Events in December 2025
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Get Stuff Done with GROW (EGR) Get Stuff Done with GROW (EGR)
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December 1, 2025Are you having a hard time getting things off your to do list? Would you benefit from a dedicated space and being around others to find motivation and productivity? If so, please join us in a structured community space for supporting goal achievement. We will start at 2pm with a brief time of connecting and sharing goals.
We will then have two sessions of about 50-60 minutes where everyone will work on their individual goals with a 10-minute break in between. You can come for one or both sessions or just stop in at any point. We will offer a hybrid option upon request.
Please reach out to Clara Graucob, GROW GA, for more information at graucobc@msu.edu. Whether it’s your dissertation, classwork, emails, a crafting project, or brushing up your CV, let’s help each other Get Stuff Done!
ETD Fall 2025 Submission Deadline ETD Fall 2025 Submission Deadline
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December 1, 2025Each semester has a deadline for the initial submission of theses and dissertations to ProQuest. The deadline is generally two weeks prior to the final deadline. Plan your defense accordingly. The document submitted to ProQuest is expected to be a final version, meaning it has been successfully defended, corrections the committee wants have been made, and there are no more content changes.
Students are highly encouraged to read and follow the Thesis and Dissertation information available on the Graduate School’s website at: https://grad.msu.edu/etd. This site gives instructions on formatting, required paperwork, and how to submit to ProQuest.
The Graduate School will not accept documents for review for the current semester after 5:00PM ET on the submission deadline date.
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COGS Coffee & Connection COGS Coffee & Connection
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December 2, 2025Get Stuff Done with GROW (BPH) Get Stuff Done with GROW (BPH)
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December 2, 2025Are you having a hard time getting things off your to do list? Would you benefit from a dedicated space and being around others to find motivation and productivity? If so, please join us in a structured community space for supporting goal achievement. We will start at 2pm with a brief time of connecting and sharing goals.
We will then have two sessions of about 50-60 minutes where everyone will work on their individual goals with a 10-minute break in between. You can come for one or both sessions or just stop in at any point. We will offer a hybrid option upon request.
Please reach out to Clara Graucob, GROW GA, for more information at graucobc@msu.edu. Whether it’s your dissertation, classwork, emails, a crafting project, or brushing up your CV, let’s help each other Get Stuff Done!
Lunch with the Dean Lunch with the Dean
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December 2, 2025During the academic year, the Dean of the Graduate School, Pero Dagbovie, invites graduate students to join him and his graduate school colleagues for lunch and conversation in Chittenden Hall along the beautiful and historic Laboratory Row.
About the Event:This unique opportunity allows Graduate Students the chance to connect with The Graduate School leadership and staff in a relaxed and informal lunch setting. Connect about career and school journeys, gain understanding of The Graduate School programs that empower graduate student success and engage in candid discussions about university and student life.
Why Attend?- Share experiences in a safe space.- Learn more about what the Graduate School offers, such as professional development & educational wellbeing opportunities.- Enjoy a meal and conversation with new people!
Registration for these lunches is required. If the registration link is no longer available, either the workshop is full, or the registration period has ended.
Fall 2025 Dates, all lunches will take place in-person in Chittenden Hall room 110 from 12:00-1:00pm:
Thursday, September 11
Wednesday, October 8
Tuesday, November 11
Tuesday, December 2Get Stuff Done with GROW - Cookies and Co-Working Get Stuff Done with GROW - Cookies and Co-Working
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December 2, 2025Join us for this special finals edition of the Get Stuff Done series. Come get things off your to do list with the motivation of being around other productive (-looking) people and a sugary energy boost in form of cookies. Some hot beverages will be available too.
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AGEP Learning Community Meeting AGEP Learning Community Meeting
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December 4, 2025The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) at Michigan State University (MSU) was started with funding from the National Science Foundation. MSU AGEP supports recruitment, retention, and graduation of underrepresented students in doctoral programs of the natural and social sciences, mathematics, engineering and the humanities. The MSU AGEP Learning Community is an informal environment where students from varying disciplines can gather, share their research in a 10-minute presentation, or discover that their graduate toils are not unusual. Those in attendance are privy to information regarding fellowships, career opportunities, even summer internships, pertaining to the group.
RSVP for AGEP Learning Community meetings here: AGEP Learning Community Meeting Registration
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CES Write-In CES Write-In
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December 5, 2025Would scheduling regular, specific times to write about your outreach or engagement work be helpful? If so, please join us on the first Friday of each month for three hours of dedicated time to advance your scholarship. Past participants have written journal articles, grant proposals, book chapters, theses or dissertations, curricula, pieces for public audiences, and community engagement portfolios. Participants should plan to write for the full three hours. We start the write-in by sharing writing goals for the day and wrap up with accomplishments and next steps.
Write-Ins are free, but registration is required. *Please note that your registration is a commitment to attend.
Sponsored by: University Outreach and Engagement; Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development; The Graduate School; The Writing Center.
Registration Coming Soon
Contact Diane Doberneck, connordm@msu.edu with any questions.
WAC Book Club: Meeting 3 WAC Book Club: Meeting 3
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December 5, 2025Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) supports educators in designing writing assignments that are effective, meaningful, and accessible to all. Join the book club to discuss Bad Ideas About Writing edited by Cheryl E. Ball & Drew M. Loewe!
The book is open access and linked in the registration form. Each book club meeting will focus on a particular set of pages as indicated in the registration form. We invite you to read any of the chapters within that page range that interest you!
Dates:
WAC Book Club Meeting 1
Friday, October 24th from 10a-11am via Zoom (link to be shared by WC closer to event)
WAC Book Club Meeting 2
Friday, November 14th from 10a-11am via Zoom
WAC Book Club Meeting 3
Friday, December 5th from 10a-11am via Zoom
Register for book club dates via this link.
CREATE and Connect CREATE and Connect
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December 5, 2025Give yourself a break on December 5th and drop by Chittenden Hall between 1-4pm. We'll have an array of crafting stations for your creative enjoyment. Friends and peers across disciplines to connect with. Cards/games in case you're feeling playful. And snacks to keep you going.
Representatives from COGS, the Graduate Educator Advancement and Teaching (GREAT) Office and the Graduate Office of Wellbeing (GROW) and will be there to create and connect with you. We hope you'll join us!
Take a Break, Create & Connect.. Take a Break, Create & Connect..
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December 5, 2025With COGS+GROW+ GREAT: 1PM TO 4 PM *drop in
Chittenden Hall Lounge
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UDF Slate Process Training Session UDF Slate Process Training Session
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December 8, 2025ATTENTION:
GPDs, GPAs
Graduate program directors and graduate program assistants are welcome to attend this session that will review the University Distinguished Fellowship process within Slate.
Register using the link below.
Join the meeting using this link.
Passcode: 4Bd7wn7Q
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RECR: Record Keeping, Data Management, and Sharing Information RECR: Record Keeping, Data Management, and Sharing Information
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December 9, 2025(RCR-3628-ILTVC)
At the heart of what you do as a scholar is to produce data and or other creative products. The gathering, use of and ownership of data and creative products are critical to understand.
This session will discuss the diversity of what data can be, and who controls, owns and can share such data. We will also discuss practical means to protect your data and creative products.
Register on the MSU Ability Training Compliance System.
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CCTI Scaffolding Session CCTI Scaffolding Session
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December 10, 2025If you have attended the CCTI or any of our workshops for preparing a Teaching Statement, or Research Statement, this Scaffolding session is for you!
Please join us to keep the momentum going and make progress on your materials. Please come to this working and scaffolding session prepared with questions, identify your needs, and set goals to complete your work. Provide your questions in the comment box of the registration form and we will be sure to have an answer and provide resources and feedback.
Facilitators: Dr. Stefanie Baier and Dr. Rique Campa
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GTA TLC Year End Reflections and Holiday Gathering GTA TLC Year End Reflections and Holiday Gathering
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December 11, 2025If you are a GTA this fall or have attended any of our GTA TLC sessions, please join us for a gathering in which you will have the opportunity to reflect with others on your teaching experiences.
In the holiday spirit, we will share some food and treats and connect with one another. Please register by December 5th, only if you can attend in person.
Organized by the GREAT Office
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Spring 2026 TA Tuition Pool Application Closes Spring 2026 TA Tuition Pool Application Closes
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December 12, 2025The Graduate Employees Union and Michigan State University agreed to add 500 additional tuition credits to the tuition waiver benefit for teaching assistants. This additional benefit will be in place for 2024-2028. The Spring tuition pool is available to students appointed as teaching assistants in Spring 2026. Applications are due December 12, 2025 by 5 pm.
Apply at https://grad.msu.edu/tatuitionpool
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ETD Fall 2025 Final Deadline ETD Fall 2025 Final Deadline
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December 15, 2025Each semester has a final deadline where documents have been accepted and delivered for publishing, all required paperwork has been turned in, all milestones have been completed, and all degree audits have been completed. Your document must be accepted and delivered to the publisher, ProQuest, by 5:00PM ET on the final deadline date.
Students are highly encouraged to read and follow the Thesis and Dissertation information available on the Graduate School’s website at: https://grad.msu.edu/etd. This site gives instructions on formatting, required paperwork, and how to submit to ProQuest.
