Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Annual Review
The State of Washington requires that the Neuroscience/Vet Science Program
evaluate graduate students on an annual basis in June/July. Annual Reviews
are performed by the student's Thesis Committee Chair (mentor). Review
forms are distributed to mentors and students, and are to be returned to the
Neuroscience Program Coordinator by August 1 (See Forms, page 51-52). The
mentor should discuss the Annual Review with the student. The Curriculum
Committee will then review the evaluation forms and may
request a meeting with the student and/or mentor to discuss the progress of
the student. The results of the annual review will then be presented by the
Chair of the Curriculum Committee to the faculty as a whole during a fall
faculty meeting. The Chair will use this opportunity to elicit further
information regarding student progress. Following this faculty meeting, the
Chair of the Curriculum Committee will inform the student, in writing, as to
the faculty's review of the student's performance. Before January 1, the
results of the evaluation will then be forwarded to the
Neuroscience/Veterinary Science Graduate Studies Committee for use in
considering the awarding of graduate stipends for the coming year. If it is
deemed that the student is not making adequate progress toward a degree, the
Curriculum Committee may request the Department Chair terminate the student
from the program.
In addition to the review preformed by the mentor, the student is required
to annually complete the information/status update form (see Forms in the
Graduate Student Handbook).
Teaching Assistant (TA) Evaluation
All Course Directors for which a student is assisting will evaluate the
Teaching Assistant (TA) at the conclusion of the course. When the TA has
significant student contact, this evaluation will include the results of
feedback from students enrolled in the course. The results of this teaching
evaluation will be given to the student and become part of the evaluation
file maintained on each student.
