IN THIS BULLETIN:
Meetings/Workshops/Events:
1. HOW TO USE iTHENTICATE – TRAINING SESSION
Administrative Announcements:
2. ADVISOR SERVICE REPORT AVAILABLE
3. GRADUATE SCHOOL REQUEST INFORMATION URL UPDATED
4. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE OMBUDSPERSON
Deadlines/Dates to Remember:
SEP 2 – Labor Day; no classes, university closed
SEP 9 – Last day to submit the start-of-semester defense exception form for fall
Meetings/Workshops/Events:
1. HOW TO USE iTHENTICATE – TRAINING SESSION
Multiple dates and times; registration requested. All sessions via Zoom (Meeting ID: 5402318316)
The Graduate School is offering a training session on how graduate students will use iThenticate to review the originality of documents, ensure accurate attribution to other authors, and eliminate occurrences of potential plagiarism. Registration at https://profdev.tlos.vt.edu/ by searching for “iThenticate” in the search box.
Monday, September 16 at 2:00pm
Wednesday, October 16 at 10:00am
Wednesday, October 16 at 7:00pm
Tuesday, November 19 at 11:00am
Tuesday, December 3 at 7:00pm
Thursday, December 5 at 2:00pm
Administrative Announcements:
2. ADVISOR SERVICE REPORT AVAILABLE
The Graduate School has worked with the Banner Reporting Team to create an advisor service report that pulls a list of a faculty member’s advising service from SGAADVR in Banner. The report contains from and to term as well as the student name, degree, major, status, and graduation term. To request this report for your academic program, submit a TeamDynamix request online (http://www.es.vt.edu and click Submit a Service Request à Academic Services à Academic Analysis & Reporting à Request Support) indicating you want the Advisor_Sevice to be run and provide a list of faculty ID numbers.
3. GRADUATE SCHOOL REQUEST INFORMATION URL UPDATED
The Graduate School has transitioned to Slate for recruitment. There is a new URL for prospective students to request information. If you have linked to our previous request for information link on your department website or in your department communications, please update the URL to https://testapplyto.graduateschool.vt.edu/register/GradSchoolInterestForm. You can also use this URL at recruitment events to have prospective students sign up for more information.
4. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE OMBUDSPERSON
Connecting face-to-face with students and the faculty they work with is one of the best ways for individuals to learn about the resource the Ombuds office can provide. One way to do this is to allow 10 minutes for a short presentation during your orientation programs for first year students. These conversations will cover an intro to the role, the types of support available, and certain initiatives that the office is working on. I also enjoy providing longer sessions built around specific skill-building topics (Working through conflict, expectations conversations, giving and receiving feedback, etc…) during first year seminar courses. Speaking during a faculty meeting would be another way to increase awareness of the role with those that work directly with students on a daily basis. If you would like to schedule a session or discuss other opportunities to connect with your students and faculty, please contact Bryan Hanson at bryanh76@vt.edu.