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4 May 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II and Fall Semester 2010 (reminder)
[2] All graduate students: Applications for graduation (reminder)

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II and Fall Semester 2010 (reminder)

Registration for the 2010 summer sessions started on Wednesday, March 24 and registration for the fall semester 2010 started on Monday, April 5. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register for summer or fall. You can do this by submitting an online Program Planning Sheet at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. We are accepting Program Planning Sheets for summer and fall registration now. Usually you will get a reply to your Program Planning Sheet within 24 hours (not including weekends), but there are times that it takes longer. Just be reassured that we do process them in the order in which we receive them.

Summer session II 2010 will take place from Friday, June 18 through August 13. There are no graduate level music courses offered in summer session I. http://registrar.indiana.edu/scheduleoclasses/prl/soc4105/MUS/index.html is a direct link to the summer Schedule of Classes.

Fall semester 2010 will take place from Monday, August 30 through December 17. http://registrar.indiana.edu/scheduleoclasses/prl/soc4108/MUS/index.html is a direct link to the fall Schedule of Classes.

For information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.

To view your Academic Advisement Report, log on the OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu), then click on the "Student Self-Service" button on the left side of the page. Next, click on the Go to Student Center link. From that page, click on My Academics and Grades. That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc. The Academic Advisement Report has a breakdown of all of your requirements and tracks which requirements you have already completed.

If you have any questions about degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.

Please note that every student who is registered this spring semester has two advising holds on their record (you can see this in the Student Center – there is one for summer advising and one for fall advising). These holds will be removed as you submit your program planning sheets and don’t affect your records in any way other than blocking your registration. If you have submitted a program planning sheet for summer but not for fall, you will still see the fall hold, but it won’t block you from registering in the summer.
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[2] All graduate students: Applications for graduation

Remember that if you plan to graduate this May or August you need to submit an Application for Graduation. If you do not remember whether you have already done this, you can check your academic advisement report on OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu). The way you get to your academic advisement report is to log on to OneStart, then click on the “student center” link. From that page, click on “my academics and grades.” That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.

Once you get to the academic advisement report, click on the “expand all” button at the top of the report. Near the end of the academic advisement report there is a line for "Application for Graduation". If the line is red and says "Not Satisfied", we have not yet received an application for graduation. If the line says "Satisfied," then we have. If you haven’t submitted an application yet, you can do so online by following the links on this page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Graduation.shtml.

You are required to apply for graduation even if you do not plan to go through the commencement ceremony. If you apply for graduation this late in the semester your name will not be in the Commencement program, but you will still have the option of attending the ceremony if you’d like.

14 April 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All doctoral students in qualifying exam stage: Minor field qualifying exam in Music Theory
[2] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II 2010 (reminder)
[3] All graduate students: Registration for Fall Semester 2010 (reminder)
[4] All doctoral students still in coursework: “New” music theory minor
[5] All graduate students: Applications for graduation (reminder)
[6] All graduate students: IU Entrepreneurial Connection Day

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All doctoral students: Minor field qualifying exam in Music Theory

Doctoral Students:
If you are planning to take the minor field qualifying exam in Music Theory this summer (Saturday, July 10, 2010), you need to sign up in the Music Graduate office by Friday, April 23. Please review http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Doctoral/Quals.shtml for information on qualifying exam sign-up procedures.

If you are sending an email to sign up (to musdoc@indiana.edu), please include your full name and a list of the three Music Theory minor field courses you want to be tested on during the exam. You can also sign up in person in the Music Graduate Office (MU011).
The only time the exam will be offered this summer is on Saturday, July 10, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the MAC room 036.
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[2] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II 2010 (reminder)

Registration for the 2010 summer sessions started on Wednesday, March 24. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. You can do this by submitting an online Program Planning Sheet at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. We are accepting Program Planning Sheets for summer registration now. Usually you will get a reply to your Program Planning Sheet within 24 hours (not including weekends), but there are times that it takes longer. Just be reassured that we do process them in the order in which we receive them.

For information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.

If you have any questions about degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.

[3] All graduate students: Registration for Fall 2010 (reminder)

Registration for the fall semester 2010 started on Monday, April 5. The fall Schedule of Classes is available online and you can begin the fall registration procedure. You start this by submitting the online Program Planning Sheet at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. Usually you will get a reply to your Program Planning Sheet within 24 hours (not including weekends), but there are times that it takes longer. Just be reassured that we do process them in the order in which we receive them.

For information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.

If you have any questions about degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.

Please note that every student who is registered this spring semester has two advising holds on their record (you can see this in the Student Center – there is one for summer advising and one for fall advising). These holds will be removed as you submit your program planning sheets and don’t affect your records in any way other than blocking your registration.
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[4] All doctoral students still in coursework: “New” music theory minor

Doctoral Students

A change in the requirements for the minor in music theory has recently been approved. The minor must include either T551 Analytical Techniques for Tonal Music or T556 Analysis of Music Since 1900, plus any three courses numbered T545 or higher. The requirement that the minor must include one of T550 Readings in Music Theory and T591 Teaching of Music Theory has been eliminated. If you have already declared a music theory minor and would like to change your list of proposed courses in light of this loosened requirement, you will need to submit a new Minor Field form (http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Forms/PdfForm--DoctoralMinorField.pdf).

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[5] All graduate students: Applications for graduation

[6] All graduate students: IU Entrepreneurial Connection Day

Agenda for Friday, April 16, 2010
12:00 PM Registration Opens
1:00 PM Welcome & Introductions
Presentation of William L. Haeberle Award
Mark Albion, Keynote
2:00 PM Panel Session with Q&A
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM Open Mic Networking
4:30 PM Reception & Networking
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M. Sue Artmeier
Assistant Director
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
1275 East Tenth Street, Suite 2050
Bloomington, IN 47405-1703
Ph: 812.855.4248
Fax: 812.855.2751
http://www.kelley.indiana.edu/jcei

7 April 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II 2010 (reminder)
[2] All graduate students: Registration for Fall Semester 2010 (reminder)
[3] All doctoral students: Declaration of doctoral minors (reminder)
[4] All international students: Time limits on international student documentation

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II 2010 (reminder)

For information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.

If you have any questions about degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.

[2] All graduate students: Registration for Fall 2010 (reminder)

For information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.

If you have any questions about degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.

Please note that every student who is registered this spring semester has two advising holds on their record (you can see this in the Student Center – there is one for summer advising and one for fall advising). These holds will be removed as you submit your program planning sheets and don’t affect your records in any way other than blocking your registration.
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[3] All doctoral students: Declaration of doctoral minors (reminder)

We have noticed a trend that many doctoral students are waiting until they are almost done with coursework to formally declare their minors. This is a very risky thing – until you formally declare a minor, you have no way of knowing whether or not the courses you are taking will count. Sometimes students take courses that don’t count, spending time and money on what ends up being an extra class. This is something those students could have avoided by declaring their minors early.

In the future, doctoral students will not be eligible to register for their 5th semester of coursework until all minors (or guided electives) are formally declared and approved. Please see http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/Minors.shtml for detailed information about minor field requirements and instructions on how to get your minor approved.

[4] All international students: Time limits on international student documentation

International students,

You are responsible for being aware of the time limits on your international student documentation (I-20, DS2019, etc), and you are expected to complete your program requirements within those time limits. These time limits are sometimes different from Jacobs School of Music program time limits.

If you think you will need more time than you are given on your international student documentation, then you should contact me so that we can discuss your academic plans and how they relate to your time limits. After we have talked, you will probably need to speak with the International Services Office in Franklin Hall room 306. Do not put this off – if there is a chance you cannot graduate before your deadline, you need to start discussing your options right away.

Please note that extensions are only given if there is a compelling academic or medical reason that you cannot graduate before the deadline. Reasons relating to auditions, jobs, and “wanting more time” will not be accepted by the International Services Office.

This reminder is being sent to you as many students’ I-20s/DS-2019s expire in May 2010. There seems to have been a mistaken assumption among some international students that getting an extension is never a problem. However, not taking required courses and therefore not completing degree requirements before I-20/DS-2019 expiration deadlines can result in difficult situations.

I hope that by reminding you of your responsibility to complete your requirements within your time limits that we can avoid confusion in the future. I am not trying to say that you can never get an extension (if there is a compelling academic or medical reason for needing more time, then it is generally possible), but it’s dangerous to assume that it will happen. So please remember to keep your international student time limits in mind as you make your plans each semester, and let me know if you think it’s going to take you longer to finish your program than the time limit you have on your current documentation.

23 March 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II 2010
[2] All graduate students: Registration for Fall Semester 2010
[3] All doctoral students: Declaration of doctoral minors
[4] All graduate students: Panel Discussion announcement - Music & Innovation
[5] All graduate students: Fulbright Program information sessions
[6] All graduate students: Creation of a working group to address mental health issues amongst our graduate student population at IU

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II 2010

Registration for the 2010 summer sessions will begin on Wednesday, March 24. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. You can do this by submitting an online Program Planning Sheet at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. We are accepting Program Planning Sheets for summer registration now. Usually you will get a reply to your Program Planning Sheet within 24 hours (not including weekends), but there are times that it takes longer. Just be reassured that we do process them in the order in which we receive them.

For information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.

If you have any questions about degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.

Please note that every student who is registered this semester has two advising holds on their record (you can see this in the Student Center – there is one for summer advising and one for fall advising). These holds will be removed as you submit your program planning sheets and don’t affect your records in any way other than blocking your registration. If you have submitted a program planning sheet for summer but not for fall, you will still see the fall hold, but it won’t block you from registering in the summer.
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[2] All graduate students: Registration for Fall 2010

Registration for the fall semester will start on Monday, April 5. The fall Schedule of Classes is available online and it’s time to begin the fall registration procedure. You can start this by submitting the online Program Planning Sheet at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. Usually you will get a reply to your Program Planning Sheet within 24 hours (not including weekends), but there are times that it takes longer. Just be reassured that we do process them in the order in which we receive them.

For information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.

If you have any questions about degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.

Please note that every student who is registered this semester has two advising holds on their record (you can see this in the Student Center – there is one for summer advising and one for fall advising). These holds will be removed as you submit your program planning sheets and don’t affect your records in any way other than blocking your registration.
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[3] All doctoral students: Declaration of doctoral minors

If you are a doctoral student who is starting to take (or have already taken) courses that you hope to count towards your minor(s) but have not yet formally declared that minor, you should do so immediately. I will not enforce a delay on the approval of your Program Planning Sheet until your minors are approved this semester, but will starting with registration for spring 2011.
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[4] All graduate students: Panel Discussion announcement - Music & Innovation
Music & Innovation
Entrepreneurs from the Jacobs School of Music
March 27, 2010
Sweeney Hall,
12:30p.m. – 2:00p.m.
Networking reception following program
Reservations required: jsompanel.eventbrite.com

Music and innovation can, and do, mix! The studios are filled with successful music entrepreneurs. Join IU faculty members Petar Jankovic, Guitar; Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman, Music Education; Jeff Nelsen, Horn; Joey Tartell, Trumpet; as they talk about the innovative routes in their music careers.

Dr. Donald F. Kuratko, Executive Director, Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Kelley School of Business will moderate.

Event is free, space is limited.

Bring your questions & your entrepreneurial spirit!
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[5] All graduate students: Fulbright Program information sessions

Gain international experience with a Fulbright Grant!

Over 1500 generous grants available in any discipline provide for long-term immersion in another language and culture.

Learn more at a Fulbright Program information session this semester. Three information sessions during Spring 2010 listed below. Short presentations will be followed by Q & A. Stop by anytime to pick up brochures.

Or contact IU Fulbright Adviser, Paul Fogleman, to make an appointment. Contact info below.

Locations, dates and times of information sessions:

Woodburn 120
FRIDAY March 26, 2010, 10am - 1pm
20 min. presentations at 10, 11 & 12

Woodburn 120
FRIDAY April 23, 2010, 2-4pm
20 min. presentations at 2 & 3

Business 219
FRIDAY April 16, 2010, 2-4pm
20 min. presentations at 2 & 3

Resources at IU for more information and help preparing your application:

1) Paul Fogleman, Fulbright Adviser, Office for International Affairs Tel. (812) 855-3948; Email: pfoglema@indiana.edu

AND

2) The Grad Grants Center in room 651 in the Wells Library Tel. (812) 855-5281; Email: gradgrnt@indiana.edu; Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~gradgrnt/

Resources on the web at: www.us.fulbrightonline.org

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[6] All graduate students: Creation of a working group to address mental health issues amongst our graduate student population at IU

The University Graduate School and graduate students from the Department of Sociology are forming a working group to address mental health issues amongst our graduate student population at IU. Group members will meet periodically throughout the semester to:

- Catalogue current mental health resources that target graduate student needs
- Identify limitations and brainstorm solutions/strategies for rectifying these deficiencies
- Poll graduate students about what mental health needs are most pressing at IU

We hope you are enthusiastic about improving graduate student mental health at Indiana University and encourage all interested students to respond.

TO JOIN: email iugradschool@gmail.com and let us know you’re interested.

If you have any questions, please email Sociology Graduate Student Rachel La Touche at rlatouch@indiana.edu. A preliminary group meeting will be scheduled toward the end of March/beginning of April.

25 February 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Auto-W Deadline
[2] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II 2010
[3] All doctoral students: Written Qualifying Exams in Summer Session II 2010

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Auto-W Deadline

The Auto-W Deadline for spring semester 2010 is Wednesday, March 10.

The Auto-W deadline is the dividing line between when you may drop a course and be guaranteed a grade of "W" (any time before Wednesday, March 10) and when you may potentially get a grade of "F" for a dropped course, if you are approved to drop a course at all (after March 10).

Before the Auto-W deadline, you can drop a class by using the eDrop procedure on OneStart (http://registrar.indiana.edu/~registra/dropadd.shtml#edrop).

The main differences in dropping a course after the Auto-W deadline are that the instructor has the option of giving you a grade of "F" for the course if that is the grade you are earning when you request to drop it, and that you need to petition to the Music Graduate Office for permission to drop a course after the Auto-W deadline. Please note that it is extremely rare to get permission to drop a class after the Auto-W deadline.

Please remember that even when you drop a class you are still responsible for maintaining a full-time course load - at least 8 credits for master’s and doctoral students (except for some students in their last semester of coursework), at least 9 credits for all diploma and visiting students.

If you want to add a course after the Auto-W deadline, you will need to pick up a late drop/add form in the Music Graduate Office and gather various signatures. The eAdd system (like the eDrop system) is not available after March 10.

Please make an appointment to speak with me if you have any questions or concerns. To make an appointment, call 855-1738.
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[2] All graduate students: Registration for Summer Session II 2010

The summer session 2010 Schedule of Classes is now posted on the Registrar’s office web site. http://registrar.indiana.edu/scheduleoclasses/prl/soc4105/MUS/index.html is a direct link to the schedule.

We are not yet accepting program planning sheets for summer registration, but will begin to around March 4. I will send an email announcement when it’s time to start submitting program planning sheets.

However, you can look at the summer schedule and start making decisions now about which courses you would like to take in summer session II (if you plan to stay for the summer).

Summer session II 2010 will take place from Friday June 18 through Friday August 13. There are no graduate level music courses offered in summer session I.

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[3] All doctoral students: Written Qualifying Exams in Summer Session II 2010

Doctoral Students,

If you are planning to take a written qualifying exam during summer session II 2010, you need to sign up in the Music Graduate Office by Friday, March 12, 2010. You can do this through email (musdoc@indiana.edu) or by stopping by the Music Graduate Office (MU011). The information we will need is your full name and which exam (or exams) you plan to take during summer session II.

At the moment we are not asking you to reserve a specific date for this summer; we just need to know if you are planning to take a written exam in the summer so that we have time to request the exam questions from your Advisory Committee representatives before the majority of the faculty leaves for the summer. However, if you would like to reserve a specific date (and you are eligible to schedule a date right away), you will be able to do so as soon as the summer written exam calendar is posted.

If you want to take an exam in the summer but are not yet fully qualified to schedule a date (for example, you want to take your major field exam in the summer but your topic proposal is not yet approved), then you can tell us before March 12 that you want to take a summer exam, then reserve a specific date once you are eligible to schedule.

Don't forget that you need to submit the "Request to take Doctoral Written Qualifying Exams” form before you can request to take any qualifying examination. You can submit the form in the Music Graduate Office or online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Doctoral/RequesttoBeginExams.shtml.

See http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Doctoral/Quals.shtml for information about the qualifying exam process.

Please contact the Music Graduate Office if you have any questions about scheduling summer written exams (Merrill Hall 011, musdoc@indiana.edu, 855-1738).

18 February 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Won-Joon Yoon Memorial Scholarship
[2] All graduate students: India Studies Lecture Series for spring 2010
[3] All graduate students: Student Choice Awards 2010

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Won-Joon Yoon Memorial Scholarship

On Sunday 4 July 1999, a bright and promising young Korean graduate student was killed as he was entering his church. He was the victim of a random act of extremist violence. Indiana University is united in deploring the hatred and intolerance that caused this senseless tragedy and is committed to the principles and ideals that make this university a place where people from all walks of life and from all nations and religions, can join together in pursuit of knowledge and mutual respect. As a way of underscoring Mr. Yoon’s legacy, Indiana University established this scholarship.

The Won-Joon Yoon Scholarship will provide financial support for IU students who have exemplified tolerance and understanding across racial and religious lines through service, personal commitment, academic achievement and future potential.

Candidates may be graduate students or undergraduates who have completed at least one academic semester of study at Indiana University at the time of application. Candidates may be citizens of any country. Candidates must be full-time students pursuing Indiana University degrees in Bloomington. Candidates may be self-nominated (apply themselves) or be nominated by Indiana University faculty or staff members. Candidates must submit a statement (not to exceed 750 words) describing what the scholarship will enable them to accomplish in their academic programs. The scholarship should be taken up during summer 2010 or the 2010-2011 academic year. Candidates must submit a resume or curriculum vitae. Three letters of support are required, at least one of which should be from an Indiana University faculty member. Faculty or staff who nominate candidates, please provide a letter of nomination and at least one additional letter of support. If possible, please also enclose a copy of the student’s resume or curriculum vitae.

The scholarship has a value of approximately $2,500.

The application deadline is March 12, 2010.

Completed applications/nominations should be sent to the Won-Joon Yoon Scholarship Committee, Bryan Hall 104, Indiana University, 107 S. Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405.

Please direct questions to Edda Callahan, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Bryan Hall 104, phone: 812-855-5021; e-mail egcallah@indiana.edu

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[2] All graduate students: India Studies Lecture Series for spring 2010

Each semester, the Indiana University India Studies Program sponsors a series of guest lectures and other events designed to bring the leading figures of the politics, arts, and cultures of India and South Asia to the Bloomington campus. Our events are presented free of charge and are open to students, faculty, and the community at large.

The lineup of spring programming:

February 22 - Lecture, Coming Down with Modernity: Confusions, Questions and Some Perceptions from South Asia, Tithi Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, Department of
History, Purdue University. 5:30 pm in Fine Arts 102.

March 8 - Lecture, The Bhakti Movement--Since When?, John Stratton Hawley, Professor, Department of Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University. 5:30 pm in Woodburn 007.

April 1 - Lecture, Sacrificed Wife Revisited, Stephanie Jamison, Professor, Department of Asian Cultures and Literatures, University of California, Los Angeles. 5:30 pm in Lindley 102.

April 8 - Lecture, Tribal and Folk Musics of India, Lewis Rowell, Professor Emeritus, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington. 5:30 pm, location: TBD

April 21 - Lecture, Early Indian Mathematics, Samir Bose, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame. 5:30 pm, location: TBD

For additions to the schedule, and other programming information, please check our website, http://www.indiana.edu/~isp/events-s10.shtml
--
Tim Callahan
Assistant Director
India Studies Program
Indiana University
825 East 8th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-3842
812-855-5798 / fax 812-856-4658
E-mail: timcalla@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~isp

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[3] All graduate students: Student Choice Awards 2010

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE IU PROFESSOR NOW UNTIL MARCH 10, 2009 at http://www.indiana.edu/~saa.

The talented, inspiring, and dedicated professors at Indiana University are responsible for the personal and academic growth of thousands of students. To encourage professors’ continued dedication and to commend their past efforts, the Student Alumni Association created the Student Choice Awards in the 1970s.

From February 8th to March 10th, students will be able to nominate their favorite professors for the 2010 Student Choice Awards. Students may visit the Student Alumni Association website at http://www.indiana.edu/~saa and follow the Student Choice Awards link to cast their online vote. Students may also use paper ballots, which will be available in residence halls and other prominent campus locations, to vote for their favorite professors. Students are encouraged to vote for as many different professors as they like, but may only vote for an individual professor one time. Associate instructors are not eligible to receive votes.

To qualify for a 2010 Student Choice Award, professors must have:

Taught at least six hours for four of the past six semesters Been on the Bloomington campus for three years Received at least three Student Choice Award nominations Not won a Student Choice Award in the previous five years

For more info: iusaa@indiana.edu. ALL IU STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE!

Kim Kushner
Graduate Assistant, IU Student Alumni Association (SAA)
The Virgil T. Devault Alumni Center
1000 East 17th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408
Office Phone: (812) 856-4541
Fax: (812) 855-9478
kimkushn@indiana.edu
http://alumni.indiana.edu/saa
Connecting alumni. Serving IU.

Higher Education and Student Affairs
M.S. Candidate 2010

2 February 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Workshop announcement - Opportunities, the Future, and You
[2] All graduate students: Panel Discussion announcement – Careers in the New Music Industry
[3] All graduate students: Application for graduation (reminder)
[4] All graduate students: Dropping and Adding Classes in your Spring 2010 schedule (reminder)

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Workshop announcement - Opportunities, the Future, and You

OPPORTUNITIES, THE FUTURE AND YOU

Serial entrepreneur Kevin Woelfel explains how to develop music entrepreneurship opportunities.

Kevin has founded three companies including WolfPak® Incorporated and Rocky Mountain Case Works, both of which produce high-end music instrument cases for international distribution. He was also Director of Operations for the David G. Monette Corporation, a manufacturer of exclusive custom trumpets. Most recently, Mr. Woelfel founded ArtsStart.org to distribute his opportunity analysis tool called I'mART.

Kevin Woelfel became the Director of the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho in 2007. Previously, he was the Director of the Entrepreneurship Center for Music at University of Colorado at Boulder.

Dr. Don Kuratko (Dr. K), one of the world’s leading scholars in entrepreneurship, will also present a 30 minute primer on the entrepreneurial mindset. Dr. K is The Jack M. Gill Chair of Entrepreneurship; Professor of Entrepreneurship & Executive Director of The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at The Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Saturday, February 13th 2009
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
MAC 036

Networking Reception follows immediately after program.

Space is Limited
Event Free. Reservations Required at:
jsomwoelfel.eventbrite.com
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[2] All graduate students: Panel Discussion – Careers in the New Music Industry

Careers in the New Music Industry

A Panel Discussion with:

Carrie Newcomer: carrienewcomer.com
Krista Detor: kristadetor.com
Robert Meitus of Meitus Gelbert Rose LLP
David Weber Producer/Owner Airtime Studio
Chris Swanson founder Secretly Canadian Records

Wednesday, February 3
2:30 - 4:30
DeVault Alumni Center
Kelley Dining Room
(Across from the Stadium/ Assembly Hall)
A dessert reception will follow
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[3] All graduate students: Application for Graduation (reminder)

Remember that if you plan to graduate this May or August, you need to submit an Application for Graduation. If you do not remember whether you have already done this, you can check your academic advisement report on OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu). The way you get to your academic advisement report is to log on the OneStart, then click on the “student center” link. From that page, click on “my academics and grades.” That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.

Near the end of the academic advisement report there is a line for "Application for Graduation". If the line is red and says "Not Satisfied", we have not yet received an application for graduation. If the line says "Satisfied," then we have. If you haven’t submitted an application yet, you can do so online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ApplicationforGraduation.shtml (MA students should use this form: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Forms/Form--MAGraduationApplication.pdf and PhD students should use this form: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Forms.shtml).

You are required to apply for graduation even if you do not plan to go through the commencement ceremony. However, if you are interested in attending the commencement ceremony please note that the deadline to receive information from the Ceremonies office and have your name appear in the commencement program is February 12, 2010. If you apply after this date, your name may not be in the Commencement program.

We strongly suggest you submit your application as soon as possible even if you don’t care about the commencement ceremony because that will give you more time to fix any problems that may come to your attention through the application process.
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[4] All graduate students: Dropping and Adding Classes in your Spring 2010 schedule (reminder)

To drop a class from Tuesday, January 19 through Wednesday, March 10, you can follow the procedure outlined here: http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eDrop.pdf. This procedure is called eDrop. Remember that dropping a class at this point in the semester means that you do not get a full refund of your tuition for the credits you drop. This is true even if you drop one class and add another in its place.

REMINDER – THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, IS THE LAST DAY TO RECEIVE ANY REFUND FOR DROPPED COURSES. IF YOU DROP A COURSE THIS WEEK YOU WILL GET 25% OF THE TUITION REFUNDED. IF YOU DROP A CLASS AFTER FEBRUARY 5, YOU WILL GET NO REFUND OF THE TUITION.

To add a class from Tuesday, January 19 through the end of the semester, you will be able to use the eAdd procedure (which is similar to the eDrop procedure; details are outlined here http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eAdd.pdf).

Please let us know if you have problems with the eDrop or eAdd systems.

A few reminders – you are required to maintain full-time enrollment. Full-time enrollment for most master’s and doctoral students is at least 8 credit hours (except for those doctoral students who are in the exam stage of their degree, some master’s students in their final semester, and some students with special permission to enroll in less than 8 credits) and full-time enrollment for diploma and visiting students is at least 9 credit hours (there are no exceptions for diploma student full-time enrollment).
Please come by the Music Graduate Office is you have any questions or concerns.

To set up an appointment to speak with me, call 855-1738.

28 January 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION
[2] All graduate students: Dropping and Adding Classes to your Spring 2010 schedule (reminder)
[3] All graduate students: IU Cross-campus Business IDEA Competition
[4] All doctoral students: Spring 2010 Italian Graduate Reading Proficiency Exam (time change)
[5] Doctoral students – Suggestion for doctoral students who are nearing the end of the coursework stage of the degree

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION

[2] All graduate students: Dropping and Adding Classes to your Spring 2010 schedule (reminder)

To drop a class from Tuesday, January 19 through Wednesday, March 10, you can follow the procedure outlined here: http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eDrop.pdf. This procedure is called eDrop.

Remember that dropping a class at this point in the semester means that you do not get a full refund of your tuition for the credits you drop. This is true even if you drop one class and add another in its place.

Please let us know if you have problems with the eDrop or eAdd systems.

The waitlist no longer exists. If you were on the waitlist for a class that was not fulfilled by the end of the day on Friday, January 15 that means that you are NOT enrolled in that class and you will need to add it to your schedule using the eAdd procedure if the professor of the class approves.

Please come by the Music Graduate Office is you have any questions or concerns. To set up an appointment to speak with me, call 855-1738.
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[3] All graduate students: IU Cross-campus Business IDEA Competition

Dear JSOM Graduate Student,

As announced during one of last semester's Saturday morning sessions on music entrepreneurship, the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the Kelley School of Business is sponsoring a competition for individual or groups of students from across campus who have innovative ideas for a new business. The Johnson Center is eager to consider proposals from music students. For more information, contact Travis Brown in the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Best wishes,

Eric Isaacson
Director of Graduate Studies

IU Cross-campus Business IDEA Competition
Innovations Developed for Entrepreneurial Action
April 9, 2010

Here’s your chance to present that great business idea you have! Opportunity to win up to $5,000 & office space in the new IU Innovation Center!

Open to all IU Bloomington full-time students, teams of 1-5.

Important Dates
Applications Due: February 5th
Feasibility Plans Due: March 5th
IDEA Plan Presentation: April 9th

For more Information Contact: Travis Brown, Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, CG 2050, 812-856-4927, trabrown@indiana.edu, Fax: 812-855-2751

Applications also available at the Johnson Center

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[4] All doctoral students: Spring 2010 Italian Graduate Reading Proficiency Exam

(Please note that this exam is used to demonstrate graduate reading knowledge, required for some PhD programs, not foreign language placement.)
The Italian Language Proficiency reading exam has been scheduled this semester for Friday, February 12, 2010, from 3pm-5pm, in Ballantine Hall Rm. 606. Please note the time has been changed from the previous announcement.

Dear Graduate Students:

We would like to inform you that the Italian Language Proficiency reading exam has been scheduled this semester for Friday, February 12, 2010, from 3pm-5pm, in Ballantine Hall Rm. 606.

In order to register for the exam, please email me the following information:
- Name
- Department
- Student ID #

If the time of day is completely unavailable to you due to teaching or class conflicts please inform me as soon as possible.

The exam entails the translation from Italian into English of one or two articles from a current newspaper, journal, or reference source.

Please note that Reference materials (Dictionaries, Smart Phones, etc) are NOT allowed at the exam.

You are welcome to stop by the department and ask to check out the texts used in previous years for the purpose of photocopying. These previous exams are available from the Graduate Secretary of the French and Italian Department. Please contact by email: fritgs@indiana.edu or phone 855-1088.

Thank you,
Jocelyn Karlan
Jocelyn M. Karlan
Graduate Secretary
Department of French and Italian
Ballantine Hall Rm. 642
Phone (812) 855-1088
Indiana University

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[5] Doctoral students - Doctoral Students nearing the end of coursework

I am writing particularly to doctoral students who are in their final semesters of course work and looking towards qualifying exams. As you plan your last courses and think about your schedule for written and oral qualifying exams, I want to encourage you to be thinking about the proposal you will write for a doctoral final project or dissertation. In almost every field at the Jacobs School of Music you need to have an approved topic for your final project or dissertation to make progress on your qualifying exams. In those fields you must have completed the proposal and have it approved before you can take a major-field exam or an oral exam (depending on your department).

You will certainly be eager to get your exams done and officially become a candidate for your degree. The thing that most often delays students is the lack of a complete topic proposal, which sometimes entangles them in time limits. (Students must pass the oral qualifying exam within one year of taking the first written exam.) I am writing to urge you to read about what is required, to consult with potential research committee members, and to plan your work on this proposal as you take your last courses. Details are at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Doctoral/docindex.shtml, organized by program. Planning ahead and getting a start on your proposal represents the best way to help yourself make uninterrupted progress.

Please get in touch with the Music Graduate Office if you have questions.

Eric Isaacson
Director of Graduate Studies

21 January 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Dropping and Adding Classes to your Spring 2010 schedule (reminder)
[2] All graduate students: Campus Instructional Consulting workshops (reminder)
[3] All graduate students: Tata Study Grants (for research on contemporary India)
[4] All doctoral candidates: Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship (with Howard University)
[5] All graduate students: Foreign Language and Areas Studies Fellowships (for the study of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)
[6] All graduate students: Latin American Fellowship 2010

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Dropping and Adding Classes to your Spring 2010 schedule (reminder)
To drop a class from Tuesday, January 19 through Wednesday, March 10, you can follow the procedure outlined here: http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eDrop.pdf. This procedure is called eDrop. Remember that dropping a class at this point in the semester means that you do not get a full refund of your tuition for the credits you drop. This is true even if you drop one class and add another in its place.
To add a class from Tuesday, January 19 through the end of the semester, you will be able to use the eAdd procedure (which is similar to the eDrop procedure; details are outlined here http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eAdd.pdf).
Please let us know if you have problems with the eDrop or eAdd systems.
A few reminders – you are required to maintain full-time enrollment. Full-time enrollment for most master’s and doctoral students is at least 8 credit hours (except for those doctoral students who are in the exam stage of their degree, some master’s students in their final semester, and some students with special permission to enroll in less than 8 credits) and full-time enrollment for diploma and visiting students is at least 9 credit hours (there are no exceptions for diploma student full-time enrollment).
The waitlist no longer exists. If you were on the waitlist for a class that was not fulfilled by the end of the day on Friday, January 15 that means that you are NOT enrolled in that class and you will need to add it to your schedule using the eAdd procedure if the professor of the class approves.
Please come by the Music Graduate Office is you have any questions or concerns. To set up an appointment to speak with me, call 855-1738.
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[2] All graduate students: Campus Instructional Consulting workshops (reminder)

(from the Campus Instructional Consulting Office)
Please forward this announcement of Campus Instructional Consulting workshops for the next two weeks to interested graduate students. Registration is not required for any of these workshops EXCEPT for the Master Class on February 4. If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 855-9023.
Thank you!

Statements of Teaching Philosophy: Critical Reflection About Teaching Practice
Fri, Jan 22, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Ballantine Hall 228
In this workshop for graduate students, Katie Kearns and Tiffani Saunders share strategies for reflecting on teaching as well as information about the qualities of effective statements of teaching philosophy. Participants read and analyze several statements and receive reflection guides for getting started.

Teaching Portfolios: Documenting and Reflecting on Teaching Practice
Fri, Jan 29, 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Ballantine Hall 228
This workshop for graduate students is a follow-up to the “Statements of Teaching Philosophy: Critical Reflection About Teaching Practice.” Katie Kearns and Tiffani Saunders share strategies for reflecting on teaching through a teaching portfolio and about how to document, organize, and present evidence of teaching effectiveness. Participants have an opportunity to view sample teaching portfolios during the workshop.

Master Class for Graduate Students
Thurs, Feb 4, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Registration required by Jan 29: www.indiana.edu/~teaching/.
Observe graduate student Lauren Miller Griffith as she leads students in small group discussion in her 300-levelLaboratory in Ethnographic Methods class of 20 students. Afterwards meet with her to discuss what she did in the classroom and why. Limited space available, registration required: www.indiana.edu/~teaching/

Working Session: Feedback on Teaching Statements and Portfolios
Fri, Feb 5, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Ballantine Hall 228
Graduate students work in small peer groups facilitated by writing tutors to receive feedback on their teaching statements and portfolios. Participants should bring two copies of their work to this workshop.

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[3] All graduate students: Tata Study Grants (for research on contemporary India)
TATA STUDY GRANTS 2010
In order to facilitate scholarly excellence among undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing research on contemporary India, the Tata group has provided funds for eligible students at Indiana University, Bloomington. The Tata group today is India’s largest and most respected business group operating internationally across seven business sectors.
Applications are invited from students enrolled full-time at Indiana University, Bloomington for TATA Study Grants for travel, study and research on topics connected to the modern and contemporary issues of India’s role in the world. Language study, group and class projects are not covered under the terms of this grant. Application forms and other details such as eligibility, timeline, etc. are posted at http://www.indiana.edu/~isp/tata.shtml.
Completed applications and evaluation letters are due by January 29, 2010. Awards are expected to be announced by March 1, 2010. All Fellows must complete their travel by September 1, 2010.
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[4] All doctoral candidates: Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship (with Howard University)
FUTURE FACULTY TEACHING FELLOWSHIP
Exchange Program with Howard University in Washington, D.C.: Information for IU Bloomington Graduate Students

The Graduate Schools of Indiana University, Bloomington and Howard University have established a Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship (FFTF) mutual exchange program between our campuses. The goals of the program are twofold:

(1) To provide an opportunity for an IUB graduate student to teach in a very different cultural environment. Howard University is a private, urban, historically black
university (HBCU) located in Washington, D.C. The selected student will function as a visiting faculty member in their host department.
(2) To provide an opportunity for a Howard University graduate student to teach in the very different cultural environment provided by IUB, where they also will function as a visiting faculty member. We hope that a further benefit for IUB will be an enhanced ability to attract visiting fellows into IUB tenure track lines, and to retain them through their academic careers.

Applicants must:
o Be in good standing with their departments and the University.
o Have been admitted to candidacy by January 1, 2010.
o Submit a formal letter of support from their Ph.D. advisor.
o Formerly completed a formal pedagogy course, or be willing to complete such a course in summer 2010.
o Be able to relocate to Washington, DC for the 2010-11 academic year.

The selected fellow is required to:
o Meet the professional standards, and perform the duties, of a faculty member at Howard University.
o Teach one course per semester.
o Participate in typical faculty obligations including, but not restricted to, faculty meetings.
o Shadow a full-time faculty mentor at Howard University.
o Enroll in one credit hour of G901 or its equivalent in the fall and spring semesters.

The selected fellow will receive:
o A stipend of $20,000, paid by IUB. This stipend is to be used to pay housing and living expenses in Washington, DC and to cover the cost of IUB tuition and fees.
o A supplemental stipend for relocation and travel expenses to Washington, D.C. in the autumn; and for the return trip to Bloomington the following spring.
o Office facilities and access to University services equivalent to those provided a junior faculty member.
o A formal review of their performance each semester by their faculty mentor at Howard University.

If you are interested in this fellowship, please email me (serbes@indiana.edu) and I will send you the full flier along with application instructions.

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[5] All graduate students: Foreign Language and Areas Studies Fellowships (for the study of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

To: Graduate students studying East Asia
From: East Asian Studies Center

Applications are now being accepted for FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowships for the study of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean for summer 2010 and academic year 2010-11. The application deadline is February 1, 2010.

The availability of FLAS awards for the 2010-11 academic year is contingent upon receipt of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education.

FLAS fellowships for the study of East Asian languages are available through two centers at IU--the East Asian Studies Center (EASC) and the Center for the Study of Global Change. FLAS awards from the Center for the Study of Global Change will be given only to students whose academic program or career objectives are not restricted to any one geographic region, so applicants whose field of study or career goals have a global component should apply for the fellowship through both centers.

FLAS Fellowships include:
• Tuition fee remission
• Academic-year stipend of $15,000 (estimated); summer stipend of $2,500 (estimated)
• Enrollment in graduate student health insurance program (academic-year recipients only)

Eligibility requirements:
• U.S. citizens and permanent residents
• Eligible modern East Asian languages: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (priority for those studying at 3rd- or 4th-year level)
• For academic-year fellowship, must take one language course and one East Asian studies course each semester
• For summer fellowship, program of study must be at least 6 weeks long and provide at least 120 contact hours at the 4th-year level and at least 140 contact hours at lower levels.

Additional requirements pertain to the use of a FLAS at an overseas institution; if applying to use a FLAS overseas, please contact easc@indiana.edu .

For further details and a link to the on-line application Web site, go to http://www.iu.edu/~easc/funding/grads.shtml#flas .

Regards,

Margaret Key

Margaret Key, Ph.D.
Associate Director
East Asian Studies Center
Indiana University
1021 East Third Street
Memorial Hall West 207
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-0685
Fax: (812) 855-7762
http://www.iu.edu/~easc/
E-mail: mskey@indiana.edu

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[6] All graduate students: Latin American Fellowship 2010
Application Deadline: March 5, 2010
The Latin American Fellowship Competition is a program sponsored jointly by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) of Indiana and the Indiana University Office of the Vice President for International Affairs. One fellowship of $1,500 will be awarded for research or study in a Latin American country during the summer 2010 or 2010-2011 academic year.
Evaluators will consider scholastic achievement; validity and feasibility of the applicant’s proposal; requisite language facility; and faculty support as indicated by letters of reference. All applications will be screened by a selection committee comprised of IU faculty members and board members from the GFWC of Indiana.
Applicants may be students from any discipline, department, or campus; must be enrolled in a graduate degree program at Indiana University; and must be U.S. citizens. Applicants who applied previously and were unsuccessful are eligible to reapply with an updated application.
Additional information and application materials are available online at: http://www.indiana.edu/~ovpia/ovpia/funding/oGrants.php#LAF
Application Deadline:
Completed applications and supporting materials must be received by 5pm, Friday March 5, 2010.
Submit applications to:
Paul Fogleman, OVPIA
201 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington, IN 47408
Tel: (812) 855-3948; Fax: (812) 855-6271
Email: pfoglema@indiana.edu

19 January 2010: To all graduate students

Dropping and adding classes procedure starting Tuesday, January 19

Good morning,

Starting today (Tuesday, January 19), adding and dropping classes will follow a different procedure than logging in to the registration system through OneStart.

To drop a class on Tuesday, January 19 through Wednesday, March 10, you can follow the procedure outlined here: http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eDrop.pdf. This procedure is called eDrop. Remember that dropping a class at this point in the semester means that you do not get a full refund of your tuition for the credits you drop. This is true even if you drop one class and add another in its place.

To add a class on Tuesday, January 19 through the end of the semester, you will be able to use the eAdd procedure (which is similar to the eDrop procedure; details are outlined here http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eAdd.pdf).
Please let us know if you have problems with the eDrop or eAdd systems.

Please come by the Music Graduate Office is you have any questions or concerns. To set up an appointment to speak with me, call 855-1738.

Sara Erbes

15 January 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All doctoral students: Doctoral Information Session
[2] All graduate students: Schedule adjustment

Please note that the Music Graduate Office will be closed on Monday, January 18 in observance of the Martin Luther King Holiday. We will reopen at normal office hours on Tuesday, January 19.

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All doctoral students: Doctoral Information Session
To all doctoral students:

If you are finishing course work and are approaching exams, we invite you to attend the Music Graduate Office's information session on written and oral qualifying exams, candidacy, and dissertations/final projects.

The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 20 at 3:30 pm in the Music Graduate Office conference room (MU011). The meeting will be over by 5 pm.

We will provide a packet of useful information and outline the qualifying exam process. We will also go over dissertation/final project guidelines.

No sign-up is necessary. We hope to see you there!
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[2] All graduate students: Schedule adjustment

The procedure for adjusting your schedule after today (Friday, January 15) will be through the eAdd/eDrop system in Onestart. I will send out details about that procedure next week.

Please note that in order to get a full refund of the tuition of a course, it must be dropped today (1/15). If you drop a class after today, you will only get a partial refund of the tuition.

The waitlist for courses (both departmental and online) will no longer be active after tomorrow morning. If you are on the waitlist for a class that was not fulfilled by the end of today, that means that you are NOT enrolled in that class and you will need to add it to your schedule using the eAdd procedure, if the professor of the class approves, next week.

Fall 2009 Announcements

8 January 2010: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Registration and Schedule Adjustment
[2] All doctoral students: Music Theory minor field qualifying exam
[3] All doctoral students: Spring 2010 Italian Graduate Reading Proficiency Exam
[4] All graduate students: Spring 2010 Campus Instructional Consulting teaching workshops
[5] All graduate students: Artist Diploma Audition (reminder)
[6] All doctoral students: Doctoral Styles Exam (reminder)

P.S. If you graduated in December 2009, your name will be removed from all email lists in a few weeks.

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Registration and Schedule Adjustment

Graduate Students:

The last day to adjust your schedule through the registration system on OneStart is Friday, January 15 (the last day of the first week of classes). There is an $8.50 per session schedule change fee that is charged when you adjust your schedule in OneStart through Friday, January 15.

The last day to register for the spring 2010 semester is Friday, January 15. Remember that you need to submit your program planning sheet online at this web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml before you can register. You do not need to submit a new program planning sheet if you are already registered and just need to adjust your spring schedule on OneStart.

Please look at your schedule on OneStart to make sure that your schedule reflects every course that you are attending. Master’s and diploma students, you need to check to make sure that you are registered in a major ensemble, too.

Friday, January 15, is also the last day to get a 100% refund on a dropped course. Remember that even if you drop a class you are still responsible for being enrolled full-time (at least 8 credits for master’s and doctoral students, unless you are a master’s or doctoral student in your final semester of coursework, and at least 9 credits for diploma and visiting students). If you drop a class after Friday, January 15, you will not get a full refund of your tuition for that class.

Starting Tuesday, January 19, in order to add or drop a class you will be able to use the eAdd/eDrop system, I’ll send out more details at that time. The fees for dropping and adding classes are different after January 19.

If you are planning to graduate this May or August, you will need to fill out an application for graduation. You can submit the application online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ApplicationforGraduation.shtml or you can submit the paper form in the Music Graduate Office (MU011). The form is very short (one page) and should only take a few minutes to complete.

If you do not remember whether you have already applied for graduation, you can check your Academic Advisement Report on OneStart. To view your Academic Advisement Report, log on the OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu), then click on the "Student Self-Service" button on the left side of the page. Next, click on the Go to Student Center link. From that page, click on My Academics and Grades. That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.

Please contact the Music Graduate Office if you have any questions. Our phone number is 855-1738. Our email address is musgrad@indiana.edu. The best way to set up an appointment to see me is by calling or by stopping by our office in MU011.
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[2] All doctoral students: Minor field qualifying exam in Music Theory
Doctoral Students:
If you are planning to take the minor field qualifying exam in Music Theory this spring (Saturday, January 30), you need to sign up in the Music Graduate office by Friday, January 15. Please review http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Doctoral/Quals.shtml for information on qualifying exam sign-up procedures.
If you are sending an email to sign up (to musdoc@indiana.edu), please include your full name and a list of the three Music Theory minor field courses you want to be tested on during the exam. You can also sign up in person in the Music Graduate Office (MU011).
The only time the exam will be offered this spring is on Saturday, January 30, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in Simon Music Center Room 242.
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[3] All doctoral students: Spring 2010 Italian Graduate Reading Proficiency Exam

(Please note that this exam is used to demonstrate graduate reading knowledge, required for PhD programs, not foreign language placement.)
Dear Graduate Students:
We would like to inform you that the Italian Language Proficiency reading exam has been scheduled this semester for Friday, February 12, 2010, from 10am-12pm, in Ballantine Hall Rm. 606.
In order to register for the exam, please email me the following information:
- Name
- Department
- Student ID #
If the time of day is completely unavailable to you due to teaching or class conflicts please inform me as soon as possible.
The exam entails the translation from Italian into English of one or two articles from a current newspaper, journal, or reference source.
Please note that Reference materials (Dictionaries, Smart Phones, etc) are NOT allowed at the exam.
You are welcome to stop by the department and ask to check out the texts used in previous years for the purpose of photocopying. These previous exams are available from the Graduate Secretary of the French and Italian Department. Please contact by email: fritgs@indiana.edu or phone 855-1088.
Thank you,
Jocelyn Karlan
Jocelyn M. Karlan
Graduate Secretary
Department of French and Italian
Ballantine Hall Rm. 642
Phone (812) 855-1088
Indiana University
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[4] All graduate students: Spring 2010 Campus Instructional Consulting teaching workshops

(from the Campus Instructional Consulting Office)
This is a listing of spring 2010 Campus Instructional Consulting teaching workshops available to interested faculty and graduate students. Registration is not required to attend these workshops unless specifically indicated. If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Contact teaching@indiana.edu or call 855-9023 with questions.
We look forward to seeing you, and best wishes for your spring semester.
Thank you!
Spring 2010 Campus Instructional Consulting Teaching Workshops
Teaching to Women College Students
Wed, Jan 13, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Walnut Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Maureen Biggers (Informatics & Computing), Sabrina Sullenberger (Social Work), and Joan Middendorf (Campus Instructional Consulting) will present research on stereotype threat, developmental differences of women students, and implications for teaching. Participants will analyze their own courses to determine where gender-biased patterns may be occurring, and plan strategies to enhance learning for all students.

Master Class for Graduate Students
Thurs, Feb 4, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Registration required
Observe graduate student Lauren Miller Griffith as she leads students in small group discussion in her 300-level Laboratory in Ethnographic Methods class of 20 students. Afterwards meet with her to discuss what she did in the classroom and why. Limited space available, registration required: www.indiana.edu/~teaching/

Improving Learning in Lectures through In-class and Out-of-class Activities
Fri, Feb 12, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Ballantine Hall 228
In this workshop for faculty and graduate students, Lisa Kurz and Katie Kearns describe results of a survey that examined what academic activities IUB students engage in outside of class and highlight important time-on-task activities for diverse student populations. Participants will share and develop tools for using this information in a strategic way to ensure that students’ time is devoted to activities that will have a significant impact on learning.

From the trenches: Strategies for Effective Teaching
Tues, Feb 23, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
OWA lounge, Memorial Hall East
The classroom, both real and virtual, is the primary venue professors have in which to share knowledge, encourage ethical behavior, and inspire students to be life-long learners. If you are concerned about the feedback you are getting from your students, panel members Leah Savion (Philosophy), Claudia Johnson (Geology), Kalpana Shankar (Informatics & Computing) and Joan Middendorf (Campus Instructional Consulting) will share strategies and field questions from the audience as well. (Sponsored by the Office of Women’s Affairs)

Experiential Learning: What makes it Authentic?
Fri, Feb 26 1:00-2:30
Walnut Room, Indiana Memorial Union
During experience-based learning opportunities, students apply textbook theory to professional-like practices in order to gain “hands-on” knowledge and skills. Joanne Klossner (Kinesiology) and George Rehrey facilitate individual reflections and group discussions as workshop participants develop new ways to incorporate experiential learning into their courses.

Master Class for Faculty
Date TBA
Registration required
Observe Prof. Whitney Schlegel (Biology) use case- and team-based methods in an Integrative Human Physiology class. Afterwards meet with her to discuss what she did in the classroom and why. Limited space available, registration required: www.indiana.edu/~teaching/

Foreign Language Teaching Share Fair
Late March, to be announced
Instructors teaching foreign languages gather each semester to share teaching ideas in an informal and supportive environment and to re-energize for the second half of the semester. Look for announcements at http://www.iub.edu/~celtie/fslfair.html.

Our Services
Departmental Workshops: Our consultants collaborate with many departments to design meetings, retreats, and working group sessions geared toward the needs of the individual department. These can be for faculty and adjunct instructors alike and include working with departmental committees on curriculum planning, teaching evaluation and peer assessments, and facilitating faculty discussions on teaching and student learning.
Teaching Consultations and Conundrums: Have a teaching conundrum, a nagging classroom issue or maybe just a question about the ways your students learn? We provide free and completely confidential individual consultations to support all aspects of teaching and student learning.
Making Your Teaching Visible: Course portfolios, teaching portfolios, online teaching snapshots, and scholarship of teaching and learning presentations and publications capture the intellectual work of teaching so that it can be shared with others. We offer workshops, working groups, and one-on-one consultations to assist faculty members and graduate students as they document their teaching and their students’ learning.
Course Development: Our consultants often meet with individual faculty members and associate instructors to help design new courses or revitalize existing ones. This includes but is not limited to defining course goals, identifying learning objectives, developing class activities, and using appropriate assessment and grading methods.
Assess Student Learning: We work with instructors to design custom learning assessments that help instructors gain feedback about what students are learning. These learning assessments include non–graded, in–class activities (Classroom Assessment Techniques), student self–assessments, and knowledge surveys.
Test Writing: Although valid and reliable tests are never easy to create, when properly written they can be a way to accurately assess student learning while indicating the overall success of your class. But writing fair and equitable tests requires both patience and experience. Our instructional consultants help faculty and adjunct instructors write tests that are based upon course objectives and that are reliable indicators of student learning.
Student Evaluations of Teaching: These evaluations are important tools in improving one’s teaching craft, but they are often difficult to interpret both because of the overwhelming nature of the data, and because of the personal nature of the comments. Our consultants meet with individual faculty members and associate instructors to interpret mid–semester and end–of–semester student evaluations of teaching, to conduct focus groups, or to devise shorter classroom assessment techniques.
Observe Your Class: Scheduling a classroom observation is a way to gather information and gain new insights about how your class is working. Such data augments student evaluations and other classroom assessments. If you would like to schedule a classroom observation, please plan a few weeks ahead of the class you want observed.
Videotape Your Class: Being videotaped during a class is an excellent way to see yourself through the eyes of your students. We suggest that you first meet with one of our consultants to become familiar with the process and to identify some goals. After the class has been videotaped, you will meet again to review the tape, discuss the class and how well you achieved the goals you set out for yourself. The consultant not only serves as a sounding board for your own thoughts, relating those thoughts to the appropriate research on teaching and learning, but also serves to model a beginning learner in your discipline.
Our Teaching Library: Books on teaching and learning are available for reference and loan at our library in Franklin Hall 004. We also have extensive holdings of several leading journals on teaching and learning that may be used for reference, and a selected list of videotapes on topics such as collaborative learning in the sciences, lively classroom discussion, and making large classes work.

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[5] All graduate students: Artist Diploma Audition

School-wide Artist Diploma Auditions for the Spring 2010 semester will be held Wednesday, February 24, 3:30-6 PM in Ford Hall. If necessary, additional auditions will be scheduled for Friday, February 26.

Who performs an audition

You may perform an AD audition if you are currently a Jacobs School of Music student in another degree or diploma program and wish to be considered for the AD program beginning summer or fall 2010; this is your admission audition for the program. Before you may perform the School-wide AD audition you must first perform for and be recommended by your department.

Please note that current IU students must audition for both their department and the School-wide committee in the spring semester if they wish to begin the AD program in summer or fall 2010; it is not possible for current students to enter provisionally and then perform the School-wide audition in a later semester.

How to schedule an audition

Current students in other Jacobs School of Music programs should discuss their interest in the AD program with their teachers. They should then come to the Music Graduate Office (MU011) to sign up for the audition and contact the chair of their department no later than Friday, January 22 to arrange a departmental audition. The department will report the result to the Music Graduate Office.

Students recommended for the School-wide AD audition should then consult with their department chair about appropriate repertory for the School-wide AD audition. Students should prepare a typed program and have it approved and signed by the department chair, then bring the approved program to the Music Graduate Office (MU011) by 4:00 PM on Friday, February 12.

The audition schedule will be posted outside the Music Graduate Office. Students must provide an accompanist, if needed.

Information about the AD program and this School-wide audition (including new repertory guidelines) is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Diploma.shtml.

If you have questions, please contact the Music Graduate Office (MU011, musgrad@indiana.edu, 855-1738).
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[6] All doctoral students: Doctoral Styles Exam

To all doctoral students:

The date of the doctoral styles examination is approaching, and we are writing to remind you about the exam and the requirement. The styles exam will be offered for the only time this spring on Saturday, January 30, 2010, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. in Sweeney Hall (M015).

--Doctoral students who began their program in the summer or fall of 2009 are required to take the exam on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Please sign up online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/StylesSignUpForm.shtml or in person in the Music Graduate Office by Friday, January 15. Please note that January 30 will be your only opportunity to take the styles exam. If you have already taken MUS-T 545 with a grade of “B” or higher, you will not need to take the exam.

--Doctoral students who have been given permission to take the exam in spring 2010 (because they did not pass the exam in spring 2009), please sign up online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/StylesSignUpForm.shtmll or in person in the Music Graduate Office by Friday, January 15. If you are unsure about whether you were given permission to retake the exam, please email or make an appointment right away to speak with Sara Erbes or Prof. Isaacson.

Students who have a conflict with a religious observance on the exam date should contact Prof. Eric Isaacson, Director of Graduate Studies, right away to arrange an alternative time (you can email musicdgs@indiana.edu).

Information on the exam is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/Styles.shtml. Samples of old exams are on reserve in the Music Library, including the complete exam from Spring 2002, with recorded examples.

Please get in touch with the Music Graduate Office if you have questions.

17 December 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Final Grades
[2] All graduate students: Final registration reminder
[3] All graduate students: An Education course that may be of interest

Please note the Music Graduate Office will be closed for the holiday break from Wednesday, December 23 through Tuesday, January 5. The Music Graduate Office will resume regular office hours starting Wednesday, January 6.

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Final grades

You should be able to view your final grades for the fall 2009 semester on OneStart (see http://registrar.indiana.edu/~registra/gradeonestart.shtml for instructions) after 1 pm on Wednesday, December 23. You will not receive a paper copy of your grades in the mail.

Please note that if you received a grade of "I" (incomplete) in any course that you have a maximum of 1 year to complete that course; after 1 year the grade will turn into an "F."

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns about your grades for the fall semester.
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[2] All graduate students: Final registration reminder

Registration for the spring semester is still going on. If you haven’t registered for the spring semester but plan to take courses, you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. Submitting the Program Planning Sheet does not make you immediately eligible to register. The Music Graduate Office staff looks at each Program Planning Sheet in the order in which they are received, and you will receive an email from me once your registration plans are approved. You must submit your Program Planning Sheet by Monday, January 4 (at the latest) for a guarantee that we will process your program planning sheet in time for you to register before late fees begin to be charged (those begin on Friday, January 8).

For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to fill out the Program Planning Sheet and prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml

Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart.

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[3] All graduate students: An Education course that may be of interest

Please note that this course will not necessarily fulfill any degree requirements, we’re just pointing it out because it may be of interest to students who plan to teach on a college campus at some point.

To Students Who Are Interested in Teaching:

Teaching is best cultivated through mastering basic techniques, learning from the experiences of others, and studying the theoretical underpinnings of the practice. In the first part of EDUC-C 750: Learning and Teaching on the College Campus, students will design an undergraduate course and practice their in-class teaching skills. In the second part some students will teach a 2nd 8weeks course in a supportive environment , while other students will research a teaching/learning issue. The course will explore numerous active learning strategies and classroom assessment techniques to engage undergraduates and students will develop their own teaching style. The syllabus is attached.

EDUC-C 750 Section 16397 11:15A-02:00P Thursdays ED 1210

For more information, feel free to contact me.
Joan

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Joan Middendorf, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Campus Instructional Consulting
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Adjunct Professor of Higher Education
Franklin Hall 004
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
phone: (812) 855-9023
fax: (812) 855-8404
email: middendo@indiana.edu
web:http://www.iub.edu/~teaching/ or http://www.iub.edu/~flp/
Whoever does the most work in a course learns the most.

6 January 2010: To all graduate students

For students taking the graduate entrance exams this week

Good morning,

Happy New Year and welcome back to everyone. This message is for students who are eligible to retake the graduate entrance exams this week. If you aren’t, then please disregard the email.

I am just writing to point out that there is snow in the forecast for Thursday and Friday this week, so please take that into account as you prepare to come to campus to take the graduate entrance exams. You’ll want to give yourself plenty of travel time to arrive on time (or early) for the exams.

Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 9:00 to 11:30 am Graduate Entrance Examination in Music History and Literature

The music history graduate entrance exams will be held in Sweeney Hall (Simon Center Building, room 015) - no need to sign up ahead of time, just bring a picture ID and pencil.

If you need to take only one section of the Music History exam (Early or Late Music History) you still need to start at 9 a.m. (the listening portion for both the Early and Late Music History sections will be played at 9:00 a.m.). If you have already completed either the Early or Late Music History requirement (either through examination or through course completion) then you can answer the questions that apply to the section (Early or Late Music History) you need to take only, and not answer the questions that apply to the other section.

Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 1:00 to 4:00 pm Graduate Entrance Examination in Sight Singing

Sign up in the Music Graduate Office (or by calling 855-1738 or emailing musgrad@indiana.edu) by Wednesday, January 6 for an individual Sight Singing Appointment time. New students will sign up on the morning of January 6 during orientation sign-in.
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 9:00 to 11:30 am Graduate Entrance Examination in Aural and Written Music Theory
The aural and written music theory graduate entrance exams will be held in Sweeney Hall (Simon Center Building, room 015) - no need to sign up ahead of time, just bring a picture ID and pencil.
Aural Theory will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Written Theory will be from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. If you need to take the exam in only one subject, you can go to the time appointed for the particular subject you need to take.

Exam results will be posted outside the Music Graduate Office before 1 pm on Monday, January 11.

11 December 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Artist Diploma Audition
[2] All doctoral students: Doctoral Styles Exam
[3] All graduate students: Registration reminder

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Artist Diploma Audition

School-wide Artist Diploma Auditions for the Spring 2010 semester will be held Wednesday, February 24, 3:30-6 PM in Ford Hall. If necessary, additional auditions will be scheduled for Friday, February 26.

Who performs an audition

You may perform an AD audition if you are currently a Jacobs School of Music student in another degree or diploma program and wish to be considered for the AD program beginning summer or fall 2010; this is your admission audition for the program. Before you may perform the School-wide AD audition you must first perform for and be recommended by your department.

Please note that current IU students must audition for both their department and the School-wide committee in the spring semester if they wish to begin the AD program in summer or fall 2010; it is not possible for current students to enter provisionally and then perform the School-wide audition in a later semester.

How to schedule an audition

Current students in other Jacobs School of Music programs should discuss their interest in the AD program with their teachers. They should then come to the Music Graduate Office (MU011) to sign up for the audition and contact the chair of their department no later than Friday, January 22 to arrange a departmental audition. The department will report the result to the Music Graduate Office.

Students recommended for the School-wide AD audition should then consult with their department chair about appropriate repertory for the School-wide AD audition. Students should prepare a typed program and have it approved and signed by the department chair, then bring the approved program to the Music Graduate Office (MU011) by 4:00 PM on Friday, February 12.

The audition schedule will be posted outside the Music Graduate Office. Students must provide an accompanist, if needed.

Information about the AD program and this School-wide audition (including new repertory guidelines) is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Diploma.shtml.

If you have questions, please contact the Music Graduate Office (MU011, musgrad@indiana.edu, 855-1738).
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[2] All doctoral students: Doctoral Styles Exam

[3] All graduate students: Registration reminder

Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart.

9 December 2009: To all graduate students

To all graduate students who started new programs in Fall 2009

Good morning,

If this fall (2009) was your first semester of enrollment in a master’s or doctoral program, you will have one more opportunity to take any Graduate Entrance Exams you did not pass in August 2009 (and that opportunity is the week before your second semester of enrollment). The exam schedule is online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Dates.shtml#GEE. If you register for the spring 2010 semester, this is your only opportunity to retake the entrance exams.

You do not need to sign up for the Music History, Aural, and Written Theory exams - just come to the exam with a picture ID. You do need to sign up for a Sight Singing exam time by contacting the Music Graduate office between now and Wednesday, January 6. To sign up for a sight singing exam time, either call 855-1738, stop by the Music Graduate Office (Merrill Hall 011), or email musgrad@indiana.edu with a request for an exam time. If you email, please include your full name, ID number, and major in your request.

You do not need to take any exam which you have already passed or if you are enrolled in the review course this fall (although if you get an unsatisfactory grade in a review course this fall semester you can re-take that exam in January 2010 to try to complete the proficiency requirement for that subject).

For your information, the review courses are generally offered on the following schedule:

M541 Early Music History Review - every Fall, Spring, and Summer Session II
M542 Late Music History Review - every Fall, Spring, and Summer Session II
T508 Written Theory Review - every Fall and every Summer Session II
T509 Sight Singing Review - every Fall and every Summer Session II of odd numbered years
T511 Aural Music Theory - every Spring and every Summer Session II of even numbered years

The Graduate Entrance Exams and review courses are not required for Diploma and Visiting Students.

Remember that our website www.music.indiana.edu/graduate is a great source of information about program requirements.

Please contact me if you have any questions. If you would like to set up an appointment to talk in person, please either call 855-1738 or stop by the Music Graduate Office to set up an appointment time.

3 December 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Workshop reminder – Unleash Your Inner Music Entrepreneur
[2] All doctoral students: The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity
[3] All graduate students: Registration reminder

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Workshop reminder - Unleash Your Inner Music Entrepreneur

UNLEASH YOUR INNER MUSIC ENTREPRENEUR

Join ANGELA MYLES BEECHING, author of Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music. Angela Beeching will de-mystify the concept of entrepreneurship for musicians. This practical, interactive workshop will help musicians think through their ideas for both immediate and long-term career goals. Come hear about ways today's musicians are achieving their dreams.

The session will focus on how musician start-up projects lead to long-term career satisfaction. It's the Do-It-Yourself revolution. Come with questions and concerns--leave with ideas and new approaches.

Saturday, December 5th 2009
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sweeny Hall

Networking Reception follows immediately after program.

Space is Limited
Event Free. Reservations Required:
jsombeeching.eventbrite.com
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[2] All doctoral students: The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

Department of Music CB# 3320, Hill Hall
College of Arts and Sciences The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3320
Tel. 919/962-1039; Fax 919/962-3376

The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

As part of a continuing commitment to advance scholars from underrepresented groups in higher education, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity is pleased to announce the availability of postdoctoral research appointments for a period of two years. The purpose of the Program is to develop scholars from underrepresented groups for possible tenure track appointments at the University of North Carolina and other research universities. Postdoctoral scholars will be engaged full-time in research and may elect to teach only one course per fiscal year. Applications for study in any discipline represented at the University are welcome. The Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill strongly encourages candidates interested in areas of musicology, ethnomusicology, and jazz studies to apply.

The stipend is $36,262 per calendar year. Funds are available for research expenses, including travel. Interested applicants who will have completed their doctoral degree no later than July 1, 2010 and no earlier than July 1, 2006 are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. This program is funded by the State of North Carolina.

Interested applicants should apply online at http://research.unc.edu/red/postdoc.html. Directions for the electronic submission are provided at the website. Any questions may be directed to Application2010@unc.edu. The application deadline is Thursday, January 7, 2010.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer

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[3] All graduate students: Registration reminder

Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart.

18 November 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Unleash Your Inner Music Entrepreneur
[2] All graduate students: Career Development Center
[3] All graduate students: Information about a music scholarship -Julia L. Atz Scholarship
[4] All diploma students: East Asian Language Placement/Proficiency Testing in January 2010
[5] All graduate students: Application for Graduation reminder
[6] All graduate students: Registration reminder
[7] All graduate students: TA and grad student development conference: June 21-22, 2010, University of Toronto

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Workshop announcement - Unleash Your Inner Music Entrepreneur

UNLEASH YOUR INNER MUSIC ENTREPRENEUR

Saturday, December 5th 2009
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sweeny Hall

Networking Reception follows immediately after program.

Space is Limited
Event Free. Reservations Required:
jsombeeching.eventbrite.com
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[2] All graduate students: Career Development Center

Need help with the academic or non-academic job search? Excited about studying music but don’t quite know what’s next in your career?

The Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services can help you! The Center holds over 50 career-related events each year; a number of them, like ArtWorks, are often directly relevant to students interested in music, offering an opportunity to network and learn from various industry professionals. One-on-one graduate career advising (CV preparation, job search strategies, career decision making, interviewing, etc.) is also available for a small fee.

To learn more about all of the available services, please visit www.iucareers.com.

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[3] All graduate students: Information about a music scholarship -Julia L. Atz Scholarship
(if you have questions about this scholarship, please direct them to nccf@ligtel.com)

The Julia L. Atz Scholarship is a music scholarship award in the amount of $2,500 for the following criteria: applicant may be a senior in college or a post graduate student pursuing a career in classical music performance or conducting. An applicant can re-apply and receive financial support in ensuing or subsequent years. Preference will be given to an applicant from Indiana. The successful applicant will have a college GPA of at least 3.0. Total amount of scholarship is $2500. Scholarship is for tuition only. Scholarship requires 3 copies to be submitted.

Applications can be found online at www.NobleCounty.org

Application Deadline is April 30, 2010 by 4:30 p.m.
All applications must be delivered (via post office mail or in person) on or before April 30, 2010 by 4:30 pm.

Return completed application and required copies to the Noble County Community Foundation, Inc., 1599 Lincolnway South, Ligonier, IN 46767. Phone: 260-894-3335. Office hours Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Jennifer Shultz, Administrative Assistant

Noble County Community Foundation, Inc.
1599 Lincolnway South
Ligonier IN 46767
Email: nccf@ligtel.com
Website: www.NobleCounty.org

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[4] All diploma students: East Asian Language Placement/Proficiency Testing in January 2010

If you are in a diploma program and want to place out of the foreign language requirement by taking a placement exam in Japanese, Chinese, or Korean, please follow the instructions in this email to sign up for the placement exam.

East Asian Languages and Cultures
Spring 2010 Placement & Proficiency Testing
All testing is free. Bring a picture ID and pencil.

Chinese
Thursday, January 7th
2:00 p.m.
Ballantine 146

Japanese
Thursday, January 7th
2:00 p.m.
Ballantine 144

No prior registration is needed for Chinese and Japanese testing. For your results, please call the EALC department office the following day (856-4959).

Korean
Thursday, January 7th
2:00 p.m.
Goodbody 229

If you have studied Korean before and want to take it in Spring 2010, please go to www.indiana.edu/~korean and fill out the online form for placement testing to be registered for this test.

If you are already fluent in Korean and want your proficiency certified, please go to the Korean Language web site at www.indiana.edu/~korean and fill out the online to be scheduled for testing after the beginning of the semester.

FAQs about each test at http://www.indiana.edu/~ealc/languages/placement.shtml.

Kim Hinton
Academic Advisor
kishinto@indiana.edu
Anthropology (Student Building 055)
Classical Studies (Ballantine Hall 559)
East Asian Languages and Cultures (Goodbody Hall 202)

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[5] All graduate students – Application for Graduation reminder

Remember that if you plan to graduate this December you need to submit an Application for Graduation. If you do not remember whether you have already done this, you can check your academic advisement report on OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu). The way you get to your academic advisement report is to log on the OneStart, then click on the “student center” link. From that page, click on “my academics and grades.” That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.

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[6] All graduate students – Registration reminder

Registration for the spring semester is still going on. If you haven’t registered for the spring semester but plan to take courses, you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. Submitting the Program Planning Sheet does not make you immediately eligible to register. The Music Graduate Office staff looks at each Program Planning Sheet in the order in which they are received, and you will receive an email from me once your registration plans are approved. Because of the upcoming holiday break, program planning sheets submitted during the rest of this week and next week will probably not be processed until Monday, November 30 at the earliest.

Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart.

The Music Graduate Office will be closed for the holiday starting on Wednesday, November 25. Our office will re-open on Monday, November 30.

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[7] All graduate students: TA and grad student development conference: June 21-22, 2010, University of Toronto

Hello,
We hope you will consider submitting a proposal to, attending, and/or encouraging your graduate students to attend the conference Navigating your Path: Exploring and Supporting Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Development. This conference, to be held June 21-22, 2010 at the University of Toronto, is for graduate students, faculty, TA developers, librarians, student support staff, and industry professionals. Proposals are due January 15, 2010.

Topic areas of the conference include:
P – PROFESSIONAL SKILLS – What are the skills that will enable a graduate student to make a successful transition from academic work to a professional position? How, and when, do graduate students acquire these skills?
A – ACADEMIC RESEARCH – To what extent is the undertaking and management of academic research explicitly taught as part of a graduate degree program? How are graduate students prepared to initiate and oversee research projects? What grounding in ethical approaches to research is provided to graduate students and how are they trained to examine the moral implications and societal impact of their work?
T – TEACHING COMPETENCE – Can graduate students identify theories of learning and articulate how knowledge is processed in their disciplines? How has TA training changed over the past decade? How does unionization affect the development of the graduate student TA? How successful is the work of undergraduate teaching assistants?
H – HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT – Building on Ernest Boyer’s call for graduate education to “give larger meaning to specialized knowledge” (Boyer, 1990, p. 68), this stream will explore programming that seeks to combine teaching, research and professional skills development in graduate students. How will programming that focuses on responding to change, showing leadership, linking research to societal needs, linking research and teaching across disciplines, active citizenship, the ability to work in a diverse setting, etc. enrich the graduate experience? Does such programming support graduates in new ways?

More information about the conference and the call for proposals can be found at: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/conference2010/.
Questions about the conference can be directed to ctsi.conference2010@utoronto.ca.

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Katherine D. Kearns, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Campus Instructional Consulting
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Indiana University Bloomington
Franklin Hall 004K
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-6869
kkearns@indiana.edu
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5 November 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students: Music Theory AI positions
[2] All graduate students: Registration reminder

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor

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[1] All graduate students – Music Theory AI positions

Graduate students,

The following announcement is from the Music Theory department. If you have any questions about this, please contact Shauna Peatross at mustheor@indiana.edu.

Dear Graduate Student:

The music theory department invites highly qualified graduate students to audition for the small number of music theory AI positions that will be available fall 2009. Music theory AIs assist in teaching students in the undergraduate core curriculum. Auditions will take place during the audition weekends that begin in January. Those interested in being considered for a position should first read the following web page to ensure that they meet the initial criteria for consideration. The page includes a link to an online audition request form, which must be submitted no later than January 6, 2010

http://www.music.indiana.edu/department/theory/ai/

Gretchen Horlacher
Chair, Dept. of Music Theory
Associate Prof. of Music
Jacobs School of Music
Indiana University
812-855-3691
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[2] All graduate students – Registration reminder

Registration for the spring semester started on Thursday, October 22 and is still going on (if you haven’t already registered).

Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to fill out the Program Planning Sheet and prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.

Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart. To view your Academic Advisement Report, log on to OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu), then click on the "Student Self-Service" button on the left side of the page. Next, click on the Go to Student Center link. From that page, click on My Academics and Grades. That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc. Click on the View My Advisement Report link to see your academic advisement report.

22 October 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students – Registration reminder
[2] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Transform your music career (reminder)
[3] All graduate students: Temporal Tools Showcase
[4] All graduate students: Masterclass for graduate students (classroom teaching)

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor

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[1] All graduate students – Registration reminder

Registration for the spring semester started today (Thursday, October 22).

There are two important points that you need to keep in mind for registration.

1. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. Submitting the Program Planning Sheet does not make you immediately eligible to register. The Music Graduate Office staff looks at each Program Planning Sheet in the order in which they are received, and you will receive an email from me once your registration plans are approved. This can take up to several days given the volume of Program Planning Sheets we have received this week.

2. Even after your Program Planning Sheet has been approved, your “enrollment appointment time” (the time the Registrar’s office has assigned as the first possible time for you to register) has to pass before you will be able to register.

If you have any questions about your degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions. We are also responding to emails in the order in which they are received, so please be patient if it takes us a little longer than usual to reply to emails.

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[2] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Transform your music career (reminder)

Embracing Entrepreneurship
Transform your music career

Join JSOM graduate & leading entrepreneurship educator DAVID CUTLER, & learn how to build a career as a musician. Cutler’s newest book, The Savvy Musician: “Hands down, the most valuable resource available for aspiring musicians.” - Jeffrey Zeigler, Kronos Quartet

http://jsomcutler.eventbrite.com/

Saturday, October 24th 2009 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Musical Arts Center (MAC) RM 040

Networking Reception follows immediately after program.

Space is Limited
Event Free.
Reservations Required: jsomcutler.eventbrite.com http://jsomcutler.eventbrite.com/

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[3] All graduate students: Temporal Tools Showcase

Chasing the Ephemeral:
Time, Timelines, and New Research Tools

Temporal Tools Showcase
November 9, 2009
From 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Herman B. Wells Library, Room E170D

The brilliant jazz woodwind player Eric Dolphy once said, “When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone, in the air. You can never capture it again.” Transient information like that contained in musical sound is vital to many fields in the arts, humanities, and sciences; but it is challenging to work with because, like music, it not only disappears “when it’s over”, but remains in motion for the duration of its natural life.

Few people are aware of the tremendous amount of activity going on at Indiana University—development of new temporal tools as well as creative uses of existing tools—in a long list of fields. Many projects here have developed or are now developing tools to overcome the ephemeral nature of temporal phenomena and provide the ability to create, play back, analyze and/or annotate them. These projects range from music to psychology and brain sciences to ethnography.

To foster communication between people who need to use tools that treat information over time or are already doing so, we invite you to a “Temporal Tools Showcase” on November 9, 2009 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at the Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Herman B. Wells Library, Room E170D. We expect to show several IU campus projects that employ temporal tools. These will include:
• the EVIA Annotator’s Workbench for ethnography
• the Variations audio timeliner
• a multimedia analysis system developed by the Psychology and Brain Sciences Program
• a chronology study using the SIMILE Timeline toolkit in the History Department
• a patchwork of editing programs used for sound analysis for projects in Ethnomusicology
• and a prototype of a “General Temporal Workbench” designed to facilitate work with any and all temporal phenomena.

Please drop in any time from 3-5 p.m. to look at these tools and discuss how these and similar tools are being used now and how they might be used by others—for example, you. Refreshments will be served.

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[4] Masterclass for graduate students (classroom teaching)

Master Class for Graduate Students
Monday, Nov 2, 1-3pm, Ballantine Hall 335
Monday, Nov 2, 4-6pm, Chemistry Building 122

Graduate students are invited to observe graduate student Sarah Florini as she leads students in small group discussion in a 75-minute Introduction to Communication class of 24 students. Afterwards meet with her to discuss what she did in the classroom and why. Both sessions are the same, so graduate students should register for only one of the two sessions. Space is limited to 10 seats per session; registration is required by Tuesday, October 27: http://www.iub.edu/~teaching/ourservices/events_sem.php.

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Katherine D. Kearns, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Campus Instructional Consulting
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Indiana University Bloomington
Franklin Hall 004K
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-6869
kkearns@indiana.edu
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15 October 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students - Registration
[2] All graduate students – Auto-W Deadline
[3] All students who started new graduate programs in fall 2009 – A few reminders

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor

[1] All graduate students – Registration

Registration for the spring semester will begin on Thursday, October 22. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml.

For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml. There may still be a few changes to the Schedule of Classes before registration, but you can go ahead and submit your program planning sheet now. You will not be eligible to register until after you have submitted your program planning sheet, your registration plans have been approved, and your “enrollment appointment time” (the time the Registrar’s office has assigned as the first possible time for you to register) has passed. You can submit your program planning sheet before your “enrollment appointment time.”

[2] All graduate students: Auto-W Deadline

The Auto-W Deadline for fall semester 2009 is Wednesday, October 28.

The Auto-W deadline is the dividing line between when you may drop a course and be guaranteed a grade of "W" (any time before Wednesday, October 28) and when you may potentially get a grade of "F" for a dropped course, if you are approved to drop a course at all (after October 28).

Before the Auto-W deadline, you can drop a class by using the eDrop procedure on OneStart (http://registrar.indiana.edu/dropadd.shtml#edrop).

After the Auto-W deadline, you need the approval of the instructor of the course, the chair of the department that offers the course, and the Music Graduate office in order to drop a class. You do not have the option of using eDrop after the Auto-W deadline, you will need a late add/drop form from the Music Graduate Office. The main differences are that the instructor has the option of giving you a grade of "F" for the course if that is the grade you are earning when you drop it and that you need to petition to the Music Graduate Office for permission to drop a course after the Auto-W deadline. Please note that it is extremely rare to get permission to drop a class after the Auto-W deadline.

Please remember that even when you drop a class you are still responsible for maintaining a full-time course load - at least 8 credits for master’s and doctoral students, at least 9 credits for diploma and visiting students.

[3] All students who started new graduate programs in fall 2009 – A few reminders

There have been a few questions recently from new students that I thought many of you who just started here this fall may want to have answered.

1. Registration

In order to register, follow the steps outlined earlier in this email. You do not need to get an advisor's signature from the person who advised you during orientation week. I will look over your program planning sheet after you submit the online program planning sheet and I will approve that as your advisor. You will not be eligible to register until after you submit your program planning sheet and it is approved.

Be sure to complete the Immunization Compliance Form on OneStart if you haven't already done so. To find the form on OneStart, click the Services tab, then the Student Self-Service link on the sidebar, then locate the Services & Information section. Then, click the Immunization Compliance link. The Registrar’s office will block your registration if you do not complete this form. http://registrar.indiana.edu/immunization.shtml has detailed information about this policy.

Students who have not yet submitted a final official transcript showing the completion date of your last program will not be eligible to register until that transcript is received in the Music Graduate Office. I emailed the students who have not yet submitted that transcript a few weeks ago.

2. Language requirements

If you are in a program that has a foreign language requirement, and you believe that you have already fulfilled all or part of that requirement with coursework from an earlier degree, check on your academic advisement report to see whether that has been updated to your records. (Instructions for getting to your academic advisement report are given in the registration section of this email). If your academic advisement report does not show that the requirement is complete, but you think it should, then please contact the Music Graduate Office. It is possible that it just hasn't been updated yet, but it's also possible that what you did in the past won't count, so you need to check now to confirm what you need to complete.

3. Graduate Entrance Exams
(For master’s and doctoral students. The Graduate Entrance Exams and review courses are not required for Diploma and Visiting Students.)

If this fall (2009) was your first semester of enrollment in a master’s or doctoral program, you will have one more opportunity to take any Graduate Entrance Exams you did not pass in August (and that opportunity is the week before your second semester of enrollment). The exam schedule is online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Dates.shtml#GEE. January 7 and 8, 2010 will be your only opportunity to take these exams again.

You do not need to sign up for the Music History, Aural Theory, and Written Theory exams - just come to the exam with a picture ID. You do need to sign up for a Sight Singing exam time by contacting the Music Graduate Office at the end of the fall semester or on Wednesday, January 6. I will send out an email announcement when we start scheduling Sight Singing exam times at the end of the semester.

You do not need to take any exam which you have already passed or if you are currently enrolled in the review course (although if you get an unsatisfactory grade in a review course this fall semester you can re-take that exam in January 2010).

For your information, the review courses are generally offered on the following schedule:

M541 Early Music History Review - every Fall, every Spring and every Summer Session II
M542 Late Music History Review - every Fall, every Spring and every Summer Session II
T508 Written Theory Review - every Fall and every Summer Session II
T509 Sight Singing Review - every Fall and every Summer Session II of odd numbered years
T511 Aural Music Theory - every Spring and every Summer Session II of even numbered years

Remember that the Music Graduate Office website www.music.indiana.edu/graduate is a great source of information about program requirements.

We thought you might be interested in seeing a picture of those of you who attended the Dean’s Welcome during the 2009 fall new student orientation. A link to that picture is here: http://www.music.indiana.edu/publicity/files/09-10-JacobsScholarsFellows/zoom/09-Graduates.html

8 October 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students - Registration
[2] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Transform your music career
[3] All graduate international students - International student and scholar support group

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor

[1] All graduate students – Registration

Registration for the spring 2010 semester will begin on October 22. We are not yet accepting program planning sheets, but plan to start accepting program planning sheets on Thursday, October 15. I will include information about registration in next week’s announcements.

Most students already have a block on their registration (called a negative service indicator) that says “academic advising.” That block on your registration will be there until your program planning sheet is approved.

[2] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Transform your music career

Saturday, October 24th 2009 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Musical Arts Center (MAC) RM 040

Networking Reception follows immediately after program.

Space is Limited
Event Free. Reservations Required: jsomcutler.eventbrite.com <http://jsomcutler.eventbrite.com/>

[3] All international students – International student and scholar support group

Want to know more about American culture?
Miss home and want to make more friends?
Stressed out because of academic expectations?
Don’t know where to find the resources?

Come join us! Let’s learn from each other!

This 9-session series will focus on a different topic each week:
Culture related:
Why are Americans like that?
Friendship in America
Explore your identity in a new culture
Academic related:
Adapting to the American classroom
How to cope with language difficulties
How to write academic papers
Resources
Academic and community resources for you and your family

This is an open group that welcomes new members at any point!

Sponsored by IU Outreach And Support for International Student and scholars (OASIS) at the Center for Human Growth & Leo R. Dowling International Center

IU Center for Human Growth is a counseling center providing services for ALL including international students, scholars, dependents, and local community. Phone: (812) 856-8302 Questions? Call the Center for Human Growth and ask for Aileen, Maureen, Mink, Winnie, or Yvonne International Student & Scholar Support Group

FREE

DATES
Every Monday from
10/12/09 -12/07/09

TIME
7:00-8:30 pm

LOCATION
Leo R. Dowling
International Center
111 S. Jordan Ave.

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Maureen B. Baska
Counseling M.S. Candidate, 2010
Academic Advisor
Hutton Honors College
812-855-3555
mbresnah@indiana.edu

1 October 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office Announcements

Graduate students,

Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate student Associate Instructors and future teachers - Campus Instructional Consulting workshop: Designing Grading Rubrics
[2] All graduate students who were new to IU starting this fall 2009 semester - Immunization
[3] All graduate students who started a new graduate program in fall 2009 (doctoral or diploma) and who did not attend New Student Orientation – Your copy of the Jacobs School of Music Bulletin

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor

[1] All graduate students Associate Instructors and future teachers - Campus Instructional Consulting workshop: Designing Grading Rubrics
Please forward the following Campus Instructional Consulting workshop announcement to your faculty and graduate students. Registration is not required to attend this workshop. If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 855-9023. Questions may be directed to Katie Kearns (kkearns@indiana.edu). Thank you!

Designing Grading Rubrics
Ballantine Hall 347
Friday, October 2, 2009
2:30—4:00 pm

Grading can be a time-consuming process, and grading consistency can wane when we are rushed or tired. Grading rubrics can speed up the grading process while at the same time assist with maintaining consistency. Katie Kearns from Campus Instructional Consulting and Jo Ann Vogt from the Campus Writing Program will share grading methods for assessing students' conceptual understanding of the material as well as for maintaining equity in assigning grades.

[2] All graduate students who were new to IU starting this fall 2009 semester - Immunization

Be sure to complete the Immunization Compliance Form on OneStart if you haven't already done so. To find the form on OneStart, first log in, then click the Services tab, then the Student Self-Service link on the sidebar, then locate the Services & Information section. Then, click the Immunization Compliance link. The Registrar’s office will block your registration for spring 2010 if you do not complete this form. http://registrar.indiana.edu/immunization.shtml has detailed information about this policy.

[3] All graduate students who started a new graduate program in fall 2009 (doctoral or diploma) and who did not attend New Student Orientation – Your copy of the Jacobs School of Music Bulletin

If you started a new graduate program in fall 2009 but were not required to attend New Student Orientation in August (for example, those of you who started a diploma program in the fall after being here as a master’s student recently), you need to stop by the Music Graduate Office (MU011) to pick up your copy of the 2009-2011 Jacobs School of Music Bulletin. The 2009-2011 version of the bulletin has the requirements specific to your program for those starting new programs in fall 2009. This will be your only opportunity to get a paper copy of the bulletin.

The Music Graduate office is open from 9 am to noon and from 1 to 4 pm Monday through Friday.

24 September 2009: To all graduate students

Music Graduate Office announcements

Graduate students,

I will be sending out email announcements in a slightly different format for the rest of the semester. Instead of sending a separate email for each subject, I will send an email once a week with all of the announcements for the week in one email. The reason for this change is to be able to send out more information (including announcements from other departments, fellowship and training opportunities, and that sort of thing) without cluttering your email inbox with too many emails.

I will format the weekly email announcement with a list of topics at the top and then details about the topics below (so that it is similar to the UITS Monitor). It is still very important that you read all email announcements from the Music Graduate Office.

Here are the topics for this week; scroll down for the details about each topic:

[1] All graduate students – Application for graduation
[2] Doctoral students – Suggestion for doctoral students who are nearing the end of the coursework stage of the degree
[3] All conducting majors – Recital reminder
[4] All master’s and doctoral students – University Graduate School’s internal awards/fellowships deadlines and details

Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor

[1] All graduate students – Application for graduation

Remember that if you plan to graduate this December, you need to submit an Application for Graduation. If you do not remember whether you have already done this, you can check your academic advisement report on OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu). The way you get to your academic advisement report is to log on the OneStart, then click on the “student center” link. From that page, click on “my academics and grades.” That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.

You are required to apply for graduation even if you do not plan to go through the commencement ceremony. However, if you are interested in attending the commencement ceremony please note that the deadline to receive information from the Ceremonies office and have your name appear in the commencement program is October 2nd. If you apply after this date, your name may not be in the Commencement program.

[2] Doctoral students - Doctoral Students nearing the end of coursework
I am writing particularly to doctoral students who are in their final semesters of course work and looking towards qualifying exams. As you plan your last courses and think about your schedule for written and oral qualifying exams, I want to encourage you to be thinking about the proposal you will write for a doctoral final project or dissertation. In almost every field at the Jacobs School of Music you need to have an approved topic for your final project or dissertation to make progress on your qualifying exams. In those fields you must have completed the proposal and have it approved before you can take a major-field exam or an oral exam (depending on your department).

You will certainly be eager to get your exams done and officially become a candidate for your degree. The thing that most often delays students is the lack of a complete topic proposal, which sometimes entangles them in time limits. (Students must pass the oral qualifying exam within one year of taking the first written exam.) I am writing to urge you to read about what is required, to consult with potential research committee members, and to plan your work on this proposal as you take your last courses. Details are at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Doctoral/docindex.shtml, organized by program. Planning ahead and getting a start on your proposal represents the best way to help yourself make uninterrupted progress.

Please get in touch with the Music Graduate Office if you have questions.

Eric Isaacson
Director of Graduate Studies

[3] All conducting majors – Recital reminder

Please remember that in order for your recital to officially count toward your degree, you have to complete the on-line request at http://www.music.indiana.edu/admin/recsched/ before the performance. If you do not officially schedule your recital through the Recital Scheduling office, that recital may not count toward your degree.

This is true for all degree and diploma recitals, but we’re pointing it out to conducting majors specifically because a few conducting students recently had questions about this.

[4] All master’s and doctoral students – University Graduate School’s internal awards/fellowships deadlines and details

University Graduate School Internal Awards/Fellowships Deadlines. If you have questions about any of these awards or fellowships, please direct them to Yvonne Dwigans (her contact information is listed below).

Please see the attached list [below] for the University Graduate School’s internal awards/fellowships deadlines for 2009-2010. All applications can be found on our website, http://graduate.indiana.edu/internal-awards.php.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Yvonne

Yvonne Dwigans
Administrative Assistant & Fellowships Coordinator
Indiana University Graduate School
Kirkwood Hall, Room 111
130 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-8852 (office)
812-855-4266 (fax)
http://www.graduate.indiana.edu

Internal Fellowship & Award deadlines 2009-2010

Recruitment Fellowships
The Educational Opportunity Fellowship (EOF) is designed to enable promising students who are first generation college graduates and who do not fare well in conventional competition for graduate fellowships. This is a one year award, renewable one time. Students must submit an application to be eligible for nomination; the student application is due by January 15, 2010.
The Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship is for outstanding McNair Scholars entering Ph.D. or M.F.A. programs at Indiana University, Bloomington.
The Graduate Scholars Fellowship is for U.S. or permanent resident students, who belong to an underrepresented minority group (African American, Hispanic American, Pacific Islander/Hawaiian or Native American, with tribal enrollment card or proof of descent).
Deadline: Friday, February 5, 2010

Esther L. Kinsley Master’s Thesis Award
Must have completed Master's Thesis during the previous academic year; one $1,500 award.
Student deadline: All materials must be turned into your department by Friday, October 2, 2009
Department deadline: All materials must be turned into the University Graduate School by Friday, October 16, 2009

Esther L. Kinsley Ph.D. Dissertation Award
Must have completed Ph.D. degree during the previous academic year; one $5,000 award.
Student deadline: All materials turned into your department by Monday, February 1, 2010
Department deadline: All materials must be turned into the University Graduate School By Friday, February 12, 2010

Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship
For advanced IU Bloomington doctoral and MFA students to enhance their career preparation by experiencing faculty life in another academic environment, either, within and outside of Indiana.
Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2010

Grant-in-Aid of Doctoral Research
For advanced Bloomington graduate students for unusual expenses incurred in connection with doctoral dissertation research.
Student deadline: You must submit your application/materials to your department by Friday, October 2, 2009 (Fall competition) and Friday, February 5, 2010 (Spring competition)
Department deadline: You must submit all application/materials to the University Graduate School by Friday, October 16, 2009 (Fall competition) and Friday, February 19, 2010 (Spring competition)

Grant-in-Aid of Master’s of Fine Arts Projects
For advanced Bloomington MFA students for unusual expenses incurred in connection with MFA projects.
Student deadline: Application and materials must be submitted to your department by Friday, October 2, 2009 (Fall competition) and Friday, February 5, 2010 (Spring competition)
Department deadline: Application and materials must be submitted to the University Graduate School by Friday, October 16, 2009 (Fall competition) and Friday, February 19, 2010 (Spring competition)

The Adam W. Herbert Graduate Fellowship
The Adam W. Herbert Graduate Fellowship was created through an endowment from the President's Fund for the purpose of supporting graduate study at Indiana University for graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Deadline: Friday, February 5, 2010

Indiana University Credit Union Dissertation Fellowship
Provides stipend support ($10,000) for graduate students in the final year of their dissertation.
Student deadline: All materials must be turned into your department by Thursday, March 18, 2010
Department deadline: All materials must be turned into the University Graduate School by Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Wells Graduate Fellowship
One doctoral student doctoral or M.F.A. student who exemplifies the characteristics of Chancellor Wells; single-year award of $30,000 that must be used the year it is granted.
Deadline: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

15 September 2009: To all graduate students

Instrument Rental GA Position

Good afternoon,

This email is directed to all graduate string majors. Other students, please disregard this message.

This is from Ron Sebben in the Instrument Rental Office. If you have any questions or concerns about the message, please send them directly to Ron at rsebben@indiana.edu.

Sara

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Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
Music Graduate Office, Indiana University
www.music.indiana.edu/graduate

Dear students,

The Instrument Rental Office will have a job opening for a graduate string player during the Spring Semester of 2010. The job will entail working with students, faculty and staff in supplying needed instruments and accessories, and some maintenance and repair of instruments. The ideal candidate has good communication skills with people of all backgrounds, a thorough knowledge of modern string instruments and bows (knowledge of Baroque instruments and bows is a plus), and is flexible and patient. The candidate should also have a working knowledge of Microsoft Access, Outlook, Excel, and Word. Attention to detail is a must. The job consists of two hours per day in the office, Monday through Friday, beginning Monday, January 11, 2010 through Friday, May 7, 2010. The schedule for work is determined by mutual agreement of the three graduate assistants in the office and has some flexibility. Generally the three graduate students each work a 2-hour shift between 9am and 3pm when student traffic is at its highest.

Students interested in the position should contact Ron Sebben at rsebben@indiana.edu or by stopping by MA410 to set up a time for an interview.

Ronald A. Sebben
Instrument Inventory Manager
IU Jacobs School of Music
Phone: (812) 855-8720
Fax: (812) 855-4936

15 September 2009: To all music majors

Artist Diploma Audition

To all Jacobs School of Music students:

School-wide Artist Diploma Auditions for the FALL 2009 semester will be held Wednesday, October 28, 3:30-6 PM in Ford Hall. If necessary, additional auditions will be scheduled on Friday, October 30.

Who performs an audition

You may perform an AD audition if you are currently a Jacobs School of Music student in another degree or diploma program and wish to be considered for the AD program beginning spring 2010; this is your admission audition for the program. Before you may perform the School-wide AD audition you must first perform for and be recommended by your department.

Please note that current IU students must audition for both their department and the School-wide committee in the fall semester if they wish to begin the AD program in spring 2010; it is not possible for current students to enter provisionally and then perform the School-wide audition in a later semester.

How to schedule an audition

Current students in other Jacobs School of Music programs should discuss their interest in the AD program with their teachers. They should then come to the Music Graduate Office (MU011) to sign up for the audition and contact the chair of their department no later than Friday, September 25 to arrange a departmental audition. The department will report the result to the Music Graduate Office.

Students recommended for the School-wide AD audition should then consult with their department chair about appropriate repertory for the School-wide AD audition. Students should prepare a typed program and have it approved and signed by the department chair, then bring the approved program to the Music Graduate Office (MU011) by 4:00 PM on Friday, October 16.

The audition schedule will be posted outside the Music Graduate Office. Students must provide an accompanist, if needed.

Information about the AD program and this School-wide audition (including new repertory guidelines) is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Diploma.shtml.

If you have questions, please contact the Music Graduate Office (MU011, musgrad@indiana.edu, 855-1738).

9 September 2009: To all doctoral students

Doctoral Information Session

To all doctoral students:

If you are finishing course work and are approaching doctoral qualifying exams, we invite you to attend the Music Graduate Office's information session on written and oral qualifying exams, candidacy, and dissertations/final projects.

The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16 at 3:30 pm in the Music Graduate Office conference room (MU011). The meeting will be over by 5 pm.

We will provide a packet of useful information and outline the qualifying exam process. We will also go over dissertation/final project guidelines.

No sign-up is necessary. We hope to see you there!

8 September 2009: To all graduate students

Announcement - Invitation for Conductors' Orchestra

Good morning graduate students,

This announcement is from Ben Bolter, the coordinator for the Conductors’ Orchestra. If you have any questions, or if you want to sign up, be sure to email Ben Bolter directly at condorch@indiana.edu.

Sara

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Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
Music Graduate Office
Merrill Hall 011, 812-855-1738, serbes@indiana.edu,
http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/

Dear Students,

The IU Jacobs School of Music is excited to announce the 5th year of the Conductors’ Orchestra. This year the orchestra will begin playing for the Instrumental Conducting Classes this Fall semester, starting Monday October 5, 2009. The pay scale will be $15 per hour.

If you are interesting in applying for the fall semester, please send an email to condorch@indiana.edu with your name, ID#, instrument, Degree and year by September 14th, 2009. No audition is necessary. Admission will generally be based on seniority and degree rank but will not be limited to these criteria. You will be notified by September 21st, 2009 of your acceptance.

Please be aware that Attendance will be required for all services. The Instrumental Conducting Class takes place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:00am-11:00am in MA 454. If you find an absence unavoidable it is your responsibility to find a reliable sub.

AGAIN, Please be aware that your attendance is required for every rehearsal and conducting class that you are called.

**You also must have a social security card to be eligible for payment**

Also, please note that this is only for entrance into the orchestra for the Fall Semester. A separate process will be conducted for the Spring Semester at a later date.

For Fall 2009, the following positions are available: Flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass.

If there are any questions please direct them to Ben Bolter, the Orchestra Manager, at condorch@indiana.edu

8 September 2009: To all graduate students

Dropping and adding classes starting Tuesday, September 8

Starting today (Tuesday, September 8), adding and dropping classes will follow a different procedure than logging in to the registration system through OneStart.

To drop a class on Tuesday, September 8 through Wednesday, October 28, you can follow the procedure outlined here: http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eDrop.pdf. This procedure is called eDrop. Remember that dropping a class at this point in the semester means that you do not get a full refund of your tuition for the credits you drop. This is true even if you drop one class and add another in its place.

To add a class on Tuesday, September 8 through the end of the semester, you will be able to use the eAdd procedure (which is similar to the eDrop procedure; details are outlined here http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eAdd.pdf).

The eDrop and eAdd procedures are relatively new – please let us know if you have problems with these systems.

A few reminders – you are required to maintain full-time enrollment. Full-time enrollment for master’s and doctoral students is at least 8 credit hours (except for those doctoral students who are in the exam stage of their degree, and some masters student’s in their final semester) and full-time enrollment for diploma and visiting students is at least 9 credit hours.

The waitlist no longer exists. If you were on the waitlist for a class that was not fulfilled by the end of the day on Friday, September 4, that means that you are NOT enrolled in that class and you will need to add it to your schedule using the eAdd procedure if the professor of the class approves.

Please come by the Music Graduate Office is you have any questions or concerns. To set up an appointment to speak with me, call 855-1738.

Sara Erbes

31 August 2009: To all graduate students

Schedule adjustment, registration, and graduation reminder

Graduate Students:

The last day to adjust your schedule through the registration system on OneStart is Friday, September 4 (the last day of the first week of classes). There is an $8.50 per session schedule change fee that is charged when you adjust your schedule on OneStart through Friday, September 4.

Friday, September 4, is also the last day to get a 100% refund on a dropped course. Remember that even if you drop a class you are still responsible for being enrolled full-time (in most cases): at least 8 credits for master’s and doctoral students, unless you are a master’s or doctoral student in your final semester of coursework, and at least 9 credits for diploma and visiting students. If you drop a class after Friday, September 4, you will not get a full refund of your tuition for that class.

Starting Tuesday, September 8, in order to add or drop a class you will be able to use the eAdd/eDrop system, I’ll send out more details at that time. The fees for dropping and adding classes are different after September 4.

If you are planning to graduate this December, you will need to fill out an application for graduation. You can submit the application online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/ApplicationforGraduation.shtml or you can submit the paper form in the Music Graduate Office (MU011). The form is very short (one page) and should only take a few minutes to complete.

If you do not remember whether you have already applied for graduation, you can check your academic advisement report on OneStart. The way you get to your academic advisement report (formerly called the degree progress report) is to log on the OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu), then click on the “student center” link. From that page, click on “my academics and grades.” That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc. Near the end of the report there is a line for "Application for Graduation". If the line is bold and says "false", we have not yet received an application for graduation. If the line is not bold and says "true," then we have.

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10 August 2009: To all graduate students

Reminder- Registration for fall 2009

Graduate Students:

The registration period for the fall semester is nearing its end. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml.

For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml. You will not be eligible to register until after you have submitted your program planning sheet and your registration plans have been approved.

Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart. The way you get to your Academic Advisement Report is to log on the OneStart (https://onestart.iu.edu), then click on the Go to Student Center link. From that page, click on My Academics & Grades. That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.

Late registration fees will be charged to any student registering after Thursday, August 27.

Remember that it takes at least 24 hours for our office to process your program planning sheet after you submit the online form, so don't wait until the last minute to turn it in. In order to have a guarantee that your program planning sheet will be processed in time for you to register before late fees begin, you must submit your program planning sheet by Monday, August 17.

Sara Erbes

10 June 2009: To all doctoral students

Doctoral Information Session

To all doctoral students:

If you are finishing course work and are approaching exams, we invite you to attend the Music Graduate Office's information session on written and oral qualifying exams, candidacy, and dissertations/final projects.

The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 24 at 3:30 pm in the Music Graduate Office conference room (MU011). The meeting will be over by 5 pm.

We will provide a packet of useful information and outline the qualifying exam process. We will also go over dissertation/final project guidelines.

No sign-up is necessary. We hope to see you there!

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