Announcements

Dear Campus Community,  We are glad to have our full community back on campus and are pleased that with the start of the semester, our COVID-19 cases have remained low and, reassuringly, the new sub-variants of COVID-19 are not translating into severe illness for most people. Over the last two years, we have been able to lessen the burden of COVID-19 within our community, thanks in part to our students, faculty and staff having received the initial vaccine and booster.

Graduate School Student Fellowships and Awards  Deadline Information for Fall 22 and Spring 23 Award Competitions Recruitment Fellowships    Flagship Fellowships

Below are important reminders regarding spring 2023 graduation deadlines and timeframes for graduate students.  Please email us at graduate-dean@umd.edu if you have any questions. Academic Deadlines February 7: Master’s and doctoral students: Final date to submit Application for Graduation in order to graduate this semester/term.

The mental health of our graduate community is important to our collective success. The Graduate School offers the following supportive resources for Faculty, staff, and graduate students who are in distress: Graduate School Academic Counselor  Graduate Counseling Groups Meditation Sessions 

A campus-wide message was sent today regarding Guidelines and Phased Plan for Fall 2021 return to campus: umd.edu/4Maryland/Fall2021.  The campus guidance includes a link to our page for graduate students on the resumption of in-person thesis and dissertation defenses.

The University of Maryland’s Graduate School is excited to recruit two outstanding undergraduate interns.  We are happy to support you in pursuing course credit for the internship if your academic program provides it (e.g., PSYC 389).  The deadline to apply is 9am on Monday, February 1.

The Graduate School currently does not have policy or guidance on whether and to what extent current graduate students can be involved in graduate admissions. We have learned that some programs involve current graduate students in their admissions process whereas others do not. At the request of the Council of Associate Deans of Graduate Education (CADGE), the Graduate School prepared draft guidance in collaboration with the Graduate Council (approved November 24, 2020).

On November 16, the Provost emailed all students announcing that the deadline to withdraw from a course has been extended to November 30 to provide students who have been profoundly impacted by the pandemic conditions with more flexibility.  In considering your options, it is important that graduate students and program advisors understand the potential implications of withdrawing from a course (or an entire semester) so they can work together to make an informed decision.

The Graduate School announces improvements to the remote thesis/dissertation defense process. Please visit our website for more information.

This document offers suggestions to directors of graduate studies and faculty supervisors about how to balance the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on graduate assistants with the need to continue unit operations, offer high-quality instruction to undergraduate students, and support research excellence.