diff --git a/booking.studygroups.inc b/booking.studygroups.inc
index b07fddb..f1a64db 100644
--- a/booking.studygroups.inc
+++ b/booking.studygroups.inc
@@ -500,9 +500,10 @@ function booking_studygroups_edit_form($node, &$form_state, $nid) {
 function booking_studygroups_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 	global $event;
 	$counter = 0;
-	$checkboxes = $form_state['values']['table'];
+	//$checkboxes = $form_state['values']['table'];
 	$studygroup_ids = $form_state['values']['booking_assign_sessionid'];
 	$values = $form_state['input'];
+	$update_messages = array();
 	
 	//check that $values['personid'] is a number
 	if (! preg_match('/^[0-9]+$/', $values['personid'])) {
@@ -536,7 +537,7 @@ function booking_studygroups_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 			}
 			//check to see if we need to remove a study group mapping
 			if (! empty($person_groups[$key]) && $value == 'Remove') {
-				watchdog('booking', "Removing an existing Study Group session id: @id from group @group.\n<pre>@info</pre>", 
+				$update_messages[] = t("Removing an existing Study Group session id: @id from group @group.\n<pre>@info</pre>", 
 					array('@id' => $value, '@group' => $key, '@info' => print_r( $person_groups[$key], true)));
 				
 				$num_deleted = db_delete('booking_studygroup_mapping')
@@ -545,7 +546,7 @@ function booking_studygroups_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 			}
 			//check for an existing study group mapping to change
 			elseif ((!empty($person_groups[$key])) && $person_groups[$key]->booking_session_id != $value) {
-				watchdog('booking', "Updating Study Group session from: @key to @value for id @id", 
+				$update_messages[] = t( "Updating Study Group session from: @key to @value for id @id", 
 					array('@key' => $person_groups[$key]->booking_session_id, '@value' => $value, '@id' => $nid));
 
 				db_update('booking_studygroup_mapping')
@@ -567,12 +568,12 @@ function booking_studygroups_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 			}
 			//found this entry already, so no change needed
 			elseif ((!empty($person_groups[$key])) && $person_groups[$key]->booking_session_id == $value) {
-				watchdog('booking', "Study Group @group session already set to @session.", 
+				$update_messages[] = t("Study Group @group session already set to @session.", 
 					array('@group' => $key, '@session' => $value));				
 			}			
 			//no previously defined value, so add a new entry to the mapping table			
 			else {
-				watchdog('booking', "Adding Study Group session id: @id for group @group.", array('@id' => $value, '@group' => $key));
+				$update_messages[] = t("Adding Study Group session id: @id for group @group.", array('@id' => $value, '@group' => $key));
 
 				db_insert('booking_studygroup_mapping')
 					->fields(array(	
@@ -593,8 +594,12 @@ function booking_studygroups_edit_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 				}
 			}	//end new value check
 		}		//end valid data check		
-	}			//end checkbox loop
-}
+	}			//end select dropdown loop
+	//output messages to watchdog
+	$final_message = t('Finished processing study groups for person id !id.', array('!id' => $nid));
+	drupal_set_message($final_message);
+	watchdog('booking', "<pre>" . $final_message . "\n" . implode("\n", $update_messages) . "</pre>");	
+}	//end function
 
 /**
  * Function for calculating who belongs to which study group