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
  • 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

    

  • 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
  • Grad ambassador program - Learn more about the program and meet our current ambassadors
  • 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 request for materials and ambassadors - Fill out this form to receive support from the Graduate School at your recruitment event
  • Satisfactory progress worksheets (.docx) - Each program is required to have a process by which they annually assess satisfactory academic progress of each student. These sample forms can be used 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