USC Grad School News
Dissertation Defense Announcements
The dissertation defense is the culmination of doctoral studies and the candidate should present a formal public seminar prior to a private meeting with the examination committee. Please see our form G-DDA to submit this information 14 days prior to the defense.
Below is a table of some defenses scheduled for the near future. For a full list, click here.
| Name | Program | Major Professor | Defense Date | Time | Location |
| Pamela Ray Koch | Sociology | Lala Carr Steelman | 05/13/2008 | 2:30 | Sloan 315 |
| Speaking of Discipline: The Nexus between Discipline, Parental Type, Parental Role Strain and Academic Achievement. Click here for the abstract | |||||
| Bradley Matthew Battista | Geology | Camelia Knapp | 05/14/2008 | 1400 | Taber Room |
| Advanced Nonlinear Signal Processing Tools for use with High-Resolution Seismic Reflection & Ground-Penetrating Radar Data Click here for the abstract | |||||
| Kruawon Wongpaiboon | Curriculum and Instruction | Dr. Doyle Stevick | 05/15/2008 | 10 am | Museum of Education |
| A study of International Student Satisfaction with the Academic Environment, Social Environment, and Serives of International Programs for Students Office at the University of South Carolina, Columbia campus Click here for the abstract | |||||
| Gurcan Comert | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Dr. Mecit Cetin | 05/16/2008 | 3:00 PM | 300 Main St. C 217 |
| INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF PROBE VEHICLE DATA FOR SYSTEM STATE ESTIMATION AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL Click here for the abstract | |||||
| Dagmar Martha Zuefle | English | Dr. Keen Butterworth | 05/20/2008 | 10:00 am | Welsch Humanities Office Building |
| The Ebb and Flow of the Disabused Intellect: John Ashbery's Romantic Irony Click here for the abstract | |||||
| Cynthia Klubnik | School Psychology | Scott Ardoin | 05/20/2008 | 3pm | Barnwell College |
| Evaluating a Group Repeated Reading Intervention Click here for the abstract | |||||
Graduate Student Day
Graduate Student Day was on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Check here for a complete schedule and archives of past ceremonies.
2008 Poster and Presentation competition winners
Photos from the Awards Ceremony Program
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Graduate Enrollment Demographics
The above link will provide a snapshot of 2007 Graduate School Enrollment Demographic statistics.Travel Grants Spring 2008
The Graduate School encourages student presentation of research at professional meetings by offering grants to degree-seeking graduate students. These are meant to supplement what has been committed by the unit to support the student's travel.
Outstanding Thesis Award 2008
One award was made this year in the categories of Social Sciences, Business, and Education. The
winners of this award are nominated for the 2008 Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS)
Thesis Award. Next year's (2009) categories will be:
(1) Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering, and
(2) Humanities and Fine Arts.