[La-cgs] LA Council of Graduate Schools 2020-21 Meeting Plan

Fri Oct 16 17:09:23 CDT 2020

Sanjay and other members:

I think this is a good agenda for October 30. Shall we start at 10 AM 
and plan to end around noon? I am really looking forward to our virtual 
gathering.

In addition to thesis defense, I would like to hear about how thesis 
review and submission are being handled. We have gone almost 
all-electronic since March. The only required human-to-human interaction 
is when the student submits the required number of hard copies on bond 
paper to the Library.

Mary gave an awesome presentation on the topic of 3b at the CSGS 
webinar. I would love to have a discussion so that we can prepare for 
our own virtual 3MT.

Best regards,
Ramu
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On 10/16/2020 4:52 PM, Menon, Sanjay wrote:
>
> Thank you, Carol! We can certainly discuss this under item 3a from my 
> original tentative agenda for Oct 31 below:
>
> 1.Intro and member updates
>
> We have quite a few new members – so, it would we be good to put a 
> face to a name so to speak.  It would also be helpful if we share how 
> our respective campuses are dealing with the COVID situation, 
> especially as it relates to graduate issues.  For example, how is 
> everyone handling thesis defense?
>
> 2.State-level 3 MT competition
>
> a.Should we have it at our meeting in April?
>
> b. Virtual 3MT best practices
>
> 3.Preliminary plan for April meeting at Northwestern
>
> a.Format, preliminary agenda
>
> b.Staff participation
>
> Everyone: Will 10 am work for everyone for our Zoom meeting on Friday, 
> October 30^th ?  Also, please give your suggestions/edits for the 
> above agenda by Thursday, Oct 20^th . The all-powerful executive 
> committee will then finalize the agenda. J
>
> Regards,
>
> Sanjay
>
> Sanjay T. Menon. Ph.D.
>
> Dean of Graduate Studies
>
> *From:*Carol M Wicks <cwicks at lsu.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2020 8:32 AM
> *To:* Menon, Sanjay <Sanjay.Menon at lsus.edu>; Sushma Krishnamurthy 
> <krishnamurthy at ulm.edu>; la-cgs at lists.latech.edu
> *Subject:* RE: LA Council of Graduate Schools 2020-21 Meeting Plan
>
> Good morning,
>
> These might be items for the Spring Meeting…
>
> 1.How are GAs appointed on each campus?
>
> 2.Is there interest in trying to get the Board of Regents to embrace a 
> more inclusive definition of gender?
>
> 3.What are you doing about health insurance for graduate students?
>
> Carol M. Wicks
>
> Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate School
>
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>
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> <mailto:la-cgs-bounces at lists.latech.edu>> *On Behalf Of *Menon, Sanjay
> *Sent:* Monday, October 12, 2020 5:55 PM
> *To:* Sushma Krishnamurthy <krishnamurthy at ulm.edu 
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> *Subject:* Re: [La-cgs] LA Council of Graduate Schools 2020-21 Meeting 
> Plan
>
> Hi Sushma,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion!  Ramu and I attended Mary’s CSGS session on 
> holding virtual 3MTs.   It was very informative – perhaps a short 
> discussion on that could be helpful for our members.  So, thus far, 
> what I have is as follows:
>
> 1.Intro and member updates
>
> We have quite a few new members – so, it would we be good to put a 
> face to a name so to speak.  It would also be helpful if we share how 
> our respective campuses are dealing with the COVID situation, 
> especially as it relates to graduate issues.  For example, how is 
> everyone handling thesis defense?
>
> 2.State-level 3 MT competition
>
> a.Should we have it at our meeting in April?
>
> b. Virtual 3MT best practices
>
> 3.Preliminary plan for April meeting at Northwestern
>
> a.Format, preliminary agenda
>
> b.Staff participation
>
> I suppose the above would fit well into a 60-90 minute session, but we 
> could add or subtract as needed.
>
> Everyone: Please chime in with your opinions and suggestions.  We 
> would also need volunteers to be discussion leaders for the individual 
> segments.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sanjay
>
> Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.
>
> Dean of Graduate Studies
>
> Director of India Studies
>
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> *From:*Sushma Krishnamurthy <krishnamurthy at ulm.edu 
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> *Subject:* Re: LA Council of Graduate Schools 2020-21 Meeting Plan
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> If I remember right, we were to bring our staff members to this 
> meeting. Perhaps we could discuss specific ways in which we can 
> involve them in future meetings.
>
> Sushma
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> Hi all,
>
> Based on your responses, it appears that many will be unable to travel 
> at this time for our Fall meeting.  The executive committee (Mary, 
> Ramu, Greg*, Sanjay) discussed the situation and concluded that it is 
> best to postpone the regular meeting to April 2021. Hopefully, the 
> travel situation will have improved by then.
>
> In the interim, we are proposing a virtual discussion session (60 to 
> 90 minutes) on Friday, October 30^th .   Please feel free to make 
> suggestion for the format and content of this virtual session either 
> to this list or to one of the committee members.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sanjay
>
> *Greg is learning along with the rest of you that he has been drafted 
> as an honorary member of the executive committee. J  Thanks, Greg!
>
> Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.
>
> Dean of Graduate Studies
>
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