Nominations are now open for the 2021 Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award. Please submit nominations to the Graduate School no later than 4pm, June 16, 2021, following our online instructions. This year, nominations are being accepted from dissertations in the fields of: Biological and Life Sciences Humanities and Fine Arts Michigan Tech may nominate one student in each field. PhD students who have completed all of their degree requirements between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2021, are eligible. The fields of competition for 2022 will be Mathematics, Ph ..read more

Students who are completing a dissertation, thesis, or report are invited to join the Graduate School to learn about the resources available to them to assist in scheduling their defense, formatting their documents, and submitting their documents.  In one afternoon, you can learn everything you need to be successful and complete your degree in a timely fashion!  Faculty and staff who assist students with submissions are also welcome to attend.  Attend the entire event, or stop in for the seminar that interests you. When: Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 2 – 4pm (see detailed sched ..read more

Graduate students can now see a personalized list of items they need to complete for each graduate degree on MyMichiganTech. A full description of items needed to complete each degree along with details about when, how, and why to complete them is found on the Graduate School’s web site. Students can access their personalized list by: Logging into MyMichiganTech using their Michigan Tech ID and password For example, if your email is blizzard@mtu.edu, you would log in with “blizzard” as your ID along with the same password used to check email Clicking on the “Current Students” link in the m ..read more

Students can check whether their dissertation, thesis, or report submission is complete on MyMichiganTech.  Additional details about the submission process can be found online for dissertations, theses, and reports. First, log into MyMichiganTech using your Michigan Tech ID and password and click on the “Current Students” tab. For example, if your email is blizzard@mtu.edu, you would log in with “blizzard” as your ID along with the same password used to check email More help on accessing MyMichiganTech is found in our previous tutorial In the center column, labeled “My St ..read more

The Graduate School is pleased to announce that final oral examinations (“defenses”) can now be scheduled on MyMichiganTech. This applies to students scheduling a defense of their dissertation, thesis, or report.   Students will log into MyMichiganTech to complete a scheduling request, and their advisor will log into the Workflow system to review that request and make a decision. Email notifications will be sent throughout the process. A student tutorial and advisor tutorial with screenshots is available on our blog, as well as a presentation in our seminar archive. A complete overvi ..read more

Graduate faculty, graduate students, and graduate program assistants are invited to attend a seminar that will present updates to the process to schedule a final oral examination (“defense”) effective spring 2021: When: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 2-3pm Where: Zoom – please register to attend Beginning in mid-March, the process to schedule a defense will move online to MyMichiganTech. At the seminar, we will describe the process and be available to answer any questions you have.  For those who cannot attend, a recording will be available on our seminar archive and a student tutorial and ad ..read more

Effective spring 2021, students will schedule their final oral examination (“defense”) by submitting information about their dissertation, thesis, or report and defense to MyMichiganTech. When a defense request is submitted by the student, the committee will be notified of the details and the advisor will also be notified to review the request in Workflow. Please contact the Graduate School if there are any technical issues. The advisor will log into Banner Workflow and select the scheduling request to review from their worklist. Banner access for advisors is described on our web page. Advisor ..read more

A final oral examination (“defense”) is a milestone for students completing a dissertation, thesis, or report. To schedule a defense, students must log into MyMichiganTech and navigate to the Current Students tab. In the “Dissertation, Thesis, or Report” area in the center column, students will see a link to schedule their final oral examination. If this section is blank, please contact the Graduate School for assistance. A link to schedule a final oral examination is on the Dissertation, Thesis, or Report status area. Please review the information at the top of the form. If there are any erro ..read more

Students who are completing a dissertation, thesis, or report are invited to join the Graduate School to learn about the resources available to them to assist in scheduling their defense, formatting their documents, and submitting their documents.  In one afternoon, you can learn everything you need to be successful and complete your degree in a timely fashion!  Faculty and staff who assist students with submissions are also welcome to attend.  Attend the entire event, or stop in for the seminar that interests you. When: Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 2 – 4pm (see detailed sched ..read more

Nominations are now open for the 2020 Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award. Please submit nominations to the Graduate School no later than 4pm, June 2, 2020, following our online instructions. This year, nominations are being accepted from dissertations in the fields of: Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering Social Sciences (note: history is classed within the humanities and is not a field of competition in 2020) Michigan Tech may nominate one student in each field. PhD students who have completed all of their degree requirements between July ..read more