FYI, I’ll be defending my proposal in a public session on Oct. 25, 9-11am. Location TBD, look for an email in the next day or so.
I left the pre-proposal meeting with the impression that a public defense would not be necessary; but we had talked about me doing it regardless of the outcome of the meeting since it is technically a requirement, and our department hasn’t had a public proposal defense for a while. So, come to the defense if you can! It will be nice to have moral support.
I have yet to find time to really sit and think about the feedback I received at that meeting, and the changes I need to make to my document and my research plan. I put off some teaching stuff in favor of the pre-proposal meeting, and had to play a bit of catch-up in that area. But now I need to have a plan for how to make all the changes by the end of next week, before I go to ASIS&T, so that my advisor and committee have time to review the changes before the defense. It all seems a bit overwhelming at the moment, but I’m sure that once I have a plan in place, I will feel better.
