Dear graduate coordinators,

I hope the fall semester is going smoothly for you and your students. I’m reaching out with a few important updates:

Recruitment Trainings: The pandemic has presented us with myriad challenges during these past months, including recruiting for our programs. To help address this challenge, we are offering two identical recruitment trainings for graduate coordinators and graduate faculty on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. and Friday, Sept. 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. We hope you can make it to one of them so you and your colleagues can learn more about online recruitment. Please RSVP here for the Sept. 17 training and here for the Sept. 18 training.

Graduate College Strategic Plan and Graduate SWOT Analysis: Our team is finalizing our 2020-25 strategic plan and SWOT analysis. We invite you to partner with us on a final review of our strategic plan and SWOT analysis on Friday, Sept. 25 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. You should have received a calendar invite for this session; but, if not, please email leslie.hunter@unlv.edu.

Degrees Directory Updates: As you may know, Part B of the Degrees Directory pulls information directly from the Graduate Catalog. The new Graduate Catalog was recently completed, but there are delays in updating the information on the Degrees Directory. We’re hoping that the Degrees Directory Part B will be updated soon. In the meantime, if you would like to see your updated program information, please refer to the updated Graduate Catalog.

Program Handbooks and Plan of Study Forms: As mentioned in last week’s Graduate Council meeting, we’re actively inserting links into the program handbooks and updating Plan of Study forms Part Two and targeting the completion of this project within two weeks. Please look for updated program handbooks and Plan of Study forms on the Degrees Directory in the near future.

Extended Fall 2020 Graduation Deadlines: Like we extended graduation deadlines in spring and summer 2020, we are extending graduation deadlines for fall 2020 to support our students during these challenging times. Please find the updated deadline information below:

For Students NOT Completing a Thesis, Dissertation, or Doctoral Project

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 → Monday, Oct. 26, 2020
Final day to apply and submit an application for graduation through MyUNLV account.

Please note: A $75 graduation and commencement fee will be placed on student accounts (one fee per degree/certificate) beginning the first day of registration for the semester in which they have applied to graduate; or, if registration has already opened, the fee will be applied within two business days. Students applying for graduation on or after Oct. 2 will need to email grad.rpc@unlv.edu to request the graduation application be added to their MyUNLV account, as the option will not be available automatically in MyUNLV after Oct. 1. Students applying for graduation after Oct. 26 will be assessed a late fee.

Thursday Dec. 3 → Monday, Dec. 14, 2020
Last day to submit the Culminating Experience Results Form for students not completing a thesis, dissertation, or doctoral project. All other required forms should be submitted prior to the submission of the Culminating Experience Results Form.

For Students Completing a Thesis, Dissertation, or Doctoral Project

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 → Monday, Oct. 26, 2020
Final day to apply and submit an application for graduation through MyUNLV account.

Please note: A $75 graduation and commencement fee will be placed on student accounts (one fee per degree/certificate) beginning the first day of registration for the semester in which they have applied to graduate; or, if registration has already opened, the fee will be applied within two business days. Students applying for graduation on or after Oct. 2 will need to email grad.rpc@unlv.edu to request the graduation application be added to their MyUNLV account, as the option will not be available automatically in MyUNLV after Oct. 1. Students applying for graduation after Oct. 26 will be assessed a late fee.

Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020 → Monday, Nov. 30, 2020
Last day to defend thesis, dissertation, or doctoral project.

Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 → Monday, Dec. 7, 2020
Last day to submit the complete and formatted, committee-approved copy of a thesis or dissertation to the Graduate College for format review. Please see the Thesis/Dissertation Format Review page for more details. Culminating experience results forms for students completing a thesis, dissertation, or doctoral project must be submitted to the Graduate College by this date.

Friday, Dec. 4, 2020 → Monday, Dec. 21, 2020
Last day to submit thesis/dissertation format revisions to the Graduate College. All final, properly formatted theses, dissertations, and doctoral projects must be submitted to the Graduate College via email by the end of the day. Please see the Thesis/Dissertation Format Review page for more details.

Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 → Monday, Dec. 28, 2020
Last day for electronic submission of final thesis/dissertation/doctoral project (with formatting pre-approved by the Graduate College) to ProQuest.

Thank you for your continued support of graduate education and graduate students at UNLV. Please let me know if there’s anything we can do to assist you now and throughout the semester.

All my best,