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The J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library presents a series of EndNote Workshops.

EndNote is a citation management software that helps you easily create and manage bibliographic information and incorporate references into your writing.  In other words, EndNote streamlines the research and reporting process.

Seating for these workshops is limited and registration is required. To register please visit: EndNote LibGuide

Note: Our sessions use EndNote X6 on PCs.  Laptop users are encouraged to update their versions of EndNote prior to the session.  See the Library’sEndNote Download page.

EndNote Basic I: Creating and Organizing an EndNote Library

• January 25th, 12:00 PM in room 242
• A 1 hour introductory workshop on creating and managing references using the citation management software, EndNote.

EndNote Basic II: Cite While You Write (CWYW)

• January 25th, 1:15 PM in room 242
• A 1 hour EndNote Workshop on how to incorporate your EndNote Library citations into a written document (MS Word).  Attendance of EndNote Basic I Workshop, or prior knowledge of building and managing an EndNote library, is highly recommended.

EndNote Special Topics: Working with Travel Libraries

• January 25th, 2:30 PM in room 242
• A 45 minute EndNote Workshop on EndNote Traveling Libraries.  Attendance of EndNote Basic I & II Workshops, or prior knowledge of building and managing an EndNote library, is highly recommended.

Students planning on finishing a thesis or dissertation spring or summer 2013 are invited a seminar designed to help students understand the submission process and answer questions about it.

• When: January 30th at 4:05pm
• Who: Students defending in the spring or summer; faculty and staff who assist students with submission
• Where: Please register online for the event and receive the location. The seminar will be available online as well as on campus.

Once you register, you will receive a confirmation with the location and a reminder of the date and time.

If you are unable to join us, this seminar will be taped and available online.

Significant changes were introduced in the fall based on revisions approved by the University Senate.  Join us to learn about the changes and have your questions answered.

With the increased enrollment of students who openly identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (GLBTQ), the Michigan Tech Safe Place Program is designed to be a comprehensive and in-depth resource to better prepare faculty, staff, and graduate assistants to address the needs of these students. The training program addresses a wide range of terms that GLBTQ students use to define their identities, issues that GLBTQ students often deal with during the coming out process, concerns that GLBTQ students face both in and out of the classroom, ways that faculty, staff, and graduate assistants can create inclusive classroom and office environments, where faculty, staff, and graduate assistants can refer students who need to report harassment, and the on- and off-campus resources available to students. All graduate students are invited to participate in the program. The spring 2013 training times and the online registration form are available at http://safeplace.mtu.edu/register.php.

The Ethics education program,  funded by the National Science Foundation, offers busy graduate students a unique opportunity to build an understanding of intellectual property that will complement their studies, research, and instructional goals.

Students will participate in a non-credit (no-cost) and semester-long program that is guided by Michigan Tech copyright and patent experts.  Learn with peers in online environments, during weekly evening meetings, and during four (4) special dinner meetings with campus experts to develop a broad understanding of copyright and patent
fundamentals in the context of academic research and publishing.  Engage in guided team activities to analyze IP case scenarios relevant to graduate studies and to share their informed analysis with others.

Students will gain a competitive edge for their graduate studies and with future employers. They will explore the beneficial balance of IP law that supports the continuous advancement of knowledge by protecting, rewarding, and encouraging originality in STEM research.  On successful program completion, they will receive a certificate of
training in intellectual property.

Enroll now at:
http://www.gradschool2.mtu.edu/registration/events/

An orientation dinner meeting is scheduled for the fourth week of the semester on Wednesday, February 6 in the library.

The Graduate Student Government, Graduate Faculty Council, University Senate, and administration have approved the new “Guide to Completing a Graduate Degree and Preparing and Submitting a Dissertation, Thesis, or Report at Michigan Technological University.”

Because this Guide makes the submission process similar for all documents, and the formatting requirements are much simpler, the new requirements will be applied retroactively to all pending submissions and to all new submissions.

The web site has been updated to reflect changes for dissertations, theses, and reports.  Highlights are below:

New Deadlines

• Deadlines to complete a degree have changed. The deadline to submit a final dissertation, thesis, or report to complete a degree in fall 2012 is December 17, 2012.
  • Students defending in fall 2012 may request an extension of this deadline in writing to Dr. Debra Charlesworth (dissertations or theses) or Ms. Nancy Byers Sprague (reports). Requests must be made prior to December 17, 2012.
  • There is no deadline to conduct a final oral examination (defense). Students are recommended to defend well in advance of the deadline to submit a final document to allow sufficient time to incorporate the technical changes required by their committee.

New Formatting Requirements

• Formatting requirements are much simpler with the new Guide.
• A new template for formatting title and approval pages is available.
• The changes are summarized in the sample Review of a Dissertation, Thesis, or Report form.

New Forms

New forms have been released, and only the new versions will be accepted.  A summary of the important changes is below:

• Pre-defense form
  • This form now only asks for the defense time & date along with committee information.
  • Students who have already submitted a Pre-defense form do not need to re-submit this form.
  • Beginning immediately, if an old Pre-defense form is submitted, the Publishing agreement that was in this form will be discarded.
• Report on final oral examination form
  • New form for students completing a dissertation, thesis, or report.
  • Students who have already submitted a Verification of final degree requirements form do not need to submit this form.
  • Contains check-boxes for each member of the committee to provide examination results to the Graduate School.
• Verification of final degree requirements form
  • This form will now only be required for coursework Master’s students and Master of Engineering students.
• Approval of a final dissertation, thesis, or report
  • New form for students completing a dissertation, thesis, or report.m
  • Replaces the “signature page” in the dissertation, thesis, or report
  • Due before the final document is submitted to Canvas, but may not arrive earlier than one week before the final submission.
  • As the Graduate School works toward automating processes, this form will be replaced by an electronic approval process.
• Degree completion form
  • It updates the required number of bound copies for the Library (1 for dissertations, none for Master’s students)
  • Contains the Publishing agreement which was previously part of the Pre-defense form

Midyear Commencement 2012 will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 15, in the SDC Wood Gym.

Faculty who need to rent a cap and gown should be measured at the Campus Bookstore in the Memorial Union before Monday, Oct. 22. Any order placed after that date will be assessed a shipping fee. After Nov. 30 (4 p.m.) cap and gown rental cannot be guaranteed.

Poster for fall seminar series.

• November 7 | Introduction to Sponsored Programs
  • Learn how a university’s sponsored programs office can help you conduct sponsored research.
• December 10 | Teaching Portfolios: Building Today for Your Career Tomorrow
  • Learn what needs to be in your portfolio, which technologies work best, and how to start building
    this important asset now.

Students who are looking for ways to balance their work with healthy activities for them and their families, or for guidance on the thesis and dissertation submission process will find the other seminars in our series helpful:

• October 3 | Submitting your Thesis or Dissertation
  • Learn current procedures for formatting and submission.
• October 24 | CANCELLED | Michigan Tech Community Programs
  • Discover new low-impact activities or high-impact recreational opportunities for you or your family.
  • Take advantage of great facilities—pool, fitness center, ice arena, and dance room.

Seating is limited.  Register online to reserve your seat and receive an e-mail confirmation of the location.

Please contact Dr. Debra Charlesworth with any questions about the seminar series.