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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear EECS PhD Students,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate College is implementing significant changes in overseeing the PhD programs at Ohio University.
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<p class="MsoNormal">All PhD students must read the email attached below and follow the provided instruction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please comply with the request for completing the MILESTONE 6 ASAP. You should consult with the Grad Chair or your PhD advisor you need assistance. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr.J<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Wojciech M. Jadwisienczak<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Hallman-Thrasher, Allyson <hallman@ohio.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 24, 2025 3:38 PM<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Blackburn, Nathan <blackburnn@ohio.edu>; Koonce, David <koonce@ohio.edu>; Newton, Greg <newtong@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> IMPORTANT: Doctoral Milestones Implementation Information<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are beginning the initial roll out of the Doctoral Milestones Forms Project and want to ensure you have the necessary information to support your doctoral students. This email
will explain an overview of the Doctoral Milestones Forms, the timeline for implementation, and needed actions from you and students this semester prior to the ‘go live’ date (January 1) for all forms. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">OVERVIEW</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Through consultation with the academic colleges, we have identified 10 points during a doctoral degree where students pass important milestones. Though not all of the milestones
are a part of every doctoral program, we have identified 6 (shown bolded below) that every student completes on the path to earning their doctoral degree. We have developed a set of forms to capture milestone completion and necessary approvals. These forms
will save you and your students the sometimes challenging work of getting forms signed. Additionally, it will provide an easily accessible record for tracking students’ progress to degree. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Form</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MILESTONE 1: Approval of Doctoral Planning*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MILESTONE 2: Foundational Coursework Completed <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MILESTONE 4: All Coursework Completed*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MILESTONE 5: Knowledge & Skills Assessment <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MILESTONE 6: Selection of Dissertation Committee*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MILESTONE 10: Completing TAD Process*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">As part of our initial roll out we are focusing first on
<b>MILESTONE 6: SELECTION OF DISSERTATION COMMITTEE </b>because subsequent milestones rely on its completion.<b> </b>This form must be initiated the student, and it is especially important to complete it in a timely manner because students cannot schedule
proposal defenses or dissertation defenses until it is completed. Our planned timeline for implementation of the forms is as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Limited forms released to Patton and Scripps PhD students for Milestone 6 completion (happening now) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">All research PhD students who have approved dissertation committees or who are ready to form dissertation committees should use Graduate College Doctoral Milestone 6 Form to
submit their dissertation committee. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Any milestones numbered 1-5, 7, 8, 9 that have been completed since Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 19, 2025 need to be entered in spreadsheets we provide and those will be uploaded into
PeopleSoft. Spreadsheets to be completed will be shared on or before December 2 and will be due by December 19. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">All research doctoral students who have approved dissertation committees or who are ready to form their dissertation committees should use Graduate College
<b>Doctoral Milestone 6 Form: Selection of Dissertation Committee</b> to submit their dissertation committee. We asked students to complete this by December 15. Students have been informed of this expectation via <span class="entitydelimiterbefore"><u></u></span><span class="entity"><u><a href="https://catmailohio.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/VPR-GraduateChairs/IQAcLnigYDNGSI9Gf2jWK27CAS2TDB9VbmyisiVbFVd-iTc?e=hkMEH3&xsdata=MDV8MDJ8ZWVjc19waGRAbGlzdHNlcnYub2hpby5lZHV8MWNmYmM2YTFiY2Q4NDFkNDIyOGQwOGRlMzEzNTRkNmF8ZjMzMDgwMDc0NzdjNGE3MDg4ODkzNDYxMTgxN2M1NWF8MHwwfDYzOTAwMjMwMjE2MzkxNjIwOHxVbmtub3dufFRXRnBiR1pzYjNkOGV5SkZiWEIwZVUxaGNHa2lPblJ5ZFdVc0lsWWlPaUl3TGpBdU1EQXdNQ0lzSWxBaU9pSlhhVzR6TWlJc0lrRk9Jam9pVFdGcGJDSXNJbGRVSWpveWZRPT18MHx8fA%3d%3d&sdata=MDRmSS9menNCeDQxc2g2ODBsQmFZRWl4aEpibmJFekdHekJuWDIxRHp5UT0%3d" originalsrc="https://catmailohio.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/VPR-GraduateChairs/IQAcLnigYDNGSI9Gf2jWK27CAS2TDB9VbmyisiVbFVd-iTc?e=hkMEH3"><span class="MsoSmartlink">this
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<u><a href="https://www.ohio.edu/graduate/current-students/doctoral-milestone-6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">detailed instructions</span></a></u>, <span class="entitydelimiterbefore"><u></u></span><span class="entity"><u><a href="https://catmailohio-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/blackburnn_ohio_edu/IQC1UIgLnisOT5YtwY6963hXAUQf6hTJnXDwG1EF3OcYKy0?e=VMUhkW&nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJTdHJlYW1XZWJBcHAiLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJTaGFyZURpYWxvZy1MaW5rIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXcifX0%3d&xsdata=MDV8MDJ8ZWVjc19waGRAbGlzdHNlcnYub2hpby5lZHV8MWNmYmM2YTFiY2Q4NDFkNDIyOGQwOGRlMzEzNTRkNmF8ZjMzMDgwMDc0NzdjNGE3MDg4ODkzNDYxMTgxN2M1NWF8MHwwfDYzOTAwMjMwMjE2Mzk0MzA2MHxVbmtub3dufFRXRnBiR1pzYjNkOGV5SkZiWEIwZVUxaGNHa2lPblJ5ZFdVc0lsWWlPaUl3TGpBdU1EQXdNQ0lzSWxBaU9pSlhhVzR6TWlJc0lrRk9Jam9pVFdGcGJDSXNJbGRVSWpveWZRPT18MHx8fA%3d%3d&sdata=R0NqUkNyUDNvWWlUekJwL3RBOEp2dTZsbUlpZVIxcDd3bjJNWmtyVWNwRT0%3d" originalsrc="https://catmailohio-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/blackburnn_ohio_edu/IQC1UIgLnisOT5YtwY6963hXAUQf6hTJnXDwG1EF3OcYKy0?e=VMUhkW&nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJTdHJlYW1XZWJBcHAiLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJTaGFyZURpYWxvZy1MaW5rIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXcifX0%3d"><span class="MsoSmartlink">video
support</span></a></u></span><span class="entitydelimiterafter"><u></u></span> , and links to
<u><a href="https://www.ohio.edu/graduate/current-students/doctoral-milestone-6#OfficeHours" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">multiple drop-in office hours</span></a></u> for assistance and troubleshooting help. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Students may ask you if they need to complete Milestone 6 Form. You can refer to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you are on a student’s dissertation committee (either as member or as chair/co-chair) you will receive notifications to
<u>approve your committee membership</u> when students submit Milestone 6 Form: Selection of Dissertation Committee. Please approve or reject your membership in committees in a timely manner. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">You will receive notifications to
<u>approve dissertation committee membership</u> for <i>any student in your college</i> who submits Milestone 6 Form: Selection of Dissertation Committee. Please approve or reject these committees in a timely manner. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Approval requests will appear in BOTH TEAMS and email as shown below. You only need to approve
<b>one</b> of these notifications, by clicking APPROVE. The system will stop you if you inadvertently try to approve twice. Should you need to reject any requests, please include in the comment field the reason you are rejecting and click REJECT. If you do
not complete these approvals within two weeks of receiving them, they will timeout and the student will have to restart. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">By December 2nd, Colleges (via email to Associate Deans) will receive spreadsheets to capture milestone completion data since Jan 1, 2024, which should be submitted by the end
of the semester. Prior to all forms going live for everyone we will share (via email to all gradute facutly) a more detailed overview of all forms with links to detailed instructions and video for each form. We are awaiting UCM’s approval to publish these
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Professor of Mathematics Education</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Patton College of Education<br>
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College of Arts and Sciences<br>
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