Meet Simone
Simone Warrick-Bell (she/her/hers) joined The Graduate School in February of 2020. She has a Master’s in Counseling Psychology and is Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with the State of Maryland. Prior to joining the Graduate School, Simone served the University community for six years as Care Manager of the Counseling Center, where her primary role was to provide case management services for undergraduate and graduate students and to provide long-term counseling support resources to them.
2022 Doctoral Career Pathways Conference
Doctoral Career Pathways Conference 2022: Getting From Here to Career
This year's conference will increase your knowledge, curiosity and excitement about how to get from here, wherever you are in your doctoral training, to your career beyond Maryland.
Consultation Policies
The Graduate School Center for Writing & Oral Communication offers consultations by appointment only. Our writing fellows, all highly accomplished graduate students, are a limited resource shared by the university’s entire graduate student population of about 11,000. Because consultations are limited and in high demand, we ask that you please only schedule appointments that you will be able to keep. To ensure that the fellows are able to meet the demand for consultations, we implement the following policies:
Coping With COVID-19: Mental Health Resources
The COVID-19 outbreak had and continues to have a lasting impact on the emotional and mental health of the UMD community, impacting us even if we haven't directly encountered the virus. Disrupting daily routines and various aspects of life, such as academics and personal activities, it has affected different groups disparately. While some have found solace in adaptations like remote learning, others grapple with mental health challenges and grief.
We have created this page as a resource to support graduate students. It includes:
Time to Degree & COVID-19
Updated December 2020
We held three online community meetings on April 8, 2020, for master’s, doctoral, and international students. One of the key concerns, particularly among doctoral students, was time limits for completing milestones and the degree.
The Graduate School time limits are:
2018-2020 Career Pathways Conference Alumni Panelists
2020 Panels
Panel 1: Doctorates in the NonProfit World - The DC metro region has hundreds of “non-profits” focused on the arts and social issues. In addition, DC is the location of a plethora of national associations and “think tanks.” Are there some issues that you would love to apply your research, leadership and communication skills to for change? Learn more about what is like to work in the non-profit sector as compared to other industries.
Panelists:
GradTerp Forum Author Submission Guidelines
The GradTerp Forum blog welcomes contributions from graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate alumni of the University in any field and at any level. Blog posts should be related to the submitter’s specific field of study rather than being broadly about an area of interest. For example, submitters are encouraged to submit a post about their research findings, their artistic production, the processes, methodologies, theories, or challenges of their field of study, their experiences teaching, performing, or communicating their areas of expertise.
Dropping a Graduate Course or Withdrawing from all Courses
Updated November 17, 2020
Tax Information for International Graduate Students
Are you on a F-1 or J-1 visa? OPT/CPT? Your visa status requires you to stay compliant with mandatory annual tax filings to the Internal Revenue Service. Failure to comply can seriously risk your current visa and/or any plans you may have to transition to H1-B in the future. TerpTax is a free service here on campus designed to help our international students with just the tax requirements. Visit the TerpTax website to learn more.
Remote Dissertation/Thesis Defense in a Public Health Emergency
Updated October 12, 2020
The Graduate Council passed a policy to allow for remote thesis or dissertation defense in a public health emergency.
All remote defenses must still abide by the Graduate School policy: