Greetings and welcome back!

 

We need to establish the schedule and ground rules for Graduate Seminar (WL790) this semester. Although classes are not scheduled to start until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, January 16), I would like to meet with students who are planning to present their proposal or completion seminars this spring. Thus, we will meet in SNP 103 at the scheduled seminar time (3:00 pm) tomorrow and allocate times for your presentations. (Note: there is not an orientation seminar in the spring semester.) If you happen to be off-campus, respond to me with an email wherein you identify two to three preferred dates, provide a title for your presentation, and note the seminar type.  Seminar will officially begin on January 23 and end on April 30.

 

For planning purposes, there are a few dates currently unavailable: AFS meeting, Feb. 20 and spring break/TWS, Mar. 19.  For fish folks, the GFP winter fisheries division meeting will occur Mar. 10-12. If I missed a date, please let me know ASAP.

 

Ground rules for WL790:

 

a. All graduate students must attend all seminars, unless in class or in the field.

b. All M.S. and Ph.D. students are required to give a proposal seminar and a completion seminar

c. A third seminar is also required, but a presentation at a professional meeting satisfies that requirement.

d. You do not have to enroll for the seminar the same semester that you plan to give a seminar. (This provides some flexibility for your study plan.)

 

All seminar information will be handled through the SDSU Wildlife and Fisheries Homepage.  From our departmental homepage, go to Graduate Courses then WL 790 Graduate Seminar.  At this site, you will find the current seminar schedule, abstracts, and other pertinent information. As a gentle reminder, I plan to do a department-wide email of the seminar(s) du jour on the morning of the presentations.

 

Please email an electronic abstract (MS Office doc) of your abstract to me ONE WEEK prior to your seminar.  Include the title and author, use 1.5 or 2-line spacing in the body of the abstract, provide one or two pertinent references (single-spaced), and please keep to a single page.

 

M.S. students should plan for a 15-20 min presentation; Ph.D. students plan 20-25 min for proposal seminars, but can have 40-45 min for completion seminars (we will modify the schedule, if necessary).

 

Seminars will be evaluated separately by your peers and faculty.

 

That is the plan!  I will see some of you tomorrow to work on the schedule.

 

 

 

Michael L. Brown, Professor

Box 2140B, NPB 138

Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD 57007-1696 USA

 

Fax 605.688.4515

Tel. 605.688.6121