Resources for Graduate Faculty and Staff
Resources to support graduate faculty and guide academic programs
For Faculty
- Academy for Academic Program Renovation - Proposal information to participate in Academic Program Renovation
- Advisorless Student Policy - Steps for students without a major advisor
- Collective Bargaining Agreement - CGE contract for graduate assistants
- Forms for faculty - Nomination to graduate faculty, graduate certificate checklist, English language proficiency exception request, faculty as student petition
- Graduate committees - Written for students about how committees work and who is on them
- Graduate council representatives (GCR) - Who needs one and how they function on the committee
- GTA training - Resources and videos for students and departments on training GTAs in university policy and working in the classroom
- Holistic admissions - Report by the Holistic Admissions Working Group and recording of seminar
- Mentoring resources
- Mentorship training (CIMER) - Mentorship training for all faculty who serve as mentors to graduate students, honors college students and postdoctoral scholars
- Program policy, policy FAQs, and Graduate Catalog - Answers to common policy questions
- Student funding - Fellowships, awards, assistantships, tuition waiver, food security
- Student progress - Grievances, grade requirements, program of study, incomplete grades, academic dishonesty
- Student registration information - Registration, continuous enrollment policy, leaves of absence, unauthorized breaks, and minimum credits required
- Video library - How-to videos for students on graduation, committees, funding and more
For Program Directors
- Academy for Academic Program Renovation - Proposal information to participate in Academic Program Renovation
- Advisorless Student Policy - Steps for students without a major advisor
- Application management and the Graduate Education Toolkit (GET)about resources for programs - Access for online application review and other tools developed by Graduate School IT
- Assessment and reporting - Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLO), external graduate program reviews, internal assessment and institutional strategic planning
- Communication items sent from the Graduate School - A list of the most common types of emails the Graduate School sends to students and links to our social media accounts
- Co-sponsorships - The Graduate School offers consultation and matching funds for supporting graduate student success initiatives through co-sponsorships.
- Creating a new dual or joint graduate degree - For faculty members who are interested in establishing new dual or joint graduate degrees or who work with a student wanting to pursue a joint Ph.D. with a partner institution
- Graduate faculty membership and nominations - Nominate a faculty member to teach, direct students or serve on committees
- Program policy, policy FAQs, and Graduate Catalog - Answers to common policy questions
- Recruitment Toolkit - Tools for graduate recruitment with tips, templates and a materials request form
- Request Exit Survey Reports - Request a tailored Graduate School Exit Survey Report
- Student Progress Information for Programs - Each program is required to have a process by which they annually assess satisfactory academic progress of each student. Find a sample form to use as a starting place to develop your own process.
- Student handbook template (.docx) - Contains the minimum information required by the Graduate School to get your student handbook started
- Workshops - Request a workshop for your students or faculty, designed to demystify the ins and outs of graduate school