About the Graduate Handbook

This inaugural edition of the graduate handbook was prepared by faculty in the Department of Plant Pathology, under the direction of Dr. Loren Giesler, and adopted by unanimous faculty vote on June 30, 2020. Special thanks go to Madilyn McKay for assistance in compiling this document. Also acknowledged for their contributions are the many people that reviewed and edited this document. Also thanked are those individuals outside our department or previously affiliated with our department who contributed and reviewed the content. Thanks go to Leah Sandall in the Department of Agronomy & Horticulture for providing suggestions on the Option II requirements, Barbara Woodhead and George (Sam) Goodin in the office of Services for Students with Disabilities for their discussion and suggestions on the section on disability services, Margarita Marroquin-Guzman, alumna of the Department of Plant Pathology, for helping to create the list of awards for graduate students, Margaret Denning, retired Administrative Assistant of the Department of Plant Pathology, for helping to create the new student checklist, and Eva Bachman in the Office of Graduate Studies for suggestions throughout the document. Suggested revisions for this document can be sent to Madilyn McKay at madilyn.mckay@unl.edu.