Graduate School News and Events

Dates to Remember
July 22	Classes end, 10:00 p.m.
July 24-25	Final Examinations
July 30	Final grades due (degree candidate)
July 31	Final grades due (non-degree candidate)
August 2	Summer Commencement
August 12	Second Summer Online Module: Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University, 4:30 pm deadline
August 15-16	International Student Orientation
August 20	Second Summer Online Module: Final exam results due
August 21	New Graduate Student Orientation
August 26	Second Summer Online Module: Classes end First Fall Online Module: Payments Due; No-Pay Purge
August 27	Second Summer Online Module: Grades due (degree candidate & non-degree candidate) 9:00 a.m. deadline
August 30	First Fall Online Module: Final date for 100% refund, 4:30 pm deadline
August 31	First Fall Online Module: No-Pay Purge

All new graduate students admitted for the spring, summer or fall 2019 academic terms are invited to join us for the New Graduate Student Orientation being held on August 21, 2019 at noon in the Cox Communications Center for Student Athletes.

Announcements

Graduate Student Volunteers needed for Welcome Week: The Office of the Dean of Students, Campus Life, and the Office of Diversity are sponsoring Welcome Week programming on Tuesday, August 20th from 1:30pm-4:30pm. Our theme for the day is Engage. Lead. Geaux, with the programming focusing on leadership and diversity. We are optimistically planning for 3,000 students and would like to reach out to GAs for additional support on the day. The goal/purpose is to provide opportunities for our new students to experience Leadership & Diversity at LSU. We are recruiting Graduate Assistants to participate in various ways to help make this a successful conference for our new students. To volunteer, go to lsu.qualtrics.com

Upcoming Workshops

Faculty Tech Center

Creating Accessible Word Documents

Date: July 24
Time: 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: 133 Himes Hall

Visit training.lsu.edu/ to register.

Faculty Tech Center

Creating Accessible Power Point Presentations

Date: July 24
Time: 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: 133 Himes Hall

Visit training.lsu.edu/ to register.

Available Graduate Assistantships

Graduate School Communications	LSU Libraries Administrative Services	LSU Libraries Government Documents
Social Research & Evaluation Center	LSU Lab School Admissions	Center for Academic Success- Academic Support
Center for Academic Success Learning Strategies	Office of Retention & Strategic Initiatives	LSU Pre-Scholars Academy
LSU Public Policy Research Lab	BLACK MALE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE	Auxiliary Services Marketing
La Transportation Research Center- Computer Science	Residential Life Residence Director

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