Graduate Program Director Orientation FS18

Date: 
Friday, September 14, 2018 - 8:30am to 1:30pm
Location: 
Chittenden Hall, Room 110, 466 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing MI 48824

Audience:
New graduate program directors

8:00        Continental Breakfast 

8:30        For New Graduate Program Directors

      • Welcome and Introduction
      • Panel of Current Graduate Program Directors 
      • Policies and Offices you should know
      • Scenarios and Discussions

10:45     Coffee break

11:00     For All Graduate Program Directors

      • Office of the Ombudsperson: Shannon Burton
      • Graduate Student Mental Health: Mark Patishnock
      • Professional Development: Graduate School
      • Pertinent Topics from the Graduate School Strategic Plan 
      • Responsible Conduct of Research Plan
      • CGS Career Pathways Project on Alumni Career Outcomes
      • Other Resources and Issues

12:15     Break

12:30    Working Lunch

      • Applying for the Prospective Doctoral Recruitment and Retention Program grant opportunity: perspectives from grant awardees, update on initiatives, and lessons learned

Registration is required.  Registration period is August 20 - September 13.