We hope your new year is
off to a good start and you’ve had a good break!
For our first blog post
of 2016, we want to be sure you know about our upcoming events and remind you
of our open office hours, which are Monday – Thursday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM; stop
by Adams Hall 104 anytime with questions regarding theses or dissertations.
Let’s
look at the events we have lined up.
Presentations
We have five
informational presentations scheduled:
1. Dissertation 101, Monday, February 8, from 2
– 4 PM (almost full!)
2. Thesis 101, Tuesday,
February 9, from 2 – 4 PM (almost
full!)
3. Writing a Dissertation in Education, Saturday, February 20, from 9 AM – 2 PM (Naperville)
4. Writing a Thesis in Engineering, Monday, February 22, from 2 – 4 PM
5. Demystifying the Submission Process, Wednesday, March 9, from 4 – 6 PM
Information about topics
covered, exact event/room locations, and who would benefit from each is found
on our website.
Workshop
We also have a hands-on workshop,
scheduled twice. * NOTE * Our Wednesday, February 3 workshop is full, but you can
still attend on Monday, February 29, from 2 – 4 pm.
This workshop is called
Tables, Figures, Pagination, and it obviously helps with those tricky topics! It
is held in Adams Hall room 103, and almost everyone writing a thesis or
dissertation can benefit from this session!
Please REGISTER for
any of the presentations AND for the Tables, Figures, Pagination workshop by emailing
thesis@niu.edu . Put the name and date of the event that you
would like to attend in the subject line please.
Introducing,
Brown Bag Discussions!
We are now offering
discussions over lunch (bring your lunch please) in Adams Hall, room 103 from
12 – 1 PM. These talks will cover a variety of topics and may include guest
speakers.
Our first Brown Bag is scheduled
for Tuesday, February 16, and it is aimed at faculty who are directing a thesis
or dissertation at NIU, especially for those who are doing so for the first
time!
Other Brown Bag topics include
Writer’s Block, Open Access, and Writing a Proposal.
Hope to see you at one
of our happenings soon!
