{"id":524,"date":"2013-03-20T22:55:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T22:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/?page_id=524"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:43:20","slug":"graduation-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/graduation-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Student Help &amp; Info"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"524\" class=\"elementor elementor-524\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44b0b0c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44b0b0c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-126209fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"126209fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Grad School 101 (Created by the BGSA)<\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/New_Graduate_Student_Handbook.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 Graduate Student Handbook<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/WelcomeToTheBiologyDepartment_BGSA_Workshop.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welcome to the Department of Biological Sciences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/Grad_RulestoLiveBy_BGSA_Workshop.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grad Student Rules to Live By<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Advice from Fellow U of A Students<\/h3><p>If you would like to share advice for fellow students, please <a href=\"mailto:bgsa@ualberta.ca\">contact the BGSA (bgsa@ualberta.ca)<\/a>.<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>U of A Thesis Copyright Office Tips<\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/en\/copyright\/student-staff-guide\/for-graduate-students\/index.html\">Thesis Copyright guide<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Personal &amp; 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