Abstract

Table of Contents: 72nd Annual Meeting

Chicago, Illinois | April 6–8, 2016 Theme: Graduate Education Pathways

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Pre‑conference: New Graduate Administrators Workshop

Plenary I – Speakers Julia Kent and Jeff Allum

  • Concurrent 1 – Innovative International Linkages
  • Concurrent 2 – Designing a Compass for Graduate Students to Navigate the Silent Curriculum
  • Concurrent 3 – Pathway to a Doctorate: Maintaining Quality Instruction in an Online Program
  • Concurrent 4 – A Promising Framework for Connecting Transferable Skills to Leadership Development: The Leadership Competencies Scorecard

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Plenary II – Speaker Anne Krook

  • Concurrent 5 – Doctoral Student Success: Strategies to Keep Students Engaged
  • Concurrent 6 – Creating a Graduate Education Pathway for Undocumented Students
  • Concurrent 7 – Preparing Graduate Students for a Broad Range of Career Pathways

Business Meeting & Award Luncheon

  • Concurrent 8 – Infusion of Transferable Skills into a Leadership Development Program: A partnership with the 4 campuses of the University of Missouri system
  • Concurrent 9 – MSU BEST: Integrated Biomedical Training for Multiple Career Options
  • Concurrent 10 – Undergraduate to Graduate: Transition in a Five‑Year Physician Assistant Program
  • Concurrent 11 – Problems & Proposals in Graduate Pathways: A Problem‑Based Learning Approach to Doctoral Education in Biomedical Research
  • Concurrent 12 - Collaborative Efforts to Enhance the Academic, Professional and Personal Experiences of Graduate Students
  • Concurrent 13 – Filling the Gap: The Role of Graduate Degree Granting Institutions in Supporting a National Adaptive “Career‑Long Education” Infrastructure for STEM Professionals Employed at Small to Medium Enterprises
  • Concurrent 14 - Using Lean to Improve Communicating the  Degree Completion Process
  • Concurrent 15 – Establishing an Academic Planning structure and Process: The Juxtaposition of Workforce Needs, Institutional Strengths, and Optimization of Resources

Special Sessions

  • Updates from the National Science Foundation
  • Developing Your Three Minute Thesis for Enhanced Career Opportunities

Friday, April 8, 2016

ETS Presentation – The TOEFL and GRE Tests: An Update

  • Concurrent 16 – Communication and Collaboration Toward International Student Success
  • Concurrent 17 – Graduate Program Assessment: One Institution’s (absolutely required yet surprisingly smooth) Journey
  • Concurrent 18 – Addressing Challenging Graduate Student Situations: Approaches and Techniques
  • Concurrent 19 – Multiple Career Pathways for Doctoral Students: Best Practices from Wayne State University’s NIH Funded Program

Three Minute Thesis Competition

Closing Session

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

4-6-2016

Volume

72

First Page

1

Last Page

479

Rights

Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools

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