Help: Viewing Your Committee Information
Wolverine Access enables you to view committee and evaluations received information. Only doctoral students with an approved Committee tied to a Dissertation Milestone will have committee information to view.
Note: Committee members with an End Date do not display on the View My Committee and Evaluations Received Information page
View My Committee and Evaluations Received Information
| Displays the academic career. | |
| Displays the date the committee was approved. | |
| Displays the committee members' names in LastName,FirstName format. | |
| Displays the committee member's role. | |
| Displays the committee member's start date. | |
| Displays the date the evaluation was received by the Central Office. |
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Completing the Doctoral Degree Requirements
Before the oral defense, after the oral defense, the post-defense submission.
Review your committee on Wolverine Access to verify that it is correct. This can be found on your unofficial transcript or the “View My Committee Information” link under Student Business.If adjustments need to be made, have your program submit a dissertation committee form immediately. It is recommended that you complete this step at least six months prior to the defense.
At least three weeks prior to the oral defense, register online for a pre-defense review . When registering, you will provide your name, program, U-M identification number, defense date, time, room location for in-person defenses, and Zoom meeting link as the online location; and information about your committee members, including email addresses.
Begin viewing your committee on Wolverine Access three business days prior to your defense to confirm all members have submitted their evaluation. All members must complete an evaluation before OARD can authorize the defense.
After confirming all evaluations have been received, an email with a link to your Final Oral Examination Report Form will be sent to you, your committee chair, and the graduate coordinator of your program. This form can be signed electronically at the defense and/or printed for physical signatures.
Oral Defense
Oral defenses may be held either in person or remotely via teleconference with Zoom, or both. Zoom also offers an option to record the defense. Directions for you and your committee members about how to arrange an oral defense using Zoom:
- Setting Up a Registration for a Meeting
- How to Secure Meetings in Zoom
Announcement of the Defense
Rackham OARD and your program will publicly announce the defense so others may choose to view it via Zoom.
Signing and Submitting the Final Oral Examination Report
Committee members may sign the digital PDF securely or non-securely. Some members may prefer to print the form, sign it physically, and scan or take a photo to submit it via email. The committee chair may sign for members participating remotely. The chair emails the form with signatures to Rackham OARD: [email protected] .
Submit all of the required content revisions and corrections to your committee chair for approval.
Arrange for a post-defense submission that must take place before the doctoral deadline . If the final deadline is exceeded, you will be required to enroll in the full term in which degree requirements are completed and pay tuition for 8 credit hours.
Before Submitting the Final Dissertation
- Apply for graduation via Wolverine Access Student Business (required)
- Complete the online NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates (required for Ph.D. students, optional for D.M.A. students)
- Complete the Rackham Doctoral Recipients exit survey
- Verify that your committee Chair has submitted the Final Oral Examination Report and the Certificate of Dissertation Committee Approval to Rackham OARD.
Submit online a complete, final, correctly formatted PDF of the dissertation (to be the official copy on record in the University Deep Blue digital archive).
- Allow a minimum of two business days for us to review your dissertation.
- Log in using your uniqname and Kerberos password.
- Read and agree to the terms of the Author’s Deposit Agreement.
- Cut and paste your abstract into the designated space (550 word limit, no special characters).
- Select a category and topic from the drop-down menu that most closely classifies your dissertation.
- Enter at least one (up to six) keywords or phrases associated with your dissertation topic.
- During the submission process, you will have the opportunity to submit your dissertation to ProQuest. Although optional, it is recommended. You must opt out of submitting to ProQuest if you are requesting an embargo. Embargo information and form are on our website .
OARD will perform a final format check. If format revisions are required you will need to make the corrections and re-submit the dissertation before 5:00 p.m. EST on the deadline . Be mindful that more than 90% of submitted dissertations need format revisions and often need to be re-submitted more than once. The 5:00 p.m. deadline for the final corrected submission is firm and extensions are not permitted.
- No changes are permitted to your dissertation once it is submitted online and you have received final approval from Rackham OARD.
- Your dissertation will not be available in Deep Blue until after your degree conferral date.
- If the final deadline is not met, you must register and pay for an 8 hour enrollment in the term the final degree requirements are completed.
- Your diploma and transcript will not be issued if monies are owed. Verify your financial status with the Student Financial Services (phone 734.764.7447). Diploma information may be found at the Registrar’s website .
Contact Academic Records and Dissertations
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Academic Records and Dissertations is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The office is closed Saturdays and Sundays and on the following holidays: Thanksgiving (Thursday and the following Friday), Christmas through New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4), and Labor Day.
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Dissertation committees must have at least four members, three of whom are members of the graduate faculty (see definition above), and two of whom are from the doctoral candidate’s home program. Furthermore, each committee: Must have a sole chair or two co-chairs.
Quick Reference Chart for Membership on Dissertation Committees. For more information, please see the Guidelines For Dissertation Committee Service.
The dissertation evaluation enables the graduate school to: Alert the dissertation chair of potential problems before the defense. Assists committee members in recognizing common and diverging concerns in planning the defense. Serves as a record of the committee’s evaluation.
The Rackham Dissertation Format Guidelines make all dissertations legible, accessible, preservable, and uniform in presentation. The steps you take now to format your dissertation will improve the file for future readers. Legible: Following the guidelines for fonts, margins, and spacing makes the file easier to see and read.
Wolverine Access enables you to view committee and evaluations received information. Only doctoral students with an approved Committee tied to a Dissertation Milestone will have committee information to view.
DEPARTMENTAL DISSERTATION COMMITTEE FORM. Please complete this form and have each of your committee members sign next to their name. (Committee Members: do not lock after signing.) Once you have their signatures, return the form to the Student Affairs Program Coordinator in Room 1301E, MSRB III.
Dissertation Committee Service) and qualified people from outside the University of Michigan who may or may not hold academic appointments and whose service on the Dissertation Committee would contribute significantly may be nominated for special membership by submitting a vita or resume of the nominee; a
Review your committee on Wolverine Access to verify that it is correct. This can be found on your unofficial transcript or the “View My Committee Information” link under Student Business.If adjustments need to be made, have your program submit a dissertation committee form immediately.
Please consider the following for my dissertation committee: The committee must consist of four or more members; at least two of the members must be affiliated with the Robotics program.
Dissertation Committee Worksheet Complete this form and submit it to the program Graduate Coordinator with additional materials as necessary. Student Information