Student Handbook

Progress Report

MONDAY GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINARS (BioBM 833)

An annual Progress Report (Appendix V) is required of all graduate students in the Field of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology. It is used by the Field to monitor progress for purposes of award nominations, graduate school fellowships, department teaching assistantships, and selection for competitive slots on the NIH training grant. The Graduate Field Assistant will give you the Progress Report form at the beginning of the Fall semester and again the month before your seminar. It should be completed by the student and given to his/her Special Committee members one week prior to the student's Monday seminar, as all BMCB students are required to meet with their Special Committee after their Monday seminar. This meeting should take place as soon as possible after the seminar, and certainly within two weeks. Your advisor will write a letter evaluating your progress and discuss it with you. You will then turn in the letter and the Progress Report to the Graduate Field Assistant.

While the faculty attending the June Field meeting primarily discuss first year students, anyone who appears to be making slow progress toward the degree or to be having other problems also is discussed. Results of the evaluation are communicated to first year students by the DGS and to all other students by their advisor.