Evening! The Three Minute Thesis is having a Faculty Nomination aspect this year to identify and encourage talented students to participate in a chance of winning prize money. Please consider nominating an ESE student or a student from your department. It's a great opportunity that could end up winning them a decent amount of money. Have a good evening! Amy Amy Ledman She/Her/Hers Lead Graduate Program Specialist Ecological Sciences and Engineering Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Schedule a meeting: calendly.com/aledman<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalendly.com%2Faledman&data=05%7C02%7CEse-faculty-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7Cef6fe606cfe640067d2808dd13259110%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638687774253086704%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fWOAPOiZgE4t2mVr692LNsRvKjInczKJuhoMnKeuvF0%3D&reserved=0> Purdue University and The Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) will be closed for Winter Recess beginning Friday, December 20, 2024, at 5 PM EST until Thursday, January 2, 2025, at 8 AM EST. Nominate a graduate student to represent your academic unit! The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholars (OGSPS, formerly The Grad School) annual Three Minute Thesis competition is scheduled for April 15th! To increase academic representation in our 3MT(r) competition, we are asking that faculty members nominate talented graduate student(s) to represent their academic units. This nomination is simply intended to help our office identify and encouraged talented students to participate. Nominees must be current Purdue graduate students or postdoctoral scholars in the final stages of their research. Nominations are not required to submit a draft video, but each will be contacted by our staff and encouraged to register for the competition. The following link is to the nomination form, as well as some additional information about the competition. 3MT 2025 Nomination Form (Feb. 7 deadline)<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_eXne3G6rXGGLeWa&data=05%7C02%7CEse-faculty-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7Cef6fe606cfe640067d2808dd13259110%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638687774253242980%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BtPZjsKoq5vwrwHSZiyi3cRVLLNSAQT%2BvbBnvINjyDU%3D&reserved=0> What is 3MT(r)? Three Minute Thesis (3MT(r)) is a research communication competition that helps graduate students develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills so that they can effectively explain their research to a non-specialist audience. During each competition, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars will have three minutes to present a compelling discussion on their research topic, including its significance and relevance, to the public. This is a fast-paced competition where the top 10 finalists compete by summarizing their two to three-plus years of research in only three minutes with only one slide. The cash awards for this year's competition are $5,000 for first place, $3,000 for second place, and $2,000 for the People's Choice Award winner. The first-place winner will also be invited to compete in the Midwestern Association of Graduate School's (MAGS) annual 3MT(r) competition. 2025 Competition Timeline * Friday, February 7, 11:59 PM - Faculty Nominations Due * Monday, March 3, 11:59 PM - Student and Scholar Video Submissions Due * Thursday, March 25, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Semi-finals - YONG B 83 * Monday, April 14 - Rehearsal, Fowler Hall 5:00 p.m. EST - mandatory * Tuesday, April 15 - Competition, Fowler Hall, 7:00 p.m. EST Please email Allison Loy (Loy2@purdue.edu<mailto:Loy2@purdue.edu>) with any questions! Allison Loy (s/her) Events Coordinator, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars Ernest Young Hall, Room 160 | 155 S. Grant St. | West Lafayette, IN 47907