Graduate Student Resources

If you have questions about anything to do with your degree, don’t suffer in confusion! Check out the resources below, and also feel free to reach out to any of:

• your thesis advisor
• Amy Wolkowinsky, Graduate Program Coordinator
• Nancy Riggs, Chair, GLG Graduate Program Committee
• Rebecca Best, Chair, ESP Graduate Program Committee
• Nick McKay, Chair, PhD Graduate Program Committee

• MS Geology PLUS joint GLG-ESP Handbook
• MS Environmental Sciences & Policy PLUS joint GLG-ESP Handbook
• MS Climate Science & Solutions Handbook
• PhD Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability Handbook
• The Graduate College Handbook outlines NAU-wide policies on graduate student financial support and satisfactory progress.

All POS forms are managed by the Graduate College; a full list for each year is here.

• MS Geology: if you started in: 2017 | 2018 | 2019
• MS Environmental Sciences & Policy: if you started in 2017 | 2018 | 2019
• MS Climate Science & Solutions: if you started in 2018 | 2019
• PhD Earth Science & Environmental Sustainability: if you started in 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

• MS students in a thesis program
• MS students in a professional program
• PhD students

See deadlines and instructions on the Graduate College website.

1. Carefully read through all deadlines and procedures set by the Graduate College here and review the guidelines and timelines for thesis submission in your program Handbook.
2. Contact the SES Graduate Program Coordinator to verify that your desired defense time does not conflict with another SES defense.
3. Work with SES Admin staff to schedule a room for your defense as far in advance as possible.
4. Create a pdf file that can be emailed to the department and students that includes the following information:
   • Title
   • Date/day of defense
   • Time
   • Location
   • Thesis committee chair and members
5. Send announcement to: SES.Admin@nau.edu 7-10 days before your event, so it can be emailed out. INCLUDE THE TITLE of your defense IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL as well as the pdf attachment. This will ensure that interested faculty and students hear about your project. Please cc your advisor and all committee members on the email.
6. One week prior to your defense – print out and post fliers around SES. If you are not on campus to post fliers yourself, please work with the admin staff to ensure this is completed.
7. At your defense, your committee will fill out Part 1 of the Thesis Defense Form and your advisor will turn it in.
8. When your required thesis edits are completed, your advisor (and possibly committee members) will fill out and submit Part 2.
9. You can then submit your thesis!

Managed by the School:

• TA Expectations
• TA Evaluation Form
• RA Expectations
• RA Evaluation Form
• Graduate Assistants Request for Approved Leave
• PhD Written Comp Results
• PhD Oral Comp Results

Managed by the Graduate College:

Full list here.

• Thesis Defense Form (Parts 1 and 2)
• Candidacy application
• Dissertation committee recommendation
• Dissertation defense scheduling