Increasing the quality, capacity and impact of graduate programs:
Posted September 18th, 2015 by Ben Davis
- To strengthen supported graduate programs, AgSci created a new policy to provide units with a clear and defined model for predicting graduate tuition remission.
- Doctoral students are recognized for Noteworthy Advance in Bioinformatics: Zhian Kamvar and Javier Tabima (Botany and Plant Pathology) were featured in PeerJ for their novel statistical software to analyze data on clonal populations of microbes, fungi, and oomcyetes.
- Graduate student groups are active in collaborative outreach and research, for example:
- Team-Tox, in Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, provides professional development beyond the formal EMT curriculum. In 2014, Team-Tox set up grade-school level demonstrations, experiments, and resources for teachers, reaching over 700 K-12 students.
- Hatfield Student Organization works to expand educational experiences and increase professional development through fundraising and research activities. They raised over $3,600 for the Samaritan Foundation Patient Support Fund.
- Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Student Association actively engages online students with campus-based colleagues in activities, symposia, and professional development opportunities.
- BUDS (Bolstering Undergraduate Development and Success), created by graduate students in Botany and Plant Pathology to mentor undergraduates and strengthen academic excellence.
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