
<html><body style="font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:rgb(103,58,183);" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr height="64px"><td style="padding: 0 24px;"><img alt="Google Forms" height="26px" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0; vertical-align: middle;" width="143px" src="https://www.gstatic.com/docs/forms/google_forms_logo_lockup_white_2x.png"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="padding: 24px; background-color:rgb(237,231,246)"><div align="center" style="background-color: #fff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;margin: 0 auto; max-width: 624px; min-width: 154px;padding: 0 24px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #fff;" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr height="24px"><td></td></tr><tr><td><span style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #424242;" dir="auto">I've invited you to fill out a form:</span></td></tr><tr height="20px"><td></tr><tr style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;"><td dir="auto"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0tDs7kzvyt0fAJQFl3D3beWm1MGmAZWGFCz3-KKAw2zlKcQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&usp=mail_form_link" style="color: rgb(103,58,183); text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: 500">Prospectus Defense Modality</a><div itemprop="action" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ViewAction"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0tDs7kzvyt0fAJQFl3D3beWm1MGmAZWGFCz3-KKAw2zlKcQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&usp=mail_goto_form"><meta itemprop="name" content="Fill out form"></div></td></tr><tr height="16px"></tr><tr><td style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #424242;" dir="auto">Dear Graduate Students,<div><br></div><div>Graduate Division requires that we choose a departmental policy for the modality of doctoral students' <span>prospectus defenses (“oral qualifying exams.”) We are required to submit our decision to Grad Council by the end of January. Specifically, </span><span>Grad Division says: </span><span>“The mode(s) chosen by the program must be determined </span><span style="font-weight:700">in consultation with graduate student</span><span><b>s</b> and ultimately </span><span>approved by a full faculty vote</span><span>, submitted to the Graduate Council for approval..." I am therefore requesting your feedback to inform our full faculty vote on this matter.</span></div><ul><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>The three available modes are:</span></p></li><ul><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight:700">In-Person </span><span>– all committee members & student physically present</span></p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight:700">Hybrid</span><span> - some committee members/student in-person, some committee members/student remote</span></p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight:700">Remote</span><span> - all committee members & student attend remotely</span></p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>NOTE: We may choose to allow any combination of the above.</span></p></li></ul></ul><div><span>Please indicate your preference for the modality of prospectus defenses going forward.</span></div><div><br></div></td></tr><tr height="24px"></tr><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0tDs7kzvyt0fAJQFl3D3beWm1MGmAZWGFCz3-KKAw2zlKcQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&usp=mail_form_link" style="border-radius: 3px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; height: 40px; line-height: 40px; padding: 0 24px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: middle; color: #fff; background-color: rgb(103,58,183);" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fill out form</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr height="24px"></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 672px; min-width: 154px; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0 0.2em;" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr height="24px"><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms?usp=mail_form_link" style="color: #424242; font-size: 13px;">Create your own Google Form</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></body></html>