Fall 2014 Grad Student Self-Evaluations Due by Dec. 14

The grad office in currently in the process of completing yearly evaluations of physics grad students for the 2014 calendar year (first-year students will be evaluated in early Spring 2015).  Once I've completed my evaluation, you will receive a link by e-mail that will allow you to access the evaluation.

Grad students may also conduct optional self-evaluations, in which each student will be able to make a self-assessment of his/her academic, research, and teaching progress during the past year. Most of the self-evaluation will be viewable by the student's advisor, but there is a comment section that can only be seen by the associate head.

The self-evaluation forms are now ready for you to complete on-line. You must complete your Fall 2014 self-evaluations before December 15, 2014. To access and complete your yearly evaluation, please follow the following steps:

(i) To access your evaluations, log into MyPhysics, look under Grad Student Toolbox (left side of the page), and click on the link "Ph.D. Self-Evaluation Student Input Screen (Physics)" under Evaluations. This will take you to the on-line self-evaluation form. Before completing the form, it is important that you verify that the thesis advisor listed for you is correct. Please let me know as soon as possible if the thesis advisor listed for you is incorrect, and e-mail me the name of your correct thesis advisor so we can correct the record.

(ii) Once you've verified that the thesis advisor listed for you is correct, please complete the self-evaluation at your earliest convenience, but before December 15, 2014. You can save your work on the evaluation at any time, without finalizing your self-evaluation, by clicking on "Save Evaluation". This will allow you to return to your evaluation later to make changes or additions.

(iii) When you're finished with your self-evaluation, click on the "Complete" box. This action will create a permanent record of your self-review that you will not be able to change. Additionally, clicking on the "Complete" box will cause an e-mail message to be send to your advisor, which will include a link to the sections of your self-evaluation that are viewable by your advisor.  You can complete a new self-evaluation each term (Fall, Spring, and Summer).

If your advisor completes an evaluation of you, you will also be sent an e-mail containing a link that will allow you to see those sections of your advisor's evaluation that you are allowed to view. You can also access your advisor's and associate head's evaluations on your MyPhysics page, under Grad Student Toolbox, using the "Ph.D. Student Evaluation Feedback (Physics)" link under Evaluations.

Again, you must complete your self-evaluation for Fall 2014 before December 15, 2013. Please let me know if you have any questions about the evaluation application.