Additional Matters
Conference Travel Funds
The History Department and the Graduate School share costs in supporting graduate students invited to present papers at academic conferences. A limited amount of money has been set-aside for this purpose, and it is expended accordingly:
1. Application forms, available from the DGS Assistant, must be completed, approved by the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), and submitted to the Graduate School Office more than a month before the proposed trip.
2. Only students who have completed their preliminary exams are eligible for this support.
3. There is a limit of $500 from the Graduate School and $214.29 from the Department for this reimbursement of costs for travel, food, and lodging.
4. Receipts must be kept and submitted.
Leaves of Absence and Withdrawals
It is possible any time after the first semester to take a leave of absence for up to one calendar year. Such a request should be made before the start of the semester for which leave is sought. A student should write a letter to the Associate Dean of the Graduate School requesting the leave and have it endorsed by his or her major professor and the DGS. If the leave is granted, it is then up to the student, one month before the end of the leave, to notify the Associate Dean and the DGS of your intention to resume graduate studies. It is possible to withdraw voluntarily from the Graduate Program under certain conditions (see the DGS for specifics), and it is also possible to have withdrawal imposed for academic or administrative reasons. The Graduate School will administratively withdraw students from the university for failure to comply with the NC immunization laws, for failure to pay debts to the university, or failure to register. Such a student cannot be registered again in the Graduate School until (1) she or he has received the shots/paid the debts/applied for reinstatement, (2) she or he has made a formal request for reinstatement, which has been endorsed by the DGS and approved by the Assistant Dean, and (3) she or he has paid reinstatement fees.
Policy Against Harassment
The Department of History takes seriously the issue of sexual harassment and actively supports University policies to eliminate it. The Department also recognizes other forms of harassment that are equally corrosive of the collegial intellectual environment necessary to work as historians. No faculty member or graduate teaching assistant should abuse his/her position of authority to harass or intimidate a student.
It is the responsibility of the Director of Graduate Studies to inform each graduate student of the appropriate channels of redress for various kinds of grievances. In most circumstances, you will be the first to hear a complaint, but if the complaint cannot be resolved by you, the student may address, in turn: the department Chair, the Associate Dean of the Graduate School , the Dean of the Graduate School , the Provost, and as a last resort, the President of the University.