The Michigan Tech Multiliteracies Center (MTMC) offers graduate students at any level of their degree writing groups to work on projects (planning and writing), proposals, conference papers, posters, presentations and defenses. These groups are discussion based, allowing students to explain their project to other students and get feedback from peers.
Effective summer session 2009, binding fees for a thesis, report, or dissertation will increase due to increased charges from our bindery. Students completing their degree requirements in summer 2009 will need to discard any old bindery forms (TD-Bindery) they have downloaded and complete the new form that will be available beginning May 12, 2009.
Summary of fees beginning in summer:
- Binding and printing black and white letter sized pages: $22.50/copy
- Color pages (letter sized): $0.37/page
- Black and white pages (larger than letter sized, up to 11×17): $0.21/page
- Color pages (larger than letter sized, up to 11×17): $0.55/page
- Cotton paper: $0.14/page
- Media Pocket: $4.90/copy
Having the correct paper size and page number location is an important part of preparing a thesis or dissertation. Adobe Reader and Acrobat have tools that will help you verify these elements of your document.
For your thesis or dissertation, you must either present all pages in portrait orientation, or list all of the landscape pages on the Degree completion form. If you have many landscape pages, it may be easier to rotate the pages in the pdf than list all of the pages one by one.
This tip requires Adobe Acrobat, and applies to either a single sided or double sided document.
One of the requirements for a Thesis, Dissertation, or Report to pass our formatting checks to make sure that all signatures in your document are properly obscured to protect the identity of the signer. To help you figure this out, we’ve created a step by step blog post on how you can use the Redact tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro to remove signatures.
To begin, you will need to open your document or the letter which you need to redact a signature from in Adobe Acrobat Pro. Make sure that you are using Acrobat Pro as the redaction tool is not available in Adobe Reader.
At the Multiliteracies Center, in Walker room 107, we offer Graduate Student Writing Groups for graduate students at any level.
The groups are available for working on projects (planning and writing), proposals, conference papers, posters, presentations and defenses. They are discussion based to allow students to explain their project to other students and get feedback from peers. Evidence shows that we retain 75 – 90% of what we teach others as opposed to only 10% of what we read.
These groups are there to help motivate students, to overcome procrastination, provide organizational strategies, to provide accountability and deadlines and ultimately to help students progress with their projects and get writing done!
We offer two writing groups which will meet once a week for one hour. In addition, we provide the option of attending a Thesis and Dissertation Bootcamp for students who wish to accomplish significant amounts of research and writing this summer. The Bootcamp will meet four times a week for an hour to discuss progress, give and receive feedback, and address challenges and issues together.
If you have any questions or would like to make another type of appointment you can reach us at mtmc@mtu.edu or 906-487-2007.
Please select the group that works best for you by submitting it in Google Forms.
Due to University holidays and staff vacations, the Graduate School will be closed from December 24 – January 3.
The Graduate School will also be closed from 11:30am – 1:30pm on Friday, December 18th.
The Graduate School’s web page can provide assistance for many questions regarding:
- Forms and deadlines to graduate in fall 2009
- Thesis and dissertation submission
- Admission to Michigan Tech
- Orientation for new students beginning in spring 2009
- Frequently asked questions (includes admissions, copyright, and thesis/dissertation)
Happy holidays and new year!
The Van Pelt and Opie Library is offering a workshop, “Copyright and Your Thesis or Dissertation.” on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 2:00pm.
This workshop will examine the role U.S. Copyright law plays in the thesis or dissertation writing and publishing processes. The use of copyrighted material, publishing agreements and the role of the Digital Commons at Michigan Tech repository will be explored.
The workshop will be held in room 242 of the Van Pelt and Opie Library and is limited to 25 attendees. Visit at the library’s Workshops site and view the calendar to select and register. For questions, please contact Nora Allred, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian at nsallred@mtu.edu.
Written in a (slightly) humorous fashion, and recommended by Dr. Andrew Storer, these “laws” for graduate students provide an overview of some of the guiding principles of being a graduate student.
For example, “Your vacation begins after you defend your thesis,” and “Your adviser wants you to become famous, so that he/she can finally become famous.” remind me that it is hard work to complete a thesis, and that your advisor really does want you to succeed – even if it might be for selfish reasons!
The American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to encourage basic research in the field of analytical chemistry, to promote the growth of analytical chemistry in academic institutions and industry, and to provide recognition of future leaders in the field of analytical chemistry. The program has endeavored to be a model of the benefits of cooperation between the academic and industrial communities, with chemical companies employing Ph.D. analytical chemists sponsoring the fellowships for outstanding analytical graduate students.
The Graduate Fellowship Committee of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, which is comprised of representatives from the sponsoring companies, analytical faculty from undergraduate institutions, and scientists from national laboratories, evaluate the applications and make the fellowship awards. Both nine-month ($21,000) and summer ($7,000) fellowships are available.
Eligibility criteria
The applicant must be a full-time student working toward a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry and must have completed the second year of graduate study by the time the fellowship period begins. The applicant’s research supervisor must be a member of the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry. Only one nomination per research supervisor will be accepted. Summer Fellowships must begin on June 1, 2011, therefore applicants for summer 2011 fellowships must not have completed their thesis research before September 1, 2011. Nine-month fellowships may begin on June 1, July 1, August 1 or September 1, 2011, therefore applicants for 2011-2012 nine-month fellowships must not have completed their thesis research before March 1, 2012. Applicants for awards in previous years are encouraged to reapply. Previous nine-month fellowship recipients, however, are not eligible for a second award.
Applicants must demonstrate outstanding research ability and accomplishment, as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications in analytical chemistry. Consequently, fellowships are normally awarded to students in their third or fourth years of graduate study when they have established a publication record.
Application process
Students must submit an application package consisting of a nomination form from the research advisor, an application describing previous accomplishments and the proposed research during the fellowship period, and all undergraduate and graduate transcripts. In addition, students must arrange to have three letters of recommendation submitted on their behalf.
Application package (due December 10, 2010):
- 1)the completed nomination form from the research supervisor (1 page, available for download here)
- 2)the completed application form (5 pages, available for download here)
- 3)complete undergraduate and graduate transcripts
Please contact Jodi Lehman (jglehman@mtu.edu) or (487-2875) if interested in applying.