Hello ChE Grad Students, Advising Faculty, and Support Staff: I am writing to follow up on my e-mail to the grad students back in October about spring registration. Spring registration is now open and will close on January 15th. There are several important things graduate students (and their advising faculty and support staff) need to know when grad students are registering for spring classes. TO THE GRAD STUDENTS (See special notes to those of you intending to graduate and those of you in your second year and beyond): 1. Please use Form23A attached to this e-mail to list your classes. It is also available in hard copy in my office and in the magazine rack outside of the Undergrad Office (FRNY 1057). 2. Please consult with your thesis advisor about your spring schedule and then list all classes (including ChE 690 Seminar), your research hours on this form, and your weekly meeting (if your advisor holds weekly meetings) on Form23A. Be sure to include all CRNs on the form. 3. Please sign this form and have your advisor sign the form, and then return it to me (slide under my office door if office is closed). I will register you for your research hours and for your weekly meeting and graduation candidate status (if applicable-for more information, please see below). You will register yourself for everything else, including Seminar. 4. ATTENTION SECOND YEARS AND BEYOND: If you have taken your Qualifier, you should sign up for CHE 699 Research (NOT CHE 698) from this point forward. 5. ATTENTION THOSE OF YOU INTENDING TO GRADUATE WITH YOUR PH.D. OR PICK UP YOUR MASTER'S IN THE SPRING: a. Consult the Graduate School deadlines calendar to be sure you will meet all their deadlines to get your degree in May. http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/calendar/calendar.cfm?type=Deadlines b. NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE FILED YOUR PLAN OF STUDY BEFORE THE SEMESTER IN WHICH YOU INTEND TO GRADUATE. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THOSE OF YOU WHO INTEND TO PICK UP A MASTER'S DEGREE. If you plan to get a Master's degree, you must file a Master's plan of study (separate from the Ph.D. plan of study) the semester before you intend to pick up your Master's. In this case, you must have filed your Master's or Ph.D. plan of study by January 12th. c. Check with your advisor to see which candidate status you need to be registered for. There are three options, and you will put one of these on your Form23A, and when you return that form to me with your advisor's signature, I will sign you up as a candidate for graduation using one of these three codes. You may choose to do the following: 1. Register as CAND 991 (Candidate) and sign up for your designated number of research hours (whatever you and your advisor determine is correct for your next semester) OR 2. Register as CAND 992 (Degree Only). You use this designation if you defend and deposit by the end of this fall semester (but you missed the graduation deadlines for the fall) OR 3. Register as CAND 993 (Exam Only). You use this designation if you have completed all graduation requirements and if you can defend and deposit by March 7th. You register for Exam Only if you can defend and deposit by March 7th. d. ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INTENDING TO GRADUATE: If you register with a reduced course load the semester you intend to graduate, you must fill out a special form stating you are registering for a reduced load and turn it into the Office of International Students and Scholars. This form is available in my office and in the Office of International Students and Scholars. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and thank you. Best, Katie Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2@purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>