Annual Progress Report for Graduate Students and Advisors (including form to be completed by student) Each student will meet with a representative of the Graduate Coordinating Committee in the spring semester to review progress and identify any concerns Students who expect to graduate over the summer should still have a meeting in the spring The purpose of this meeting is to: 1) Encourage the student to think critically about their own progress (or lack thereof) and goals for both the immediate and long-term future 2) Increase a sense of accountability on behalf of graduate students, and motivate students moving at a slow pace to increase their productivity and involvement in the program 3) Remind students that to be a truly successful graduate student, one should (ideally) demonstrate success in multiple areas (research, funding, teaching, service), and provide examples for how to that 4) Provide a clear paper trail in case situations arise in which there is confusion or disagreement about a student's progress The annual meeting also provides an opportunity for students to raise any concerns, and provide feedback about the program and their graduate experience In preparation for progress review meetings, • The student writes a report about their progress and submits it to their advisor and committee for review and comments This should occur in the first half of the spring semester Instructions and template for the student report are available at the program website, or from Lisa Buchalski • The advisor reviews and signs the student’s report, and then also fills out an evaluation describing his/her view of the student's progress Instructions and template for the advisor report are available at the program website, or from Lisa Buchalski Reports must be submitted at least one week before scheduled meetings, normally by mid-April The advisor’s evaluation must include a summary report from a recent committee meeting; for first-year students, this meeting should include discussion of the research proposal Thus, the research proposal and the committee meeting should be completed before the spring review • Instructors for whom the student has served as a teaching assistant provide comments on their teaching (If instructors have previously provided feedback as part of fellowship or other applications, they can just send a copy.) Comments must be submitted at least one week before scheduled meetings There is no template for this evaluation; email to Lisa Buchalski is fine It is the student's responsibility to request comments from instructors for whom they've taught All reports and comments will be submitted to Lisa Buchalski, who will help schedule a review meeting for each student with a member of the GPC (who is not their advisor), normally between mid-April and mid-May Following the meeting, comments and suggestions from the committee will be forwarded to the student and advisor, and all review documents will be shared with the student’s committee unless there is a specific reason/request they should not be rev 062821/JAB Spring progress review meetings are mandatory for all students in the program, including those who expect to graduate by the end of the summer Students whose paperwork is incomplete or who have not yet had a meeting by the specified deadline (usually the end of May) will have their registration put on hold at the Graduate School, unless there are documented extenuating circumstances that warrant a delay rev 062821/JAB ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS TO BE FILLED OUT BY THE STUDENT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ADVISOR (JUNE 2021 TO MAY 2022) Name: UNH ID: Academic Progress Biological Sciences Option (IOB or MB): Masters or Ph.D.: _ Date of entrance into program: Expected completion date: Advisor: Graduate committee members (list institution for non-UNH members): Most recent contact with graduate committee (date): Next planned committee meeting (date): _ For Ph.D students: Date or expected date of candidacy exams: _ Passed ? _ Date or expected date of dissertation proposal approval: Date or expected date of dissertation defense: Current GPA: Coursework (indicate course number, semester and grade for completed classes): a Core course: BIOL 901 _ b Competencies: Experimental design/analysis/statistics: _ Scientific writing/communication (required only for students who started before Fall 2017): _ c Additional courses required or recommended by committee: rev 062821/JAB Address all of the following items separately, in a typed document Attach a current CV and submit it to your advisor and committee members After obtaining your advisor's signature, submit the final document to Diane Lavalliere in the department office Attach an updated CV (maximum pages) Make sure to include current grants and publications to date If you have presented at a meeting or conference, please include citation information as well as the location and dates Mentoring of undergraduate research students List the names of any undergraduates you have supervised as research assistants, and describe the activities in which you mentored them Teaching Please list courses you taught during this academic year as either a teaching assistant or a lead instructor Make sure to include the semester, course number, course title, number of sections taught, and number of students in each section Indicate roughly how many hours/week your teaching duties for each course required (including prep, time in class/lab, grading, and meeting with students) Also list classes in which you gave at least one guest lecture, making sure to distinguish these from the classes you taught as a TA Service Please list any service you have provided to the department, college, university, profession, public groups, etc This might include, but is not limited to, the following: organizing or hosting departmental seminars (not just attending them), serving on departmental committees or as a student representative to a committee, service to university student groups (including Grad Student Senate), outreach activities, giving talks to non-professional audiences or school students, refereeing manuscripts for professional journals rev 062821/JAB Honors, awards, and funding applications Please list all honors and awards you received during the year, as well as grants and fellowships you have applied for and their outcome (funded, declined, or pending) Indicate the amount awarded whenever applicable Statement of professional goals A brief statement describing the type of career you hope to pursue after earning your degree, and any other professional goals you hope to achieve Goals and achievements for the past academic year Describe your academic goals for the previous year, and your progress toward achieving those goals Note areas in which you experienced any difficulty If you feel you are not making significant progress, explain why Please include perceived departmental/university obstacles that hinder your progress Goals for the next academic year Describe your academic goals for the coming year, and how you plan to achieve them Include your research plans for the coming year, as well as a projected timeline if appropriate Data check-in a Where/how are your data stored? b Where/how are your data backed up? c If you were unexpectedly abducted by aliens, who would be able to access your data? Do they know where to look? Are the data in a form that would make sense to them? rev 062821/JAB Annual Progress Report for Graduate Students Student Name (typed): UNH ID: Signatures Student: Your signature below indicates that you have discussed the contents of this progress report with your advisor and shared it with your committee members Student Advisor: Date Your signature below indicates that you have discussed the contents of this progress report with the student Advisor Date GPC representative present at meeting Date Comments/notes from meeting: Please indicate if any portion should NOT be shared with the student The default assumption is that the student and advisor (as well as the Grad Coordinator) will have access to these notes They may also be shared with the student’s committee rev 062821/JAB