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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020">I just sent the following email to all 518 and 718 students. Please let any other graduate students know who may benefit from this workshop. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020">On Saturday, February 18<sup>th</sup>, at 10:00 am, Sarah Northam, Scholarly Communications Librarian with Waters Library, will be conduction a workshop on tips and tricks for navigating the
library and internet sources for dissertation and thesis research. Even if you are a thesis student, please feel free to take part in the workshop; it is free! Topics will include the library databases, personalizing OneSearch, citation searching, and best
practices for Google Scholar. The link to the workshop is here: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tamuc.us18.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D2ee0145a12a421aa597a0753a-26id-3D585640c460-26e-3Dea5ccbf459&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=uhNaI6gIUoNszWNwFVCqn_ajSLWDBHZK12upDTySlng&m=BreSyIrIVGBlhPNFoyxZ_xQicBLAl6vWaPxv9OsEcYmrBmnDSUkvqYdYFJCBKSwR&s=Fp7XBEjRVle-fPAbbGlYPnOOfsFNdgbVRbL8rK-mUmU&e=">
<span style="color:#21211F">Dissertation Workshop</span></a> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020">At the beginning of the workshop, I will review the formatting requirements of the Graduate School. I will review the thesis/dissertation template and the companion piece to the template, the
Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Guide, the Graduate School provides, highlighting the requirements students are to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020">Mark your calendars for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Thesis and Dissertation Specialist</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#1F497D">TDS Deadlines for Spring 2023</span></u></b><b><span style="color:#1F497D">:</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Last day to defend final dissertation* **:
<b>Friday, March 24<sup>th</sup> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Last day to submit final thesis or dissertation to the Graduate School/TDS:
<b>Friday, April 7th <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Last day to submit thesis/dissertation proposals to the Graduate School/TDS for Spring 2023 approval:<b> Friday, April 28<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#1F497D">TDS Deadlines for Summer 2023</span></u></b><span style="color:#1F497D">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Last day to defend final dissertation* **:
<b>Friday, June 16<sup>th</sup> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Last day to submit final thesis or dissertation to the Graduate School/TDS:
<b>Friday, June 23<sup>rd</sup><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Last day to submit thesis/dissertation proposals to the Graduate School/TDS for Summer 2023 approval:<b> Friday, July 28<sup>th<o:p></o:p></sup></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">* </span><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/graduateSchool/graduateForms.aspx"><span style="color:blue">Schedule Forms</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"> for dissertation defenses (proposal and final)
are due the <b>20<sup>th</sup> of the month prior</b> <b>to the defense date</b> (if the 20<sup>th</sup> of the month falls on a weekend or university holiday, the deadline is the working day prior to the 20th).</span><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/graduateSchool/documents/thesis--dissertation-services/Notification%20form%20for%20Thesis%20Defense1.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Notification Form for the Final Thesis Defense</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
<b>at least 7 days prior</b><b> to the defense</b>.</span><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Early TDS submissions are encouraged. Approvals for submissions received
<u>past</u> the deadline <b>will be processed for review and approval for the following semester</b>.
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