Symposium on Graduate Education
Graduate Study: Promises, Purposes, Potentials
March 19, 2003
Illini Rooms B & C
1:00 p.m.
Welcome
Richard Wheeler, Dean, Graduate College
Reenvisioning Opportunities
Keynote: "Toward a Responsive Ph.D." - Robert Weisbuch, President, Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Respondent: Malaina Brown, Assistant Director, Graduate Services, University of Chicago Career and Placement
Services
Discussion Leader: William Kelleher, Anthropology, Chair of Career Advisory Committee
Looking Around, Looking Ahead
Denise Roth Allen, Anthropology (Ph.D. 1996), Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Kevin Quinn, Doctoral Student, Sociology
Rashid Robinson, Doctoral Student, Educational Policy Studies
Gardner Rogers, Doctoral Student, English
Discussion Leader: Debe Deeb Williams, Director, Chemical Sciences Placement and Career Services Office
3:30 p.m.
Break and Refreshments
3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Discussion Groups
Graduate Students: Negotiating Career Paths
ILLINI ROOMS B & C
Facilitator: Malaina Brown
Recorder: Melba Velez, Doctoral Student, Institute for Communications Research
Resources: Denise Roth Allen and Other Illinois Ph.D. Alumni
Faculty and Staff: Your Students, Their Careers
ILLINI ROOM A
Facilitator: Robert Weisbuch
Recorder: John Lammers, Speech Communication, Career Advisory Committee Member
4:45 p.m.
Shared Interests, Many Choices
Report from Faculty Session: Robert Weisbuch
Report from Graduate Student Session: Malaina Brown
Discussion Leader: Richard Wheeler
