The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Maguette Diame, Ph.D., College of Education, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 10:30 a.m., N113 Furcolo. Dissertation: “Traditional Values and Local Community in the Formal Educational System in Senegal: A Year as a High School Teacher in Thies.” Bjorn Nordtveit, chr.

Mekhribon Abdullaeva, Ph.D., College of Education, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 4 p.m., 120 Montague House. Dissertation: “Experiences of Uzbek Immigrant Parents with Public Schools in New York City: Parental Engagement.” Gretchen B. Rossman, chr.

Joseph Gikonyo, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Thursday, Feb. 27, 9 a.m., 118 ELAB II. Dissertation: “Scaling Up the Oxygenic Photogranule (Opg) Wastewater Treatment Process.” Chul Park and John Tobiason, co-chrs.

Atif Yasin, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Friday, Feb. 28, noon., 109 Knowles Engineering Building Conference Room. Dissertation: “Formal Verification of Divider and Square-Root Arithmetic Circuits Using Computer Algebra Methods.” Maciej Ciesielski, chr.