Hello 2010 students! This is the
month we have all been waiting for—commencement
is only a couple of weeks away! Congratulations to those of you who have already
uploaded your dissertation and best of luck to those of you will be finishing
within the next few months! You have all worked so hard and the Ed.D. Program
Office is so proud of your accomplishments!
Summer
Registration
Registration memos were emailed on
February 25. Please be advised that most of you will NOT need to
register for summer. Please check the summer registration criteria below:
***Students who meet the following
criteria DO NOT need to register for the Summer 2013 term:
- Students who have completed or will complete all of
their required coursework (including both EDUC 794a and EDUC 794b) by
Spring 2013 and who are waiting only to defend and upload their
dissertations by March 25, 2013 or June 24, 2013 deadline.
- Students who have successfully defended and submitted
their dissertations to the Graduate School no longer have to register for
future semesters.
- Students who will not pass the Qualifying Exam by May
31, 2013 and do not have any other coursework to take – will take EDUC
794a in the Fall 2013 semester upon passing the Qualifying Exam between
May 31, 2013 and the add/drop deadline for the Fall.
Students who meet the following
criteria DO need to register for the Summer 2013 term:
- Students who have passed the Qualifying Exam and need
one or both EDUC 794a and EDUC 794b and who want to finish this summer.
- Students who are missing any other coursework due to a
Leave of Absence or any other delay in the program and need to make up
those courses this summer.
****If you are missing any other
coursework, please contact me directly for departmental clearance as soon as
possible! Failure to do so may result in a delay in graduation/degree
conferral****
Dissertation
As you are working on/completing
your dissertations, please feel free to utilize the Doctoral Support Center
(DSC) resources. You can refer to the DSC blog to view upcoming events that can
assist in the dissertation writing process. The Ed.D. program office hosted
a dissertation submission workshop on February 19, 2013. If you were unable to
attend, please check out the following link to view the session: http://rossier-mis.adobeconnect.com/p5vnql7thja/. This link provides plenty of useful information regarding
dissertation defense scheduling, new dissertation paperwork, degree conferral
deadlines, and dissertation upload.
Please plan ahead: the summer degree
conferral Graduate School deadline will be on June 24, 2013. All students who are planning to participate in
commencement in May should be on track to meet this deadline—plan accordingly :)
Commencement
The 2013 Rossier Doctoral Hooding
Ceremony will take place on Thursday May 16, 2013!! We are almost
there—please see the following information regarding commencement:
***IMPORTANT:
May 5th is the last day to rent regalia online—after May 5th, students will be
required to come to campus and pick up regalia at the USC Bookstore. If you have
any questions related to regalia rentals, please contact the USC Bookstore
directly at 213.740.8997
Orders
can be taken via www.uscbookstore.com, starting April 1, 2013 – May 5, 2013
ONLY.
All online orders must be shipped. The fee for shipping/processing
is $20.00. Due to limited storage, gowns cannot be stored if ordered online.
For additional questions, please call 213.740.8997
***After May 5, you will be required to come to the campus bookstore
to rent your regalia.
(this informaiton was updated on May 6)
I sent an email with plenty of
commencement information on February 13—please feel free to read through the
information and ask questions!
**REMINDER: This year’s commencement
will NOT be ticketed! Due to
the larger venue that Rossier has secured for commencement, the Doctoral
Hooding Ceremony will have first come, first serve seating! The Commencement
Office has recommended that students try to limit the number of attendees to
20.**
For additional Rossier Commencement
Information please click the following link: http://rossier.usc.edu/students/commencement/
If you have any academic questions
related to commencement participation, please contact me. For specific
questions regarding the ceremonies, please email Rossier.events@usc.edu
Dissertation of the Year
Please join me in congratulating
your colleague Christine Hamlin (Ed.D. ’13) in winning the 2013 Dissertation of
the Year Award! We would also like to congratulate former Ed.D. students Silvia
De La Riva (Ed.D. ’12) and KC Mmeje (Ed.D. ’12) on receiving Honorable Mention
from this year’s Dissertation of the Year selection committee. Congratulations
to you all on this wonderful accomplishment, the Ed.D. Program Office is very
proud and wishes you all the best in your future endeavors!
Please feel free to contact me if
you have any additional questions!
FIGHT ON!!!
Best Regards,
Nancy Guirguis, Ed.D.
Ed.D. Program Advisor, Cohort of
2010
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