • 1. Departments

         1. CJ

         2. Hotel Admin

         3. History

      2. Reviewers

• • • • 1. Barb

        2. Julian

        3. Chris Wood

1. 1. 4. Dissertation - STEM

• • • 1. Departments: Mechanical Engineering & Math

      2. Reviewers

         1. Rod Metcalf

         2. Wolf Bein

         3. Greg Moody

1. 1. 5. Dissertation - Non-STEM

• • • 1. Anthro, EPHE, Hotel

      2. Reviewers

         1. Tamara Madensen

         2. Dave Damore

• 1. Assign Fellowships and Scholarship Groups

     1. Training TBD

     2. Scholarships

        1. Tamara

        2. Hui

        3. Julian

        4. Steen

        5. Chris W

        6. Greg Moody

        7. Jim Busser

        8. Laura Kruskall

     3. Fellowships

• • • 1. Rod

      2. Barb

      3. Dave

      4. Wolf Bein

• 2. Review Calendar

• • 1. Change 1/11 from 1-2 to 1-3. (Kendall)

    2. Rubric. 

January Meeting 

1. Full Training for GRG

Meeting Dates:

All meetings are from 1-2 unless otherwise noted. 

10/12 - FDH 312: Orientation - review procedures from prior year

11/9 - SU 207: Finalize procedures and dates for current cycle

12/14 - SU 213: Thesis and Dissertations Distributed

1/11 - FDH 312: Finalize Thesis and Diss; Begin Scholarships & Fellowships

2/1 - SU 213: Finalize Scholarships, Identify Fellowship Interviewees

2/8-9 - FDH 312: Fellowship Interviews (noon - 5pm, FDH 312)

2/22 - SU213: Finalize all rankings for scholarships, fellowships