Memorial University School of Graduate Studies

School of Graduate Studies

2012-2013

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SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Mandate Message from the dean Message from the associate dean Highlights of the year

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GRADUATE STUDENTS BY THE NUMBERS

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ACHIEVEMENTS Enrolment management Staff awards Student awards New programs and courses New initiatives

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GRADUATE STUDENTS Kat Lord David Cooney Barbara Neves Fred Dussault

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT

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INTERNATIONALIZATION

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SGS FACULTY/STAFF PROFILE Dr. Noreen Golfman, dean Dr. Faye Murrin, associate dean School of Graduate Studies staff (2012-2013)

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ABOUT THIS REPORT: This report covers the period of April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. The School of Graduate Studies wishes to thank the following individuals for contributing to this report: Dr. Noreen Golfman, Dr. Faye Murrin, Andrew Kim, Steve Lawlor, Elizabeth Noseworthy, Ashley Forristall, Dan Dillon, Julie Bowering, Joyce MacKinnon, Helen Houston, Patrick Tyler, Chris Hammond, Dave Sorensen, Janet Harron, Kelly Foss, Kat Lord, David Cooney, Barbara Neves, and Fred Dussault.

MANDATE The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) was established in 1975 under the first dean, Dr. Frederick A. Aldrich.

A total of 830 graduate students enrolled in the 51 programs offered at the time. The SGS now offers over 100 programs to 3,400 graduate students and oversees more than 60 postdoctoral fellows at the university.

It is a central agency responsible for the collection, maintenance and distribution of materials concerning all graduate students at Memorial.

The school also assists academic units in developing new program proposals and administers their approval.

Through its Academic Council, SGS provides a forum for representatives from all faculties, schools, and the Graduate Students’ Union to discuss matters pertaining to graduate education and to ensure standards across all graduate programs.

MESSAGE FROM THE

DEAN THIS YEAR THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES continued to carry out its strategic plan in three important ways: developing new initiatives for doctoral-level students to increase the PhD cohort; internationalizing our student body through targeted recruitment; and enhancing and refining our suite of professional development opportunities. As with renovations on any home, what you don’t see is the constant upgrading of the wiring and infrastructure: the deliberate and steady tinkering with our entire system, from admission to graduation. Our story is always in progress, our plan always in play. Working in the School of Graduate Studies is a lot of fun — for me, anyway. The staff team is always engaged in improvements — technological and personal.

Ultimately, the principle is to serve students so that they not only trust the institution but they feel confident that we have created optimum conditions for their success. All of this makes for a lively, efficient, and vibrant environment in which to work.

Our graduate programs keep proliferating. There is a hearty appetite for a diverse menu of options and we are striving to satisfy it. We ushered four new graduate programs through the proper processes this year, including a PhD program in Philosophy, a long-awaited dream for that department. We also welcomed our first graduate students at Grenfell Campus. The Master of Arts in Environmental Policy program is thriving by the

look of the high number of applicants, and we are sure we will see more programs in development there soon.

We know we are doing something right because evidence is in the general rising application rate for all our campuses and in the reassuring rate of enrolment.

We are outperforming graduate schools all over the country, even at a time when many are questioning the value of a graduate degree. Research keeps pointing out that the earning potential of a graduate-degree holder is much better than for those who do not hold one. But entering the workforce is only one, albeit important, driver of a graduate education. Many graduate students have a passion for research which they know will take them somewhere surprising while others are here for personal achievement and to satisfy a lust for knowledge — not necessarily for a job.

Increasingly, Memorial is a destination of choice, offering a wide variety of programs in a stunningly beautiful, welcoming province. Whatever the motivation or outcome, students need to be provided with a quality education. That’s the plan.

This report boasts a lot of happy numbers and some astonishing success stories. Once again, we are proud to be showcasing our accomplishments. It feels great.

DR. NOREEN GOLFMAN DEAN, SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

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MESSAGE FROM THE ASSOCIATE

DEAN SINCE 2008 we have seen the number of graduate degrees conferred by Memorial increase by almost fifty percent, with 64 doctoral degrees awarded in 2012.

We would like to increase that number.

The oral defence, at which doctoral candidates publically defend their thesis research, is one of my favorite events at the University. Dr. Fred Aldrich, inaugural and long-time Dean, chaired all of these auspicious occasions in his time. Nowadays, with the increase in student numbers, defences are chaired by the Dean, myself or, most frequently, by faculty members from across the University who graciously take on this task when asked to act in the Dean’s stead.

I have been given an incredible variety of things to think about as a result of chairing doctoral thesis defences. What factors may lead to a pipeline explosion and how can we prevent them? How do I feel about being labelled a “casual” reader of fiction? Consider the relationship of the importance of country gardens to the ephemeral nature of human lives in postwar England. I am grateful for these ideas and many more.

Once enrolled in a doctoral program, getting to the thesis defence is, of course, not always assured. A large proportion of those doctoral students who do not

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complete their degrees abandon their programs at the writing stage. Memorial will be offering an exciting new opportunity in 2014, a week-long thesis writing workshop to address this challenging stage of our graduate students’ programs. Evidence shows that similar “boot camps” are effective in increasing completion rates. I recall my own thesis writing days, when, for much needed inspiration, I posted over my desk the following fine and true observation from William James: “There is nothing as fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” An uncompleted thesis is indeed exhausting, equal in measure to the relief upon its completion!

I hope that our new and ongoing support programs will help increase the numbers of doctoral and master’s students who walk across our stage at convocation, opening doors for students and enriching us all. Our graduate students are crucial to the University’s research activities and supporting them supports an essential aspect of what makes Memorial a vibrant and growing university.

DR. FAYE MURRIN ASSOCIATE DEAN, SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

GRADUATE STUDENTS BY THE

NUMBERS MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY continues to increase the number of graduate students enrolling in and graduating from our graduate programs. Since 2008, there has been an overall increase of 40% in graduate enrolment at Memorial.

Memorial is also home to an increasingly diverse graduate student body. Since 2008 there has been a 25 per cent, 40 per cent, and 95 per cent increase in students from Newfoundland and Labrador, out-of-province Canada, and international locations, respectively.

TABLE 1. GRADUATE ENROLMENT BY FACULTY AND SCHOOL Faculty/ School

Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Fall 2011

Fall 2012

Change 2012 vs. 2008

Arts

390

398

402

379

398

2%

Business Administration

109

138

157

161

148

36%

Education

600

691

798

850

919

53%

Engineering & Applied Science

262

274

328

376

459

75%

Interdisciplinary

52

66

72

85

93

79%

Human Kinetics & Recreation

61

89

108

119

125

105%

Marine Institute

22

19

36

80

92

318%

208

224

233

239

270

30%

Music

24

20

22

19

21

-13%

Nursing

68

86

93

93

107

57% -57%

Medicine

Pharmacy

7

7

8

6

3

527

572

603

615

657

25%

Social Work

73

85

91

97

94

29%

Unspecified

12

4

1

0

0

2,415

2,673

2,952

3,119

3,386

Science

Total

HIGHLIGHTS R OF THE YEA

 Graduate student enrolment increased by 40 per cent (fall 2012 vs. fall 2008).  SGS implemented a comprehensive enrolment management plan with dual foci on increasing graduate student enrolments and enhancing student success.  Four new graduate programs were approved

by Senate: Graduate Diploma in Safety and Risk Engineering, Master of Health Ethics, PhD in Nursing, and PhD in Philosophy.  SGS launched the Entrepreneurship Training Program (ETP) for International Graduate Students.  More than $18 million in financial support was provided to graduate students from internal and external sources.  Graduate degrees awarded increased by 49 per cent (2012 vs. 2008).

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TABLE 2. GRADUATE ENROLMENT BY REGION Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Fall 2011

Fall 2012

Change 2012 vs. 2008

111

111

148

190

193

74% -19%

Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island

31

28

19

21

25

New Brunswick

44

46

56

52

51

16%

Quebec

30

26

31

22

17

-43%

Ontario

150

162

179

228

246

64%

Manitoba

12

12

15

13

17

42%

Saskatchewan

11

12

13

13

15

36%

Alberta

37

39

45

49

76

105%

British Columbia

37

44

42

49

61

65%

Northwest Territories

6

8

8

7

6

0%

Nunavut

4

5

4

5

6

50%

Yukon

2

2

5

4

4

100%

Other* Out-of-province sub-total International sub-total

98

89

93

86

85

-13%

573

584

658

739

802

40%

405

465

530

646

791

95%

Newfoundland & Labrador sub-total

1,437

1,624

1,764

1,734

1,793

25%

Total

2,415

2,673

2,952

3,119

3,386

40%

*Canadian citizens applying with an international address

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Number of students

Province

FIGURE 1. GRADUATE ENROLMENT BY REGION 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 2008

2009 2010 2011 Fall semester

International Newfoundland & Labrador Out-of-province Canadian

2012

Number Number of of students students

FIGURE 2. INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLMENT 900 900 800 80 0 700 70 0 600 6 00 500 50 0 400 40 0 300 30 0 200 20 0 100 10 0 0

791 79 1 646

465 4 65

4 05 405

20 08 2008

20 2009 09

53 0 530

2010 2010 2011 2011 Fall Fall semester semester

2012 2012

TABLE 3. INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE ENROLMENT BY CITIZENSHIP

Region Asia

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Change 2012 vs. 2008

233

258

286

377

454

95%

Europe

43

47

50

53

55

28%

Latin America/Caribbean

13

19

25

18

24

85% 123%

Middle East & North Africa 65

85

98

113

145

North America

38

40

44

52

53

39%

Pacific Oceania

2

2

3

2

1

-50%

11

14

24

31

59

436%

405

465

530

646

791

95%

Sub-Saharan Africa Total

e most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but rather ‘hmm ... that’s funny…’

– Isaac Asimov

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FIGURE 3. MASTER’S DEGREES CONFERRED BY DISCIPLINE

FIGURE 4. DOCTORAL DEGREES CONFERRED BY DISCIPLINE

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There was an overall increase of 49 per cent in the number of graduate degrees awarded at the Convocation ceremony in 2012. Memorial awarded a total of 799 graduate degrees in 2012 compared to 538 in 2008.

TABLE 4. GRADUATE DIPLOMA/DEGREES CONFERRED BY DISCIPLINE

Degree

Faculty

Doctoral

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Change 2012 vs. 2008

Arts

7

14

17

12

9

29%

Professional

19

19

29

24

21

11%

Sciences

20

29

25

23

34

70%

Sub-total

46

62

71

59

64

39%

Master’s

Arts

74

97

89

91

80

8%

Interdisciplinary

12

17

9

14

31

158%

Professional

318

352

394

489

523

64%

Sciences

75

84

63

91

89

19%

Sub-total

479

550

555

685

723

51%

13

11

19

23

12

-8%

538

623

645

767

799

49%

Graduate Diploma Total

e present and future of research and innovation in Canada hinges on graduate students and consequently graduate education must be appreciated as being a vital component of the Canadian education system and must be strengthened as part of a federal strategy on research and innovation.

– Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, 2010

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S T N E M E V E I H AC

ENROLMENT MANAGEMENT SGS implemented a comprehensive enrolment management plan intended to increase graduate student enrolment and enhance student success.

The plan has hinged on strategic partnerships formed with multiple academic and service units across the institution. The outcomes have been exceptional:  Total number of graduate applications grew by 33% from 2010 to 2012.  Total number of graduate students grew by 15% from 2010 to 2012.  International graduate student enrolment increased in virtually all areas of study from 2010 to 2012, including arts (14%), professional (74%), and sciences (31%).

STAFF AWARDS Ms. Moya Crocker, academic program administrator with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and Dr. Jennifer Dyer, director of the Interdisciplinary PhD program and director of the Master of Philosophy in Humanities program, were selected as the 2013 recipients of the Dean’s Service Awards for Service Excellence. The Dean’s Service Awards recognize the work and contribution of graduate staff and faculty that exceed the expectations of those positions.

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Mr. Andrew Kim, director of graduate enrolment services with the School of Graduate Studies, was selected as one of five recipients of the President’s Award for Exemplary Service. The President’s Award for Exemplary Service recognizes employees who have demonstrated outstanding service and/or who have made significant contributions to the university community beyond that normally expected of their positions.

STUDENT AWARDS Over $222,043 in internal scholarships were awarded in 2012-2013 to graduate students.

Approximately 111 awards and scholarships were available for graduate students, including five new awards.

Graduate students at Memorial continue to excel in external scholarship competitions. Some examples of this are as follows:  Ms. Nehraz Mahmud, a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, was awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and the Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship. The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship is valued at $50,000 per year for three years. The Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship is valued at $40,000 per year for three years with up to an additional $20,000 annually to support researchrelated travel.

 A total of 22 of the 44 Memorial applicants were awarded the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada Graduate Scholarships / Postgraduate Scholarships. Two of the five doctoral scholarship recipients were awarded the NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Scholarship valued at $35,000 per year for a maximum of three years, and 14 of the 17 scholarship recipients were awarded the NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Scholarship valued at $17,500.  A total of 25 of the 39 Memorial applicants were awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Scholarships. Among these, 8 of the 22 doctoral candidates were successful in the competition, and 7 of the 8 successful recipients were awarded the SSHRC Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Scholarship valued at $35,000 per year for a maximum of three years.

NEW PROGRAMS AND COURSES Four new graduate programs were approved by Senate in 2012-2013: the Graduate Diploma in Safety and Risk Engineering, Master of Health Ethics, PhD in Nursing, and PhD in Philosophy.

In addition, several enhancements were made to existing graduate programs offered by Memorial.

NEW INITIATIVES The School of Graduate Studies launched a new eDefence program in 2012, which allows PhD candidates to defend their thesis to external examiners located anywhere in the world. The technology setup is simple and portable, relying only on Internet-connected devices and cloud technology.

SGS has connected over 60 PhD candidates with examiners in almost every continent since its implementation. The resulting savings of over $70,000 annually has allowed the School of Graduate Studies to allocate funds to other areas such as professional development services and graduate student conference travel.

 Two of four Memorial applicants were awarded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters Award. The other two applicants received the CIHR Masters Award – Priority Announcement: Regional Partnership Program for Newfoundland and Labrador Masters Award.

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GRADUATE STUDENTS Memorial’s graduate students continue to carry out meaningful research in a broad range of academic fields and contribute significantly to the social, cultural and economic development of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Just a few of the excellent student researchers are profiled in this report.

KAT LORD KAT LORD has a deep and abiding respect for education and what it can bring into an individual’s life, so much so that she is studying the practices, pedagogies, and philosophies of higher education for her master’s in humanities program.

A self-described romantic, it was Memorial’s motto Provehito In Altum (“Into the Deep”) that encouraged her to make the leap and move to Newfoundland and Labrador from Alberta.

“It summarized my sentiments about what a true education should aspire to be,” she says of the motto. She chose the MPhil program because it seemed to embody that motto the most.

Unlike a typical master’s program, the MPhil allows students the flexibility to pursue their own interests within a highly flexible and

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engaging academic environment.

To date, Ms. Lord has completed ten courses representing a broad selection of general topics. The next step is amalgamating the work and research she has completed into a program journal that functions as a master’s thesis.

She is interested in peerto-peer networks and how the mentoring element of the university experience can act as a means to address some of the concerns higher education is currently dealing with.

Ms. Lord received the Graduate Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award, and was recently awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and the SSHRC J. Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

DAVID COONEY IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT of Anthropology’s strong emphasis on the study of power, social inequality, and the use of ethnographic approaches to study processes of globalization that drew David Cooney to Newfoundland and Labrador from the west coast of Canada. He was also keen to work with Dr. August Carbonella, whom he calls an “amazing scholar who focuses on historical anthropology, the anthropology of the state, social movements, and social inequality.”

Focusing on political theory, social movement, and urban North America in his PhD program, Mr. Cooney is examining how social movements that have emerged in opposition to growing social

inequalities are contributing to the redrawing of class maps. Ethnographically, he is looking at recent occupation of public space by students in Montreal and by the Occupy Wall Street movement in Manhattan.

“The capitalist system is failing and unable to provide an adequate, meaningful, and decent standard of living to the majority of the world’s inhabitants,” says the winner of a 2012 SSHRC Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate scholarship.

“I am interested in the social movements that both react to the failure and in doing so trying to find workable alternatives.”

Education is the best provision for old age.

– Aristotle

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BARBARA NEVES BARBARA NEVES came to Memorial from Brazil where she completed a bachelor and masters degree at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, in the city of Recife. She is currently working on a PhD in Biology, specializing in the ecology of deepsea corals.

to the deep-sea seemed like the perfect challenge I needed to improve and increase my knowledge.”

Ms. Neves’ primary research focuses on the growth rates and size structure of deep-sea corals.

“I studied corals during my entire undergraduate and master’s studies,” says Ms. Neves. “The more I know about these organisms, the more passionate am and and more [the] more to know.”

II am I wantI want to know.”

She uses corals obtained from Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and those sampled using a remote operated vehicle (ROV) that dives into deep waters to collect samples, pictures, and videos.

She says she chose Memorial because it has a great structure and expertise in marine biology.

“I was also interested by the research of Dr. Evan Edinger, who studies deep-sea corals,” she says.

“So switching from shallow tropical environments

Ms. Neves has recently received an NSERC scholarship and was awarded best PhD talk at the 2013 Biology Graduate Students Symposium. She hopes to round out her studies with a postdoctoral fellowship before pursuing an academic career.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

– Samuel Johnson

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FRED DUSSAULT A PHD IN ARCHAEOLOGY CANDIDATE, Fred Dussault specializes in archaeoentomology, the story of insect remains on archaeology sites.

As part of his research he plans to also study plant remains (archeaobotanic or paleoethnobotanic) and pollens (palynology).

Working with Drs. Priscilla Renouf and Trevor Bell, Mr. Dussault intends to study the sites of Port au Choix and Stock Cove (Trinity Bay), ultimately developing a comprehensive model of the settlement selection pattern of the Dorset Palaeoeskimo population in Newfoundland.

Mr. Dussault acknowledges that his research area is novel but it is this innovative approach that will allow him to discuss elements of the Dorset culture that were previously unattainable. Previous researchers aime d at the Dorset have focused on material culture that results from hunting and tools.

By studying subsistence activities and the plants that may or may not have been consumed by the Dorset, he will be adding immeasurably to the data currently available.

...investing in education is, for our government, a core value and a priority. – Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Budget Speech, Budget 2013

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AL PROFESSION T N E M P O L E V E D  The Entrepreneurship Training Program (ETP) for International Graduate Students is a 16-week pilot program designed and developed to raise awareness of entrepreneurship and new venture creation as viable career options among international graduate students. The ETP also aims to nurture stronger communication, analytical, leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills in students, leading to better integration, success, and employability.  Career Development and Experiential Learning offers online resources, seminars, and a series of Career Development Workshops for Graduate Students focused on career enhancement and the job search on an ongoing basis each semester.  The Graduate Student Work Experience Program (GradSWEP) provides Memorial graduate students with the opportunity to participate in 75-hour job placements, providing relevant career experience in the student’s area of study and connecting the student with a community organization for all or part of his/her hours worked and directed by a Memorial faculty or staff supervisor.

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 The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) is a two-semester, non-credit program that provides graduate students with training and practice in teaching at the undergraduate level.  The annual Graduate Student Orientation is designed to help new graduate students in their unique transition to graduate school. The orientation event consists of an informative keynote address, information sessions, and services fair.  The Writing Centre offers individual writing tutorials for students working on their proposals and/or theses. It also offers group workshops on elements of graduate-level academic writing on request.  The English as a Second Language (ESL) Resource Centre offers a course of language study designed to bring students’ English, in any or all of listening, speaking, reading, and writing to a level required for graduate students.

SERVICES AND

PROGRAMS



THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES INITIATES AND SUPPORTS pan-university collaboration to provide graduate students with professional skills beyond their disciplines. The Enhanced Development of the Graduate Experience (EDGE) is an array of professional skills development programs and services available to all graduate students at Memorial University, covering global competencies, teaching and learning, professional skills, and research. Some of the major services and programs are:

ETP

Career Development

Grad SWEP

TSEP

Teaching Skills Enhancement Program

Orientation

Writing Skills

ESL

guage English as a Second Lan

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIPS Memorial University continued to provide competitive funding packages to graduate students to support their research. In 2012-13, financial support from all sources, internal and external, to Memorial graduate students surpassed $18 million.

The external funding came from a wide variety of public and private sources. SGS also introduced several new funding programs focused specifically on supporting doctoral students and conference travel for students in research-intensive programs.

TABLE 5. FUNDING SOURCES Fellowships SGS scholarships Departmental funding (includes GAs) Student conference travel assistance Total internal sources

$5,789,872 $222,043 $2,459,540 $66,730 $8,538,185

NSERC

$835,415

SSHRC

$1,147,581

Research and Development corporation (scholarships) Faculty research grants

$712,455 $7,156,495

Total external sources

$9,851,946

Total Funding Sources

$18,390,131

In 2012-13, Memorial provided financial support to 1,461 graduate students, including 1,083 master’s students and 378 PhD students. The average funding level per master’s student was $17,058, while the average level of support per PhD student was $24,000. The funding sources include graduate assistantships, fellowships, departmental support, grant funding, and scholarships.

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N O I T A Z I L A N O I INTERNAT  SGS’s international graduate recruitment strategy yielded impressive results. The use of a combination of e-marketing, webinars, foreign social media, and direct sales has helped increase the number of international graduate applications at Memorial by 54% from 2010 to 2012. Total enrolment of international graduate students increased by 55% from 2010 to 2012.

 SGS continues to negotiate MOUs with highpotential partner institutions, particularly at the NAFSA Annual Conference. New agreements have been proposed for partners in Iceland, Mexico, Vietnam, Brazil, and Japan. The MOUs confirm intent between Memorial and its partners to undertake any number of activities, such as the exchange of faculty members; undergraduate and graduate student mobility; joint research projects, teaching and faculty development; development of joint initiatives with partner institutions, including joint or collaborative degree programs; opportunities for full-degree fee paying undergraduate/graduate study; and an exchange of publications, research materials or newsletters.

 SGS participated in the 2012 PhD China Workshop in Beijing, soliciting over 150 graduate applications and finalizing the terms to a joint sponsorship agreement with the China Scholarship Council, the CSC-MUN Joint Funding Program, that would bring up to 20 top PhD students from Chinese universities to Memorial.

 In 2012, SGS, Career Development and Experiential Learning, and the International Centre were awarded funding through ACOA’s Business Development Program to design and implement a pilot Entrepreneurship Training Program for international graduate students.

Memorial’s first-of-its-kind program aims to

SGS CONTINUED ITS WORK in 2012-13 to support Memorial’s broader internationalization goals by attracting international students, forming new partnerships with key overseas universities and educational organization, and developing new support services and programs. Among the notable achievements were the following:

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develop both the entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviours, as well as provide training in technical and managerial competencies necessary to create new ventures, and makes use of a combination of lectures, social events, special presentations, one-to-one advising, and mentorship.  To enhance internationalization among Canadian students, the International Centre and SGS were awarded funding to administer the Going Global Grant, a unique scholarship for graduate students interested in carrying out research or field studies in a developing country or to attend conferences/ workshops overseas.

FACULTY/STAFF

PROFILE DR. NOREEN GOLFMAN, DEAN

DR. FAYE MURRIN, ASSOCIATE DEAN

Dr. Noreen Golfman is dean of Graduate Studies and a professor of English. Her research and teaching areas are Canadian literature and film studies. She was president of the Canadian Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities, a national education advocacy group, for two terms. She is currently president of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies and the Northeastern Association for Graduate Schools.

Dr. Faye Murrin is associate dean of Graduate Studies and associate professor in the Department of Biology. She completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) at Memorial University, her MSc at Acadia University and her PhD at Queen’s University. Her research interests have always been focused on fungi, in particular the cell biology of insect pathogenic fungi and, more recently, the ecology of mycorrhizal mushrooms in the boreal forest.

Dr. Golfman has been active in Canadian cultural issues and has long experience with the media. She is the founding director and chair of the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, vice-chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation and chair of the board of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. In addition to publications in schola rly journals, Dr. Golfman has been writing on the arts and culture in more popular venues and newspapers, as well as having been a social and film commentator on CBC radio and television. She is currently writing a book on Atlantic Canadian film.

Dr. Murrin has served in a number of positions on the Council of the Mycological Society of America and was awarded the title of MSA Fellow for her contributions. She was named a Women in Science and Engineering Lifetime Member as founding co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Summer Program. Dr. Murrin p articipates in public lectures and workshops, and is a director on the board of Newfoundland Foray, Inc.

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES STAFF (2012-2013) Dr. Noreen Golfman, Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Faye Murrin, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Ms. Katrina Arbuckle, Fellowships Officer Ms. Ruby Barron, Programs Officer Ms. Julie Bowering, Senior Career Development Coordinator Ms. Connie Brenton, Financial Assistant Mr. Dan Dillon, Entrepreneurship Training Coordinator Mr. Mark English, Programs Coordinator Ms. Nancy Fagan, Assistant to the Dean Ms. Cassandra Feltham, Receptionist Ms. Ashley Forristall, Marketing Coordinator Ms. Heather Harris, Programs Assistant Ms. Kim Hearn, Admissions Officer Mr. Peter Kerrivan, Committees Secretary Mr. Andrew Kim, Director, Graduate Enrolment Services Ms. Gail Lamkin, Scholarships Officer Mr. Steve Lawlor, Manager, Fellowships and Awards Ms. Elizabeth Noseworthy, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator Ms. Krista Shea, Applications Officer Ms. Denene Whelan, Applications Officer Ms. Annette Williams, Secretary to the Deans Ms. Sharon Winso r, Records and Registration Officer

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