Past Events
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Join us virtually for an information session to learn more about the competition.
Information & resources on preparing a successful fellowship application.
Come join the discussion with peers and administrators about post-doc resources and support and help us build a lively community.
Orientation for new graduate students.
At this workshop, we will discuss a wide variety of OGS student policies, including (but not limited to) new policies, attendance at defenses, requests for final oral, rules on committees, programs of work, end of semester processes, and in absentia.
This workshop will clarify open access publication, your rights as the copyright owner of your thesis or dissertation, reasons why you might want to embargo your thesis or dissertation, and the procedures for doing so.
The Graduate School distributes a set of thesis and dissertation templates in Microsoft Word for Apple and Windows computers, which will help you format your paper according to current requirements. This workshop will help you learn to use the templates, and will cover such topics as the use of styles, correct page numbering, and table of contents generation.
At this workshop, we will review the guidelines and deadlines necessary for graduation this semester. Topics will include applying to graduate, scheduling your defense, submitting your dissertation or treatise to the Texas Digital Library, requesting an embargo, IRB requirements, and reviewing what paperwork you must submit to the Graduate School.
This workshop will cover formatting requirements for theses and dissertations. We will discuss common errors and how to avoid them. This workshop is appropriate for all graduate students who are completing a thesis or dissertation, whether using Word or Latex, since we will not be getting into details of using the templates.
At this workshop, we will review the guidelines and deadlines for graduation this semester. Topics will include applying to graduate, how to submit your thesis or report to the Texas Digital Library and your final paperwork submission to the Graduate School. There will be time for Q & A.