Here We Go!!

Wow. Tomorrow is a big day for us. Stephen is set to propose his dissertation tomorrow afternoon at 2PM EST. Pray for him!
We're all really excited, he's put so much work into this, and already has some of the work for the dissertation itself done (his advisor has known about his topic, and gave him the go-ahead a little earlier). This proposal should be worth his time, not just a formality, though. He thoughtfully chose people to be on his committee that could add to his research with their experiences. The ND guidelines state that he has to be in this meeting for at least 90 minutes, but he only gets 15 minutes to get his point across. The rest of the time the people who have just heard of his research get to grill him. Ask him any question about his research they would like to.

I'm not really an expert, but I would suppose that this will be easier than his comprehensive exam, where his professors sat around him in a little room and could ask him about anything he'd learned throughout his college career...at least this meeting will be focused on a research project that he is presenting (and knows a great deal about).

After this, it's writing and defending. Then, we GRADUATE!!!!!!!!!