A student's entire committee must be present at the oral defense of a thesis or dissertation. If a member will not be able to attend the defense, the student should contact SAS for a copy of the Absent Committee Member Procedures and obtain a substitute for the defense. Students may not process a committee change once the oral defense has been scheduled with the Graduate College.

Students who are scheduling an oral defense of a thesis or dissertation should ensure that they have an approved Program of Study on file with the GC, comprehensive exam and/or foreign language exam results have been recorded, and that they have been advanced to candidacy (doctoral students only). Students will not be allowed to schedule defenses if the committee on record is incorrect or if they are missing any required exams, forms, candidacy, etc. Please note that all of these items must be resolved prior to the 10 working day deadline to schedule the defense or the student will need to reschedule the defense to a later date.

Check out more of the latest GC news at graduate.asu.edu/events.html.

- OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS/
REMINDERS/UPDATES-

Graduate Students in the News: Publications is continuing to post web profiles of outstanding students on our home page and at graduate.asu.edu/profiles. We're starting a new feature Graduate Students in the News. If you see stories or articles on any of our grad students, whether in print or on a website, please contact kdouglas@asu.edu and michele.stgeorge@asu.edu with the information so we can link to the story.

August 13-14 (M-Tu) TA Orientation FALL 2007 Orientations are for newly-hired TAs and for any TAs who were unable to attend the Fall 2006 session required by the Arizona Board of Regents as a condition for employment. graduate.asu.edu/taorientation.html

-UPCOMING FELLOWSHIP DEADLINES-

National Fellowships
graduate.asu.edu/nationalfellowships.html

Diversity Fellowships
graduate.asu.edu/financial/diversity.html

Dissertation/Thesis Fellowships
graduate.asu.edu/financial/thesis.html

Postdoctoral Fellowships
graduate.asu.edu/postdoctoral.html

- UPCOMING DEADLINES/EVENTS -

Apr. 10 (Tu) gPortal/WebExtender (E-GAD!) Support staff training session in Admin B-wing, room 286. No registration required.

Apr. 14 (Sa) Pre-registration results available for Fall 2007 www.asu.edu/interactive

Apr. 16 - Aug. 24 Drop/add: fall semester (in person) www.asu.edu/registrar

Apr. 16 - Aug. 26 Drop/add: fall semester www.asu.edu/registrar, www.asu.edu/interactive

Apr. 20 (F) is the last day to hold a defense for May 2007 graduation. Please remind students that they must schedule their defense at least 10 working days in advance of the planned defense date.

Apr. 20 (F) is the deadline for doctoral students planning on participating in May 2007 Commencement ceremony to submit a Doctoral Candidate Participation form (available at graduate.asu.edu/forms/index.html)

Apr. 27 (F) Last day to receive final format approval and submit paperwork to obtain the Graduate College dean's signature.