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<p>As many of you know, the Department of Statistics works hard to bring in many seminar speakers throughout the year. In addition to our Friday seminar series, we have the Biostatistics working group, Bayesian working group, Environmental statistics working group, Bioinformatics seminar series, and Biomathematics seminar series. The purpose of all these seminars is for faculty and students to interact with other researchers and statisticians on-campus or beyond our campus. Seminars are a good way to keep up with new developments in the field and get exposed to new ideas. Seminars are also great for sparking interest in a particular research direction that may develop into a dissertation topic, or even for getting ideas of how to tackle specific challenges in widely varying areas. At a minimum, seminars are a valuable resource for observing different presentation styles. Attendance at seminars enhances professional development and engagement. In addition, students and faculty often have the chance to meet with the speakers individually or in small groups. These meetings are useful for getting to know the visitor better, to ask more detailed questions about their work or their place of work and to share ideas.</p> | <p>As many of you know, the Department of Statistics works hard to bring in many seminar speakers throughout the year. In addition to our Friday seminar series, we have the Biostatistics working group, Bayesian working group, Environmental statistics working group, Bioinformatics seminar series, and Biomathematics seminar series. The purpose of all these seminars is for faculty and students to interact with other researchers and statisticians on-campus or beyond our campus. Seminars are a good way to keep up with new developments in the field and get exposed to new ideas. Seminars are also great for sparking interest in a particular research direction that may develop into a dissertation topic, or even for getting ideas of how to tackle specific challenges in widely varying areas. At a minimum, seminars are a valuable resource for observing different presentation styles. Attendance at seminars enhances professional development and engagement. In addition, students and faculty often have the chance to meet with the speakers individually or in small groups. These meetings are useful for getting to know the visitor better, to ask more detailed questions about their work or their place of work and to share ideas.</p> | ||
| − | <p>To emphasize the importance of seminars and meetings with visitors and to encourage your attendance at these events, we require that students attend at least | + | <p>To emphasize the importance of seminars and meetings with visitors and to encourage your attendance at these events, we require that students attend at least 15 seminars and meetings during the academic year. The seminars may be any of those listed above (excluding the biomathematics series) or seminars given by candidates for positions in the department or other specially scheduled seminars, such as the Cockerham lecture. Attendance will be taken at the seminars series listed above. If you attend other seminars and want them to count, you will need a faculty member's signature that you attended. You can turn [http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/programs/grad/Seminar_Attendance2.pdf this sheet] in to one of the DGPs.</p> |
| − | <p> Students who have been enrolled in the program for more than 12 months, must meet with at least 3 visitors to the department during the academic year. For these meetings, we will have a sign up ahead of time with limited capacity. First year students are not required to meet with visitors. | + | <p> Students who have been enrolled in the program for more than 12 months, must meet with at least 3 visitors to the department during the academic year. For these meetings, we will have a sign up ahead of time with limited capacity. First year students are not required to meet with visitors. </p> |
| − | <p>This policy is intended to emphasize the importance of this component of your training in Statistics. It applies to all students enrolled in Master's or PhD programs in statistics and will appear on your semester progress report. Along with other indicators of your engagement in the program and your progress toward degree, your attendance at seminars and meetings with visitors will impact future decisions regarding financial support through the | + | <p>This policy is intended to emphasize the importance of this component of your training in Statistics. It applies to all students enrolled in Master's or PhD programs in statistics and will appear on your semester progress report. Along with other indicators of your engagement in the program and your progress toward degree, your attendance at seminars and meetings with visitors will impact future decisions regarding financial support and other opportunities through the Department.</p> |
<p>While we think this policy is good for all students, we also recognize that special situations will arise. Requests for exceptions will be considered from students who currently do not receive and never intend to request future funding from the department. Requests may be sent to a DGP. Students who are currently appointed on GITs will not be considered exempt from this policy.</p> | <p>While we think this policy is good for all students, we also recognize that special situations will arise. Requests for exceptions will be considered from students who currently do not receive and never intend to request future funding from the department. Requests may be sent to a DGP. Students who are currently appointed on GITs will not be considered exempt from this policy.</p> | ||
| − | Seminars are listed on the department calendar when scheduled (http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/calendar/ | + | Seminars are listed on the department calendar when scheduled (http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/calendar/). |
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 18 March 2013
Students are required to attend 15 seminars and 3 visitor meetings per academic year. First year students are exempt from meeting visitors.
As many of you know, the Department of Statistics works hard to bring in many seminar speakers throughout the year. In addition to our Friday seminar series, we have the Biostatistics working group, Bayesian working group, Environmental statistics working group, Bioinformatics seminar series, and Biomathematics seminar series. The purpose of all these seminars is for faculty and students to interact with other researchers and statisticians on-campus or beyond our campus. Seminars are a good way to keep up with new developments in the field and get exposed to new ideas. Seminars are also great for sparking interest in a particular research direction that may develop into a dissertation topic, or even for getting ideas of how to tackle specific challenges in widely varying areas. At a minimum, seminars are a valuable resource for observing different presentation styles. Attendance at seminars enhances professional development and engagement. In addition, students and faculty often have the chance to meet with the speakers individually or in small groups. These meetings are useful for getting to know the visitor better, to ask more detailed questions about their work or their place of work and to share ideas.
To emphasize the importance of seminars and meetings with visitors and to encourage your attendance at these events, we require that students attend at least 15 seminars and meetings during the academic year. The seminars may be any of those listed above (excluding the biomathematics series) or seminars given by candidates for positions in the department or other specially scheduled seminars, such as the Cockerham lecture. Attendance will be taken at the seminars series listed above. If you attend other seminars and want them to count, you will need a faculty member's signature that you attended. You can turn this sheet in to one of the DGPs.
Students who have been enrolled in the program for more than 12 months, must meet with at least 3 visitors to the department during the academic year. For these meetings, we will have a sign up ahead of time with limited capacity. First year students are not required to meet with visitors.
This policy is intended to emphasize the importance of this component of your training in Statistics. It applies to all students enrolled in Master's or PhD programs in statistics and will appear on your semester progress report. Along with other indicators of your engagement in the program and your progress toward degree, your attendance at seminars and meetings with visitors will impact future decisions regarding financial support and other opportunities through the Department.
While we think this policy is good for all students, we also recognize that special situations will arise. Requests for exceptions will be considered from students who currently do not receive and never intend to request future funding from the department. Requests may be sent to a DGP. Students who are currently appointed on GITs will not be considered exempt from this policy.
Seminars are listed on the department calendar when scheduled (http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/calendar/).
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