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    The Graduate School’s

    Fall 2023

    Timely Topics Series

     

    Timely Topics is a series of opportunities to engage with subject matter experts on topics relevant to those who support and advise graduate students and programs. Every session is available to all UConn faculty and staff. We hope you’ll join us for the upcoming session:

     

    New Diversity Application Fee Waiver Process

    The Graduate School is introducing a new fee waiver process to support graduate programs seeking to ensure that their applicant pool includes individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experience. This session will provide an overview of this new program, the application process, explain how these waivers differ from other program-initiated or automatic application fee waivers, discuss implications of recent court decisions for administration of the program, and answer any questions.

    Date:  Thursday, September 28, 2023

    Time:  11am-12pm

    Facilitators: Kent Holsinger, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of The Graduate School

    Stuart Duncan, Director of Programming and Diversity Recruitment, The Graduate School

    Meg Drakos, Director of Graduate Admissions, The Graduate School 

    Register Here

     

    You can learn more and see all the sessions scheduled for Fall 2023 at our webpage: https://grad.uconn.edu/timely-topics/

    For more information, contact: Megan Petsa at megan.petsa@uconn.edu