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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
(the password is: grad)

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.

Spring 2008 Travel Grant recipients

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.

2008 Outstanding Thesis Award recipient

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