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HONOR CODE NOTICE: All incoming JMU students, including graduate students, are required to watch a web-video containing information about the JMU Honor Code. Students must then take a web-based test on the material at their convenience from any location. The test must be completed by the end of the student's first semester at JMU. The Honor Code Tutorial video, test information, and test is available at: http://www.jmu.edu/honor/test.shtml
Students with documented disabilities which impact learning may contact the Office of Disability Services for assistance (http://www.jmu.edu/ods/)
Contacts are listed on the Honor Code Test website above.

News and Announcements

6-25-08- Do you plan to graduate this summer?  Please check the list of summer graduates to ensure that you have applied. 

List of summer 2008 graduates.

6-10-08- GA/TA Workshop information and registration now available.

This workshop is designed for graduate students who hold or will hold Teaching or Graduate Assistantships. Visit http://www.jmu.edu/grad/TAWorkshop/index.html

6-10-08- On campus orientation for new graduate students scheduled.

New graduate students are invited to attend an orientation on Wednesday, August 20. For more information and to register, visit www.jmu.edu/grad/current/orientation.shtml.

6-9-08- Scholarships, Grants, and Loans for Women available through P.E.O. International.  Read more here.

6-9-08- Call for Programs: 20th Annual Tufts University English Graduate Conference. 

The theme of the 2008 conference is "Marking the Event". Contact Laurel Hankins or Nicole Flynn for more information.  

5-29-08-  Three JMU Graduate Programs ranked in "America's Best Graduate Schools".  Read about it here.   

4-17-08- The Spring issue of the Graduate School Gazette is now available.  Read it here.   

3-26-08- Information is now available about JMU Summer Session:  www.jmu.edu/summersession   

2-11-08- Six JMU Graduate Students attended the Third Annual Research Forum hosted by the Virginia Council of Graduate Schools.

Held annually at the Virginia State Library in order to be easily accessible to state legislators and state officials, the forum showcases the research by graduate students in Virginia colleges and universities and how this work contributes to the economic, social and civic development of the Commonwealth. Please visit www.jmu.edu/grad/VCGS_Research_Forum_2-08.html for photos and more information.

Important Dates

Summer 2008

June 5 - Application for a Graduate Degree due to TGS

July 10 - Thesis or Disseration due to TGS for summer graduation

August 1  - All coursework must be completed for summer graduation

(Are you on the list of students who have applied to graduate? Link here to find out!)

Fall  2008

October 3 - Application for a Graduate Degree due to TGS

November 21  - Thesis or Disseration due to TGS for Fall graduation

December 12  - All coursework must be completed for Fall graduation

December 13  - Fall Commencement 

(Are you on the list of students who have applied to graduate? Link here to find out!)