Howard University
Graduate School
Office of Retention, Mentoring and Support Programs
New Student Orientation
Program Booklet and
Schedule of Activities
Spring Semester 2004
Retention, Mentoring and Support Programs Staff
Marlene W. Sherrill, PhD
Assistant Dean
Retention, Mentoring, and Support Programs
msherrill@howard.edu
Patricia A. Cole Holliday, PhD
Director of Mentoring and Professional Development
pcoleholliday@howard.edu
Gloria Lloyd, Coordinator
Financial Support and Grants Management
glloyd@howard.edu
Constance Minor
Administrative Assistant
C_minor@howard.edu
Office of Retention, Mentoring and Support Programs
The Graduate School
Howard University
4th and College Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20059
(202) 806-4676
(202) 806-6800
(202) 986-3551 (fax)
www.gs.howard.edu
Table of Contents
New Student Orientation Schedule of Activities………………. 3
Spring 2004 Seminars and Workshops Schedule……………… 5
The Graduate Expository Writing Program …………………….. 7
Graduate School’s Spring 2004 Special Dates…………………. 9
University Spring 2004 Calendar …………………………………10
Howard University Graduate School
Office of Retention, Mentoring and Support Programs
New Student Orientation Schedule of Activities
Spring Semester 2004
Monday, January 5, 2004
Orientation Information Day
8:30 – 9:00 am
Registration and Continental
Breakfast
Gallery Lounge
Blackburn Center
9:00 – 9:45 am
Welcome to Howard and
Introductions
Assistant Dean Marlene Sherrill
Dr. Pat Cole Holliday, Facilitator
Greetings
Vice Provost for Research and
Dean Orlando L. Taylor
Associate Dean Emmanuel Glakpe
Assistant Dean Andrea Jackson
Representatives from Graduate
Student Organizations
Strategies for Success in
Graduate School (GS): GS
Rules and Regulations
Dr. Emmanuel Glakpe
9:45 – 10:45
am
10:45 - 11:00 am
Break, Stretch & Prize Drawing
11:00 – 11:30 am
Responsible Conduct of Research
(RCR) Overview
Dr. Marlene Sherrill
Dr. Eric Walters
11:30 - 11:45 am
Expository Writing Program
Dr. Forrestine Barnes
11:45 - 12:30 pm
Registration Tips
Peer Mentors
Ms. Constance Minor
Dr. Lynette Mundey
Mr. John Butler
Ms. Gloria Lloyd
Ms. Denise Eanes
Chief Reginald Smith
Counseling Center Staff
Health Services
Financial Aid
Parking & Campus
Safety
Counseling Center
12:30 pm
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Advisement and Registration
Individual Departments
Orientation Resource Day
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
8:30 – 9:00 am
Registration and Continental
Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 am
Library and iLab Resources
Founders Library
Moorland Spingarn
Health Sciences
The iLab
Gallery Lounge
Blackburn Center
Ms. Frances Zeigler
Ms. Leida Torres
Mr. Don Monroe
Mr. Clint Walker
Dr. Arega Negero
10:00 – 10:15 am
The Individualized
Program of Study: A Model
Dr. Pat Cole Holliday
10:15: 10:45 am
Time and Stress
Management Strategies
FOCUSED: Achieving
Your Highest Priorities
Counseling Center Staff
10:45 –11:00 pm
Break, Stretch and
Prize Drawing
11:00 –11:30 pm
The History of
Howard Seminar Overview
11:30 – 12:30 pm
Create Your Own Graduate
School (CYOGS)
12:30 – 1:00 pm
CYOGS Presentations
12:30 – 1:30pm
Lunch On Your Own
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Advisement and Registration
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Campus Tour of Resources
Dr. Pat Cole Holliday
Dr. Thomas Battle
All New Students and Graduate Faculty
(Facilitators, Directors of
Graduate Study)
Individual Departments
Wednsday, January 7, 2004
Formal Classes Begin
Saturday, January 10, 2004
9:30 -12:30 pm
Graduate Expository Writing Exam Chemistry Building Auditorium
Sunday, January 11, 2004
11:00 -1:00 pm
Howard University Worship Service Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
Rankin Chapel
Howard University Graduate School
Office of Retention, Mentoring and Support Programs
Seminars and Workshops 2003-04 Academic Year
Spring Semester 2004
Seminar
New Student
Orientation Information
Day
Date
Presenter (s)
Location
Persons to Attend
Jan 5
Office of
Retention,
Mentoring and
Support
Programs Staff
(ORMSP);
Counseling
Center Staff;
Gallery
Lounge,
Blackburn
Center
All New Graduate
Students and Peer
Mentors
Gallery
Lounge,
Blackburn
Center
All New and
Returning Graduate
Students
8:30
am 100 pm
Strategies for
Success in
Graduate School
Vice Provost
and Dean
Taylor
New Student
Orientation Resource Day
The History of Howard
Overview
The Individualized
Program of
Study: A Model
Time and Stress
Management
Strategies
Create Your Own Graduate
School
Jan 6
9 -1
Dr. Pat Cole
Holliday,
Graduate
School
ORMSP
Dr. Thomas
Battle,
Moorland
Spingarn
Research
Center
Directors of
Graduate
Study &
Graduate
Faculty
FOCUS:
Achieving Your
Highest Priorities
(Franklin Covey
Seminar)*
Preparing the
Resume, CV &
Dossier;
Jan 29
1-6 pm
Feb 1 2
3-5 pm
Developing Your
Credentials File
Dr. Pat Cole
Holliday, The
Graduate
School,
ORMSP
Graduate
School Smart
Conference
Room 205
Mr. Harold
Gray, School of
Business
Graduate
School,
Conference
Room 205
Dr. Doris
Corbett, Dept.
of Health
Human
Performance
and Leisure
Studies
All Graduate
Students
All Graduate
Students
Interfolio, Inc
Representative
Responsible
Conduct of
Research (RCR)*
Workshop
Developing a Post Doc
Proposal and
Obtaining Post Doc
Resources
Feb. 26
8:30
am –
5:30
pm
March
4
3-5 pm
The Candidacy
Process
The Individualized Program
of Study: A Model
March
11
3-5 pm
Dr. Sherrill,
The Graduate
School,
ORMSP
Ms. Kay
Johnson
Graham, NIH
Dr. Anita
Nahal, The
Graduate
School
Dr. Glakpe
Dr. Pat Cole
Holliday; Ms.
Jacqueline
Lyons, The
Graduate
School
TBA
All Graduate
Students
Graduate
School Smart
Conference
Room 205
Second, Third and
Fourth Year
Graduate Students
Graduate
School Smart
Conference
Room 205
All Graduate
Students
Developing Your
Presentation
Skills: How To
Become An
Electrifying
Speaker
March
26
3-5 pm
HU
Professional
Development
Leadership
Academy
Graduate
School Smart
Conference
Room 205
All Graduate
Students
*Please Note that the Responsible Conduct of Research Seminar is required prior to admission to candidacy, and you
must pre-register for this workshop. For More Information and Updates to the Professional Development Seminars and Workshops,
Call (202) 806-4676 or Visit the Graduate School’s Website, www.gs.howard.edu/seminars.htm.
THE GRADUATE EXPOSITORY WRITING PROGRAM – SPRING 2004 Graduate School –
Howard University (www.gs.howard.edu/ewp) (REVISED 11/17/03)
I.
SEMINAR PREPARATION FOR THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
(No Registration Required for Either Seminar)
January 6
Tuesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Douglass Hall 116
OR
January 7
Wednesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Douglass Hall 116
II.
THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION (EPE): Graduate School Requirement
for ALL ENTERING Graduate Students (and all continuing or former students
returning who have not taken this examination)
(Online Registration:
www.gs.howard.edu/ewp “Register for Expository Writing Examination”)
January 10
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Auditorium in Chemistry Building
III.
ALTERNATE EXAMINATION DATES – Written Requests Required; Emergencies
and Religious Reasons Only (E-mail
requests to the following:
fbarnes@howard.edu; eharris@howard.edu ); when request has been granted, go
to www.gs.howaard.edu/ewp and register for the alternate date as indicated.
January 14
Wednesday, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Graduate School (GS) 317-A
(Limited to the First 20 Students Who Request and Register for This Date)
January 15
Thursday, 5:30-8:30 p.m., GS 317-A
(Limited to the First 20 Students Who Request and Register for This Date)
IV.
EXAMINATION RESULTS POSTED ONLINE (www.gs.howard.edu/ewp) –
BEGINNING
ON
THE
DATE
BELOW
(READ
CAREFULLY
THE
LEGEND/INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THE EXAMINATION RESULTS.)
January 28
Wednesday, Online Posting of Examination Results and Instructions/Legend
V.
REGISTRATION (based on examination results) FOR ONE OF THE TWO WRITING
CLASSES (one credit each) LISTED FOR THE GRADUATE SCHOOL (GSWP):
ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION I (300) and ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION II (301) –
Required of all continuing students and former students returning who have
already taken the EPE but have not satisfied the Graduate School’s Expository
Writing Requirement; these students must see EWP Director for class placement.
TO REGISTER OFFICIALLY FOR THE CLASS THROUGH THE BANNER SYSTEM,
STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE AN ADD/DROP FORM. THE PERIOD FOR ADDING A
CLASS IS EXTENDED FOR GSWP CLASSES, AS INDICATED BELOW:
January 28, 29, 30 – February 2 –Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday
VI.
REVIEW OF EXAMINATION PAPERS: By Appointment Only – Appointment Request
Forms to be completed online ( www.gs.howard.edu/ewp)
CLASS REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION FORM – (To be completed online:
www.gs.howard.edu/ewp; printout to be submitted to the Office of the Expository
Writing Program)
VII
February 3
April 22

Tuesday, Classes Begin (ACAD Communication I and ACAD
Communication II)
Thursday Classes End
STUDENTS SHOULD BRING TO THE EXAMINATION A PICTURE ID (HU ID,
Passport, or Driver’s License), A DICTIONARY /THESAURUS, ONLINE
EXAMINATION REGISTRATION PRINTOUT, AND BALL POINT PEN (S).
For further information, come to the Graduate School, Room 315 or 317-A; e-mail
eharris@howard.edu OR fbarnes@howard.edu; or call 202-806-6864.
Graduation Deadlines
January 9
REGISTRATION FOR GRADUATION - All Prospective graduates must
be enrolled in the Graduate School the semester they plan to graduate.
All prospective graduates must have a Registration for Graduation Card
on file in the Graduate School
February 6
Submit Applications for Renewal Of Courses and Transfer of Credit.
PLEASE NOTE: Degree requirements for the master’s and doctorate
must be completed within a maximum of five and seven years,
respectively, from the date of initial registration. Courses taken more than
five ad seven years prior to applying for graduation must be revalidated
by means of a written exam administered by the department, and
restoration of course credit form filled out and submitted to the Dean
March 5
MASTER’S CANDIDATES – Submit Application for Admission to
Candidacy
March 15
Ph.D. CANDIDATES – Submit request for oral defense examination. A
final copy of the dissertation must accompany the request. Please submit
original print. Xeroxed copies are not acceptable. Oral defense
examinations will be scheduled only after dissertations have been checked
thoroughly and approved by the Office of Educational Affairs
PLEASE NOTE: A doctoral candidate must be admitted to candidacy no
later that the semester before he/she expects the degree.
April 2
Ph.D. CANDIDATES - In order to allow students ten working days
following their defense examinations to make any necessary corrections in
their dissertations, this is the last date on which defense examinations will
be scheduled.
April 16
April 30
THESES/DISSERTATIONS & CERTIFICAITON FORMS ARE DUE.
PLEASE NOTE: All degree candidates must submit the final copies of
their theses or dissertations to the Graduate School no later than ten
working days after the oral defense.
All Financial Obligations Must BE Settled With The Office of Student
Accounts By This Date.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXAMINATIONS: In some departments, the student is required
to demonstrate reading proficiency in foreign language departments of
Howard University or via the Graduate School Foreign Language Test
(GSFLT) administered by E.T.S. For information concerning date and
time of GSFLT, contact Mr. Morgan McDonald, Counseling Center, Room
127, O’Boyle Hall, Catholic University, (202) 319-5765.
Special Recognition Programs
April 26
The Graduate School’s Research Symposium
and Awards Day, Blackburn Center
May 7
The Graduate School’s Graduation and
Hooding Ceremony, Burr Gymnasium
Howard University Calendar Spring 2004
This calendar is effective for all Howard University schools and colleges except
Dentistry, Medicine and Law.
*Date Policy: Deadlines are listed according to the calendar date on which they fall, even
if that date falls on a weekend or is a legal holiday. Such deadlines must be met by close
of business of the business day immediately following a weekend or legal holiday.
Fall 2003 Semester
December 18, 2003, Thursday
First deferred payment due for Spring 2004
January 3, 2004, Saturday
Residence Halls open for check-in of new residents
January 4, Sunday
Orientation begins for new undergraduate, graduate, and transfer students
January 5, Monday
Residence Halls open for continuing students
January 5, Monday and January 6, Tuesday
Orientation, Academic Advisement, Course Selection and Payment of tuition/fees for
new students and Former Students Returning (FSR). Initial Financial Aid disbursement
for Fall 2003
January 5, Monday to January 9, Friday
Consortium Registration
January 7, Wednesday
FORMAL CLASSES BEGIN
January 7, Wednesday to January 9, Friday
LATE REGISTRATION for all students, CHANGE OF PROGRAM PERIOD (Add or
drop a course without a grade of "W," change from one section to another, change from
credit to audit or audit to credit)
January 10, Saturday
COURSE WITHDRAWAL FEE EFFECTIVE*
Graduate Expository Writing Examination for students in the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences
January 13, Tuesday
Deadline for 100% refund of tuition/fees
January 19, Monday
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED - LEGAL HOLIDAY
January 23, Friday
Deadline for receipt of December 2003 Graduation Recommendations in Office of the
Secretary of the University 5:00PM
January 28, Wednesday
Deadline for faculty to submit Unofficial Withdrawal (UW) grades via the web to
Enrollment Management/Records for Fall 2003
February 11, Wednesday
Deadline for students checking out of Residence Halls to be credited 50% of the housing
charge
February 15, Sunday
Priority deadline for receipt of Financial Aid and Federal Stafford and Federal PLUS loan
applications for Fall 2004
Deadline for 50% refund of tuition/fees*
Deadline for receipt of Application for Admission for Spring 2004*
Deadline for students to clear Spring 2003 incomplete grades with instructors
Preliminary Enrollment Census Date
February 16, Monday
PRESIDENTS' DAY OBSERVED - LEGAL HOLIDAY
March 2, Tuesday
Deadline for students checking out of Residence Halls to receive 25% refund of housing
charges
March 3, Wednesday
Deadline for instructors to submit Mid-Term Status Reports via the web to Enrollment
Management/Records
March 3, Wednesday
Deadline for receipt of advance payment from continuing students to confirm housing
assignments and waiting list positions for Fall 2004
March 5, Friday
CHARTER DAY CONVOCATION
Cramton Auditorium, 11:00 AM
(Classes suspended 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
March 6, Saturday
Deadline for 25% refund of tuition/fees (Last day for refunds)*
Final Enrollment Census Date
March 13, Saturday
Second deferred payment due for Spring 2004*
March 13, Saturday to March 21, Sunday
SPRING RECESS
March 15, Monday
Deadline for receipt of approved applications for Intra- University Transfers for Spring
2004 in Enrollment Management/Records
Deadline for receipt of Financial Aid and Federal Stafford and Federal PLUS loan
applications for Summer 2004
March 22, Monday to April 2, Friday
GENERAL REGISTRATION (GR)
(Course selection for Fall 2004)
April 3, Saturday
Senior Comprehensive Examination in major fields for College of Arts and Sciences
prospective December 2003 and May and Summer 2004 graduates
April 9, Friday
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A COURSE
LAST DAY TO COMPLETE A TOTAL WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY
April 12, Monday to April 25, Sunday
GENERAL REGISTRATION (GR)
(Course selection for Summer 2004)
April 15, Thursday
Deadline for receipt of approved applications for Intra-University Transfers for Summer
2004
Deadline for receipt of Housing applications for continuing students for Summer 2004
April 19, Monday to April 21, Wednesday
FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE GRADUATES
April 22, Thursday
DEADLINE FOR INSTRUCTORS TO SUBMIT GRADES FOR PROSPECTIVE
GRADUATES - 3:OO P.M
FORMAL CLASSES END
Deadline for students to clear Fall 2003 incomplete grades with instructors.
April 23, Friday to April 26, Monday
READING PERIOD
April 27, Tuesday to May 7, Friday
FINAL EXAMINATIONS (Deadline for instructors to submit final grades via the web is
5 calendar days after the scheduled final examination)
May 6, Thursday
Deadline for receipt of May 2004 Graduation Recommendations in Office of the
Secretary of the University - 5:00 P.M.
May 7, Friday
SECOND SEMESTER ENDS
Deadline for academic deans to submit Special Grade Reports to Enrollment
Management/Records for removal of incomplete grades for Fall 2003
May 8, Saturday
COMMENCEMENT
Upper Quadrangle - Main Campus, 10:00 A.M.
May 9, Sunday
Residence Halls close at 5:00 P.M.
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