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Note that some events may not apply to everyone. Refer to your course pages for course-specific deadlines.
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LDL Program Calendar
April 2024
| Date | Events and Zoom Details |
|---|---|
| April 29th 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT | EDS General Field Workshop This session will focus on being equipped to begin the General Field seminar The expectation is that you have already attended the EDS Onboarding Session, completed the EDS Prework in the CGScholar community, and watched the General Field Onboarding video. EDS Zoom details |
| April 29th | Monday Sessions – Week 8 (Last Live Session) 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT: LDL Course Office Hours 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT: Regular LDL Courses (EPOL 581, EPOL 490, EPSY 408, and EPSY 560) 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. CT: EDS Group Advising Session |
| April 29th 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. CT | Doctoral Student Cohort Kick-Off If you’d like to join a cohort, please join us for our initial meet-and-greet session. We’ll go over a few things and then create breakout rooms by stage. But we encourage engagement in our LDL Teams space for asynchronous discussions. The success of these is dependent on your active participation. You can choose whether to transition to the next cohort or not – join a cohort when it is useful for you. 1. First year Doctoral Students 2. Continuing Coursework Doctoral Students 3. Ready to start the Exam-Dissertation Sequence (EDS) sometime in 2024 4. Actively working on the General Field EDS 5. Special Field, Methodology, or Prelim Prep EDS 6. Post Prelim EDS (Master’s students, if you’d like to be a part of a cohort, please let me know. If there is enough interest, we can start one) Zoom details |
| April 30th 9 to 10 a.m. CT | EDS Group Advising Session Zoom Details: EDS Group Advising Session |
| April 30th 10 to 11 a.m. CT | Preliminary Exam Committee Presentation Janece Albers: Rhythm and Movement for Self-Regulation (RAMSR) for K-13 Students with Complex ADHD Contact Dr. Francis for the Zoom details |
May 2024
| Date | Events and Zoom Details |
|---|---|
| May 1st | End of Spring Term B |
| May 6th | NO SESSIONS: TERM BREAK |
| May 8th | All LDL Courses Spring B Work Due in order to receive a grade Regular LDL Courses Prework Target Completion Date |
| May 13th | Start of the New Term Our first live class starts May 13th, but you should begin participating in the course no later than May 8th in order to stay on schedule for the term. Do not wait until the first day of the term or the first synchronous session, as this is only a 6-week term and not 8 weeks. |
| May 13th 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT | LDL Onboarding Series: LDL Courses Required for all new LDL students and those taking an LDL course for the first time. Participation in this session will enable you to focus on the content and requirements of the course. Zoom Details |
| May 13th 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT | From Coursework to the Dissertation For LDL doctoral students at any stage of coursework. Come prepared with a single slide of your research interests and a few examples of what you have examined in previous courses, such as titles of your papers Zoom Details: EDS Group Advising Session |
| May 13th | Monday Sessions 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT: LDL Course Office Hours 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT: Regular LDL Courses 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. CT: EDS Group Advising |
| May 14th 9 to 10 a.m. CT | Final Defense Peer Presentations Seith Zieter: Swamy Gurumurthi: The Research Skill Development Framework and its Impact on the Acquisition of Higher Order Thinking Skills: A Comparative Study Zoom Details |
| May 22nd 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT | Literature Review Workshop This workshop will address key principles of the literature review genre expected during the Exam-Dissertation Sequence (EDS) milestones and encouraged during the regular coursework. All doctoral students are encouraged to attend regardless of your stage in the program. Masters students are also invited. EDS Zoom details |
| May 22nd 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT | LDL Doctoral Student Onboarding EDS Zoom details |
| May 20th | Monday Sessions 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT: LDL Course Office Hours 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT: Regular LDL Courses 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. CT: EDS Group Advising |
| May 21st 9 to 10 a.m. CT | Group Advising Session Zoom Details: Group Advising |
| May 27th | NO SESSIONS U.S. Federal Holiday (Memorial Day) |
| May 28th 9 to 10 a.m. CT | Final Defense Committee Presentation Swamy Gurumurthi: The Research Skill Development Framework and its Impact on the Acquisition of Higher Order Thinking Skills: A Comparative Study |
| June 3rd | Monday Sessions 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT: LDL Course Office Hours 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT: Regular LDL Courses 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. CT: EDS Group Advising |
| June 10th | Monday Sessions 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT: LDL Course Office Hours 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT: Regular LDL Courses 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. CT: EDS Group Advising |
| June 17th 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT | Introduction to the Exam-Dissertation Sequence (EDS) Anyone who plans to start the sequence in Summer or Fall 2024 should plan to attend EDS Zoom details |
| June 17th | Monday Sessions 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT: LDL Course Office Hours 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT: Regular LDL Courses 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. CT: EDS Group Advising |
| June 23rd | END OF SUMMER TERM 1 |
| June 30th | All LDL Regular Course Work Due in order to receive a grade |
June 2024
Term Start and End Dates
| Term | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Spring A 2024 | January 17, 2024 | March 8, 2024 |
| Spring Break 2024 | March 9, 2024 | March 16, 2024 |
| Spring B 2023 | March 11, 2023 | May 5, 2023 |
| Summer A 2024 | May 13, 2024 | June 23, 2024 |
| Summer B 2024 | June 24, 2024 | August 1, 2024 |
| Fall A 2023 | August 19, 2024 | October 11, 2024 |
| Fall B 2023 | October 14, 2024 | December 4, 2024 |