TO: PhD in IT students who will defend their final dissertation this semester.

If you are finishing your dissertation and need the signatures of Dean Griffiths and/or mine, please try to get the signature sheets to the correct office as soon as possible. For those who need Dean Griffiths' signature, please stop by the Dean's Suite 5100 on the 5th floor in the Nguyen Engineering Building. I will be out of the office on April 29th and April 30th. For those who need my signature please stop by the Nguyen Engineering Building Suite 2500 between 8:30am-5:00pm. The deadline for turning in your dissertation/thesis to the library is April 30th by 5:00pm.

For questions about format, please visit the University Dissertation and Thesis website at http://thesis.gmu.edu/. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Graduate Student Services office at 703-993-1505.

Best wishes on your defense.

-dm

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Dr. Daniel A. Menasce
Senior Associate Dean
Professor of Computer Science
The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering,

Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2510, MS 5C8
George Mason University
4400 University Dr.,
Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
www.cs.gmu.edu/faculty/menasce.html