Graduate Newsletter
For the first time, Council of Graduate Students has come up with a graduate newsletter which would be a lot of help to the graduate students. The graduate newsletter contains current research going on in the various departments, various technical articles and other useful information to the graduate students.CGS has released this newsletter both in paper and in the web. You can catch the e-version of the newsletter in the home page of the CGS website.

General Meetings in Spring 2009
The first general meeting in the spring semester 2009 was held on January 28th. The meeting was presided by Dr.Goodman (Director of Student Health Services). He talked about the services provided by the student health centre and also explained about the reduction of the operation hours of the clinic. Following that question answer session was held by the CGS representatives to which he responded patiently and cleared all the doubts of the students. The second general meeting was presided by Ms. Marcia Lane. She was invited to the meeting to talk about tax forms and other procedures related to tax filing.She talked about the forms that are required at the time of filing taxes. She informed the audience about tax treaties with some of the countries and procedure to get an exemption of tax (valid under tax treaty). She informed the students about the .TAX WORKSHOP. that will be held in Rolla on March 14, 2009. Her address was followed by a question & answer session.

General Meetings in Fall 2008
General Meetings of CGS in Fall 2008 went off well. The first meeting was presided by Ms. Lea-Ann Morton and the meeting was focused towards providing career opportunities for graduate students. The second meeting was presided by Ms. Carmina Ariolla. She gave valuable information about OPT workshops, CPT workshops, forms, guidelines and deadlines to be followed for these training. She also talked about various requirements to be fulfilled to avail training opportunities. She also talked about new rules being followed up for international students. She briefly discussed study abroad programs being run by International Affairs office. The third meeting was presided by Dr. Venkata Allada. He disscussed about the graduate studies office doing things for the graduate students. The fourth meeting was presided by Mr. Andrew Ronchetto who was the student body president and he gave an clear explanation of the budget cut in the university following that he answered various questions posted in the meeting.

Third Meeting Overview

The third meeting for the CGS has passed. The presentation is available to be viewed. [Read More]

Representatives and Committees

The second meeting of the CGS has passed. There is new information about the presentation, proposals, and list of new representatives. [Read More]

Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA SSGF)11/01/07

This fellowship supports graduate students planning full-time study for a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science areas such as

• High-energy density physics
• Low-energy nuclear science or
• Properties of materials under extreme conditions
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens.

For more information [Read More]

Budget and Student Fee Approval Process Changing
10/09/07

The Council of Graduate Students has recently changed the budget and student fee approval process. The budget will now be approved internally through CGS, but before the council can approve anything an open forum will be held on Thursday, October 18th at 5:00pm in Butler Carlton room 120 to discuss the proposed budget and fee. Please view the attached spreadsheet containing the proposed budget along with several past approved budgets before attending the forum; any questions or issues will be addressed at that time.

Budget Spreadsheet

Council of Graduate Students (CGS) First General Meeting
8/23/07

All graduate students are invited to come to the CGS general meeting on Aug. 30 (Thursday) at 5:00 pm in 120 Civil Engineering building.  This is the first CGS general meeting for the Fall 2007 semester.  CGS is the official channel for the communication between graduate students and the university administration. [Read More]

Looking for representatives

The CGS is looking for new, qualified representatives to serve at different positions. Furture into this article are the required fields to duties of each officer. [Read more].

Missouri S&T’s Intensive English Program

Applied Language Institute Review of Language Proficiency Testing Overview of Testing Process & Procedure. You can contact Roberta Morgan be email or phone at 341-6147. Office location: room 114, Southwestern Bell Cultural Center, 1207 N. Elm St. [Read More]

Vice Provost for Graduate Studies

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Missouri S&T community. We offer a broad range of world-class graduate programs including 25 different masters programs and 20 different doctoral programs. My office is committed to providing a quality graduate educational experience at all levels. We cater to diverse graduate education needs ranging from on-campus programs to off-campus and distance learning programs. Over 1300 students are enrolled in our graduate certificate, masters and doctoral programs. [Read More]

Graduate Student Show Case
05/04/07

The Council of Graduate Students (CGS) conducted graduate showcase on April 4, 2007. About fifty graduate students showcased their research through poster presentations. The event was a judged poster competition open to all graduate students with a total prize pool of eleven hundred dollars in cash and prizes. Read more about it at TheMissouriMiner.com

New Website Launched!!

The Council of Graduate Students has launched their new and improved website! There are many new feature and lots more content for the students:

• Interactive forum
• More news
• Up to date information
• Stylish new look
• Easy to navigate menus
• Much, Much, More

If you would like your site remodeled, please contact Suhas Nerella