Doctoral Support Center & Doctoral Programming Blog

Project Manager, College and Career Readiness, Race to the Top Grant

If you have recently graduated from the Ed.D. Program or have completed all non-dissertation coursework, you may be interested in this position in the Renton, Washington area. Please see the details below for more information.

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The Race to the Top Team at the Puget Sound Educational Services District is hiring a Project Manager to lead the agency’s implementation of college and career readiness efforts.  The person in this position will collaborate with school districts, universities, community and technical colleges, and other community based organizations to provide leadership and technical assistance in coordinating the Race to the Top projects related to college and career readiness.  This is a fantastic opportunity for a person with strong experience in K-12 or higher education program management to impact student outcomes in seven districts across South King County.

Please see the following attachment for more information:  Download PSESD Project Manager Position

Dissertation Writing Retreat (ODA) - Join Us

Join Us - Dissertation Writing Retreat (ODA)

Dissertation Writing Retreat - ODA - Orange County Campus Center 2013

If you need some structured and quality time to write your dissertation chapters then apply today for the dissertation writing retreat.  ODA stands for "Operation Dissertation Acceleration" and is designed for doctoral students who need/want to set aside a serious block of time to make a significant push toward the next step of their dissertation.

The retreat is targeted toward students who:

• Have research question(s) but have not been able to complete chapters 1, 2 and 3 (the proposal); OR
• Have defended their proposal and collected data, but have not yet completed chapters 4 and/or 5.

Retreat participants will be selected and assigned to work directly with a DSC writing advisor. The ratio of advisor to students will be 1-to-4, meaning students will have a great deal of support and interaction on their project.  Applicants are accepted on a first come first serve basis.

• Retreat Dates: Thursday, June 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2013

        Thursday, 06/06/13       9 AM – 9 PM

        Friday, 06/07/13           9 AM – 9 PM

        Saturday, 06/08/13       9 AM – 9 PM

        Sunday, 06/09/13          9 AM – 5 PM

• Application Deadline: Friday, May 24, 2013
  
• Acceptance Notification: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
• There is no fee for this retreat, meals are on your own.

Applications may be downloaded here:    Download ODAOrangeCountyAppli

For more information email Dr. Ilda Jimenez y West at ijimenez@usc.edu.

Thesis & Dissertation Formatting Forums - May 22 & 23

The USC Graduate School will be hosting two thesis & dissertation formatting forums next week. The forums will be identical but offered at two locations in order to reach a larger number of students. If you are preparing to submit your dissertation for summer conferral (June 24th deadline), you may find value in the presentation. 

The meeting information is as follows: 

University Park Campus - GFS 116

Wednesday, May 22, 2:15-3:15pm

 

Health Sciences Campus - Topping Tower NTT 7409

Thursday, May 23, 2:15 - 3:15 PM

 

For more information about the dissertation formatting and uploading process, please visit the Graduate School's website: http://www.usc.edu/schools/GraduateSchool/. Your Program Advisor will also be able to assist you. 

Visiting Professor Position at the University of Redlands

To all students graduating or recent graduates, the University of Redlands is looking for a one-year visiting faculty member with a primary focus in curriculum and instruction at the secondary level. The faculty member is expexcted to:

- Teach single subject courses focused on pedagogical skills and dispositions to support English language learners from diverse cultures and languages

- Implement literacy assessments and strategies

- Facilitate candidates' appreciation for English language development as a second language

If you are interested in learning more and/or applying, please see the document below. 

Download University of Redlands Visiting Professor Position

SPSS Workshops This Summer

Are you working on your dissertation? Will you be using quantitative methods to collect and analyze data? Would you like to learn more about SPSS? If you answered yes to these three questions, you will be interested in the Ed.D. Program Office's online SPSS workshops. Dr. Robert Keim, Rossier faculty member and a Doctoral Support Center Quantitative Fellow, will be hosting multiple SPSS workshops through the summer semester starting in early June. The topics will range from the basics of the SPSS software to advanced data runs. 

Dr. Keim would like any interested students to help him decide on dates and times that work best for the student population. He also would like to know how students would prefer the workshops be delivered. Please visit the following survey link to register your preferences: 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SX5JVDL

Dr. Keim will use this information to schedule the workshops and determine the best method of delivery.

Student-Athlete Academic Services Tutors Needed

Student-Athlete Academic Services (SAAS) is currently hiring tutors in various subjects for this summer. Interested applicants should visit: https://saas.usc.edu/academic-support-services/tutorial/ to learn more about the application process, read position descriptions, and to download an application. Students must be enrolled in summer courses to take part in this opportunity. The application deadline is Friday, May 10^th. Please contact Dr. Jennifer Castro at castroje@usc.edu if you have any questions. 

2010 Cohort Update: Commencement is right around the corner!

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

Important Reminders for Cohort of 2011 Students

Dear Cohort of 2011 Students:

Hello everyone!  I hope everyone is doing great as the semester is coming to an end. Please see below some important reminders and deadlines.

Summer 2013 Registration

Registration for the Summer 2013 term began on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Please remember to register for the Summer semester as soon as possible if you have not done so already. If you are not able to locate your Summer Registration Memo, please contact me and I would be happy to email it to you again.

 

Fall 2013 Registration

Registration for the Fall 2013 semester begins on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. As a student in the Cohort of 2011, you are scheduled to take EDUC 794A: Dissertation Writing in the Fall 2013 semester. Students will be eligible to take EDUC 794A once they pass their Qualifying Exam. The last day to register without late fees is August 23, 2013, and the last day to add/drop a class is September 13, 2013. You must be enrolled in a class by August 23, 2013 to avoid late fees, but you can still make changes (add/drop) until September 13^th. Therefore, I strongly recommend that you schedule your qualifying exam prior to August 23^th, 2013. Students who complete their qualifying exam between August 23- September 13, 2012 will need to add EDUC 791 by Friday, August 23, 2013 to avoid accruing a late registration fee and then add EDUC 794a and drop EDUC 791 once they pass their qualifying exam. Students must pass their qualifying exam by September 13, 2013 to add EDUC 794a in the Fall 2013 semester.

If you do not pass the Qualifying Exam by September 13, 2013, you will need to enroll in EDUC 791 for the Fall semester. This is a 1-unit course designed to allow you extra time to complete your proposal and pass your Qualifying Exam. You can request clearance for this course using the Permission to Enroll in EDUC 791 form.  As we get closer to the start of the fall semester, please contact me if you feel you will need to register for EDUC 791, and I will e-mail you this form.

Some of you may still have regular coursework to complete after the summer term. Please contact me as soon as possible for advisement and departmental clearances. If you register for a “makeup” class, you do not need to register for EDUC 791, as you will already be enrolled in units for the fall. Please remember to register in EDUC 794A if you pass your Qualifying Exam by September 13^th, 2013 even if it is in addition to your other coursework.

 

Katy will be out of the office- May 16-June 1, 2013

I wanted to inform everyone that I will be traveling with the Ed.D. students who are going on the Beijing and Tianjin International Field Trip starting on May 17-May 26. After the International Field Trip, I will be out of the office for a conference from May 28-June 1, 2013. If you have any issues or questions you would like me to help you with, please let me know at this time. Otherwise, the Ed.D. Program Office would also be able to help you with any of your questions while I am out of the office at (213) 740-9323 or rsoeedd@usc.edu.

Important Contact Numbers:

Web Registration Process: (213) 740-8500

Financial Aid: (213) 740-1111

Collections Holds: (213) 740-9087

Immunization Holds: (213) 740-1163

If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know.

Fight On!

Best,

Katy

Cohort of 2011 Advisor

KatyLin@usc.edu

Cohort of 2012 - May Updates

Greetings Cohort of 2012!

I hope you are excited about the end of your first year in the Ed.D. program!  Please review the following updates:

USC Email

I have been getting my emails returned due to your usc email inboxes being full.  Your USC email is the official address we use to communicate important news and information to you.  Please take the necessary steps to ensure you are maintaining your USC inbox to receive incoming messages.

Summer Conference

Just a friendly reminder of when Summer Conference is:

Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm at the Davidson Conference Center at USC(Parking in PSX parking structure)

A brochure entailing information about the different faculty presentations you can attend will be sent out in early May.  Also, I will be hosting an online information session on:

Monday, May 6, 2013 at 12:00 pm via AdobeConnect

A link will be sent out to join the meeting in an email that will go out at a later time

As we plan for Summer Conference, we would like to take in to consideration the various dietary restrictions you may have.  If you have a dietary concern, please complete this survey by Friday, May 3, 2013 so we can be sure to accomodate you:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NCMSGFT

Fall Registration

Registration for Fall Semester opened in early March.  However, registration for your cohort will be in July because you will need to determine the direction of your dissertation in order to register for your Fall 2013 Semester courses, specifically Inquiry Methods II.  Your dissertations chairs will help you choose an Inquiry Methods II section.  You will find out who your dissertation chair is after your participation in Summer Conference (in person or online).  

Preliminary Review

Please send the final papers for EDUC 605, 523, 524, 525, and 532) by 5:00 pm on Friday, May 10, 2013.

•  If your final project did not include a paper, please submit the most extensive paper for the course.
• If you did not receive a paper with feedback from your instructor, we will accept a copy of the final paper you submitted to your instructor.
• If instructor feedback was not made via the “track changes” feature on Microsoft Word and instead done by hand, we will need you to scan your paper to submit it.
• Please remember to send the Preliminary Review documents and a single PDF document to rsoeedd@usc.edu and contact me directly if you have any questions.

I hope this information will ease any trepidations that the process of Preliminary Review may bring. 

Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Good luck on your final weeks of your Spring 2013 courses!

Bami Andrada

Program Advisor, Cohort of 2012

Spring 2013 Scholars Research Symposium

The Graduate School, Diversity Outreach and Academic Professional Development will be hosting a Scholars' Research Symposium. The event will take place from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM on Monday, April 15th at the Davidson Conference Center (meals will be provided). This will be a great way for doctoral students to share research and get feedback on work in a supportive environment of your peers. Presernters will also be eligible for up to $500 to be used for conference travel and/or expenses related to research. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, April 9th at 9:00 AM. Please see the information below for more details.

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Spring 2013 Scholars Research Symposium

Practice Your Scholarly Presentation Skills, Share Your Research Ideas, Acquire Feedback on Your Scholarship, Network in a Welcoming & Interdisciplinary Environment, Receive Funding

USC Davidson Conference Center

 

Information & Eligibility

• Acquire an award up to $500: Receive a stipend if your funding package permits this; or, get reimbursed on conference or other research-related expenses not previously covered over the past two academic years (original receipts).

• Availability on Monday, April 15, 2013, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm (all day, meals provided). Please be available for a reasonable time after your own session.

• All USC doctoral students are eligible! Priority is APD and EDGE Participants.

How to Apply

1) Visit https://grad-6.usc.edu/EDGE/edgeTravel.aspx. Complete online form and upload project title and abstract. Enter N/A for “description of meeting” or use this box as extra space for abstract. Abstract will be published as uploaded in the symposium program.

2) Due date for online application: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 by 9 a.m. Acceptance notices will go out April 11, 2013. Early submissions are encouraged (express interest immediately).

3) Request a statement of support from faculty advisor and a brief (1-2 sentence) endorsement from department chair. Send to graduate.diversity@usc.edu.

For questions, contact graduate.diversity@usc.edu (Letisha R. Wyatt) or uscapdev@usc.edu (Jesse S. Watson and Dr. Richard Andalon).

Download Spring 2013 Research Syposium