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Welcome Future SPEL students!

 Welcome to the incoming students of Fall 2023! We're looking forward to seeing you on campus!

- Kanika Chawla

- Zih-Syuan Chiu

- Joseph DeLeone

- Lanbin Feng

- Mert Karaca

- Sofia Koukia

Coleen at IASH

 “Democratic Philosophy is Public Philosophy: Reflections on Podcasting to the Demos” talk by IASH Fellow Coleen Watson at noon Wednesday, April 26, in LN-1106.

“Democratic Philosophy is Public Philosophy:
Reflections on Podcasting to the Demos”

I have been running and hosting the podcast The Wisdom of the People: A Podcast on the Philosophy that Founds Democracy since being awarded a Public Humanities Grant in July of 2022. This presentation will share my motivation to host a podcast specifically covering democratic philosophy as a way of doing public philosophy and document the many thoughts and reflections I have had after working on this project for nearly 10 months.

Joy Tassey receives STAR award

 

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  Joy Tassey receives STAR Award

  Joy Tassey, assistant to the chair in the Philosophy Department, received the STAR Award this week. The award, given monthly, recognizes outstanding service by faculty and staff members within the Binghamton University community. Colleagues Joseph Citriniti, Lorrie Hagerman and Maja Dragojlovic wrote letters expressing their gratitude for Tassey’s patient and kind mentorship over the years. Chair Anthony Reeves and several other faculty members described Tassey as invaluable in additional nomination letters for the award. “I do not believe I am exaggerating in saying that probably every single faculty member and graduate student in our program have the sense that they can turn to Joy for help,” Reeves wrote. “This is not just because she can be relied upon, but also because she has taken time and effort to connect with the people she works with. Our department is a better place for that.” Tassey received a letter from President Stenger, a check for $100, a special coffee mug and a STAR pin. For more information about the award or to submit a nomination for a co-worker, visit the link below.

  More Info

  visit https://www.binghamton.edu/offices/human-resources/employees/star-award.html

Doctoral stipends to increase

 Doctoral stipends to increase

Binghamton University will raise the minimum stipends for all fully funded University-appointed doctoral students on 10-month appointments from $17,000 to $21,000 beginning in fall 2023. Those students already receiving University support at $21,000 and above will receive an additional $1,000.

“With the increase in inflation, we’re pleased to take this step and plan to review stipends regularly in the future for competitiveness in recruiting and cost-of-living standards to ensure doctoral students are treated equitably,” said Donald Hall, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost.

Principal investigators with doctoral students on grants will be asked to budget these increases accordingly as their budget processes allow, Hall added.

Approximately 830 doctoral students will be impacted by the raises, at a cost to the University of approximately $1.54 million per year. Over the past six years, the University has invested $2.3 million each year to increase PhD stipends, provide scholarships to cover broad-based fees for PhD students who are full time and fully tuition-funded, and added $500,000 per year to support additional Provost Summer Fellowships.

Three Minute Thesis Competition

 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition - Registration is Open! 

The Graduate School is excited to host Binghamton University's 4th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition on Thursday, April 27th from 12:00-1:00pm in the Mandela Room (during Research Days).

The 3MT Competition is open to course-complete (CC) master's and ABD doctoral students from all disciplines and the goal is to present your research to a non-specialist audience in 3 minutes or less (180 seconds!) using only one PowerPoint slide. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top 3 finalists ($500, $400 and $300) and a People's Choice winner ($150) who will be selected in real-time by the audience.

Past participants have expressed that the 3MT Competition not only helped them to focus on the most important aspect(s) of their research area, but also provided an opportunity to build their confidence in discussing their own research. Please encourage graduate students who are conducting exciting research to submit the 3MT Competition Registration form by 5:00pm on Monday, March 20th.  Prep sessions with Ellen Tilden will begin the week of March 27th.  

Degree completion deadlines

 SPRING 2023 Degree Completion Deadlines

Please note the following hard deadlines for Spring 2023 degree completion:

1) Graduate Application for Degree (GAFD) submission: March 15th* / May 4th

• *NOTE: To be included in the Commencement program, the GAFD must be submitted by March 15th. 

2) Recommended deadline for electronic thesis/dissertation submission: May 4th

3) Final deadline for electronic thesis/dissertation submission: May 11th

4) Recommendation for Award form workflow submission: May 19th

All inquiries regarding the electronic Recommendation for Award form should be directed to the Office of Student Records via degree@binghamton.edu. Please also be sure to let their office know of any students who have submitted a GAFD and will not be graduating this Spring so that they cancel the student's GAFD.