Graduate School

Resources to support graduate faculty and guide academic programs

• For faculty

    

  • 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
  • Supporting Fulbright-sponsored students
  • Video library - How-to videos for students on graduation, committees, funding and more

   

• For program directors

    

  • 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 - 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
  • Graduate mentoring award - Cash award to recognize and encourage outstanding mentoring of graduate students
  • 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
  • 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