Each
year the Department makes special efforts to schedule lectures
by invited scholars and speakers, as well as faculty and graduate
student presentations within the Department. These events are
part of the professional activities that provide cultural and
intellectual opportunities both for the faculty and the graduate
students. They can be meaningful only if all faculty and graduate
students in the Department attend them regularly. It should
be understood that they are an essential part of graduate education.
Thus the Department expects all graduate students to attend
these events.
