FYI

 

 

 

Hi Directors:

 

This is FYI .. I was at the Grad Council meeting where a GSS rep shared with us that because they have a sizeable balance in available funds to support conference travel, students may submit an application for conference travel again even though they have already been funded by GSS this past academic year. The deadline for submitting for summer (dates: April 15-August30) conference travel funding is April 15^th. (See: http://web.utk.edu/~gss/travelawards/index.php)

 

We normally expect students to show evidence that they have had a conference presentation accepted. In order to accommodate the April 15^th deadline, however, I have informed our grad students that I will sign off on funding for a summer conference with a notation that the funding is “pending acceptance” of the paper. This will allow the students to make the GSS deadline. I also informed them that I will expect to hear back from them as to whether or not their paper was indeed accepted (with a copy of the acceptance note.)

 

Catherine

 

 

Catherine A. Luther, PhD

Professor and Associate Dean

College of Communication and Information

University of Tennessee

302 Communications-UEB

Knoxville, TN 37996-0332

Phone: (865)974-6651