Friday, July 14 at 5 p.m. is the last day to complete a dissertation deposit for July 2023 graduation. Because all corrections and all required deposit materials must be received by the Graduate College no later than 5 p.m. on the day of the deposit deadline, the Thesis Office strongly encourages students to submit the thesis for review several days before the deadline. For further information about the deposit process, visit the Thesis Office website.

July 7 is the last business day to cancel S2B (4 week) registration and receive a 100% refund if you are not enrolled in courses in any other summer terms (Withdrawal/Cancellation Form required). July 9 is the last day to cancel this registration via Self-Service. The refund schedule for Summer 2023 can be found on the Registrar's website. Students enrolled in non-standard part of term courses should refer to their graduate program for deadline information. Have questions about registration deadlines or submitting a form? Click here for an advising appointment!

July 7 is the last day to submit a form to add or drop a S2A (4 week) course with approval (a W is recorded); and the last day to drop a POT 1 Independent Study or S2 (8 week) course via Self-Service. Students enrolled in non-standard part of term courses should refer to their graduate program for deadline information. Have questions about registration deadlines or submitting a form? Click here for an advising appointment!

Interested in conducting research, getting arts training, or teaching English overseas during 2024-25? If so, now is the time to apply for a Fulbright grant. Graduate students in all fields who are US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents are eligible, and grants are available for over 140 countries. The best way to apply is through the Graduate College, and the deadline for that is July 14. The Graduate College will help you strengthen your application and will offer you institutional endorsement. For details, visit the Fulbright listing in Fellowship Finder.

If you are a doctoral student planning to deposit your dissertation for August graduation, get a head start by taking your exit surveys now! These surveys will only take a few minutes for you to complete, and (if you take them before you submit your document to the Thesis Office) it will make the deposit process move much more quickly. You can learn more about these surveys on the Thesis Office website. Remember – you cannot deposit your dissertation until the Thesis Office receives notification that you have completed these surveys.

If you were unable to attend the 2023 Distinguished Lecture on Mentoring on June 20th with alum Jennifer Heemstra, you can view it here. Mentoring is challenging to define and even more challenging to master, as it draws upon a diverse set of skills including listening, learning, planning, coaching, and advocating…and these skills will ideally be deployed differently in each mentoring situation.

The Writers Workshop will present strategies for revising your writing at the paragraph and sentence levels. This event will be held through Zoom. It is open to current University of Illinois affiliates (students, faculty, and staff). Please register with your University of Illinois email account by 11:59pm CT on July 5, and we will send an email with the Zoom meeting invitation on the morning of the event.

Create the "write" habit! Our hybrid writing group provides graduate students with dedicated time to make progress on thesis or dissertation writing in a supportive atmosphere. Each meeting consists of a short goal-setting conversation, quiet writing time, and a concluding reflection and wrap-up. Use this time to create or return to a writing routine, make progress and meet deadlines on long-term projects, or jump-start a new writing project. You only need to register once with your UofI email to receive weekly email reminders all summer!

What comes to mind when you think of snack foods? Come and find out what our students from around the world have to share! Lunch is provided. Paid for by the Student Cultural Programming Fee (SCPF). 

Are you a graduate student at UIUC looking to learn more about preventing sexual misconduct on campus? The Women's Resources Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites you to participate in our new workshop: Graduate Resources, Education, and Training (G.R.E.A.T.): A Sexual Misconduct Prevention Program. This workshop is all about making sure graduate students know about their rights, responsibilities, and available resources on campus when it comes to preventing sexual misconduct! You can register here for the workshop!