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UIC Graduate College

UIC Graduate College. What does the Graduate College do? Why you should become a member How you can become a member. What does the Graduate College do?. Administrative Functions Student Fellowships and Other Funding Skills and professional development workshops for students

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UIC Graduate College

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  1. UIC Graduate College What does the Graduate College do? Why you should become a member How you can become a member

  2. What does the Graduate College do? • Administrative Functions • Student Fellowships and Other Funding • Skills and professional development workshops for students • International TA Training (ITA) Program • Initiatives to improve diversity in UIC graduate programs and the success of under-represented graduate students

  3. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE What does the Graduate College do? • Administrative Functions • Oversees and confers degrees for 56 PhD programs, 4 professional doctorate, and 102 Masters programs • Is not involved in oversight of several professional programs such as MBA, MD, DMD, PharmD, and others

  4. What does the Graduate College do? • Administrative Functions • Provides oversight for all graduate student related processes • Admissions • Program and curriculum changes • Annual PhD Student Assessment • Student Standing (GPA, time in program, vetting and processing of dismissals) • Prelim/Qualifying Exam • Completion and defense of dissertation/thesis Lead Staff members: Steve Kragon and Jim Kollenbroich

  5. What does the Graduate College do? • Administrative Functions • Collect data to help programs track: • Student admissions and enrollment • Student demographics • Attrition • Time to degree • NEW: Student funding • NEW: Student job placement Lead Staff member: Kevin Monahan

  6. What does the Graduate College do? • Administrative Functions • Manages and distributes tuition and fee waivers to departments/programs and for fellowship recipients. • Identifies external funding opportunities for students • Holds workshops to help students take advantage of external funding opportunities. Lead Staff members: Marie Khan and Benn Williams

  7. What does the Graduate College do? • Administrative Functions • Advises students and faculty on rules interpretation • Mediates student-mentor/program conflicts • Mediates final step in student grievance process after department and college processes are completed. Lead Staff members: Steve Kragon, Jonathan Art, Laura Junker

  8. What does the Graduate College do? • Student Fellowships and Other Funding • University Fellowship • Abraham Lincoln Fellowship • Dean’s Fellowship • Chancellor’s Award for Interdisciplinary Research • Provost/Deiss Award • Diversifying Faculty in Illinois (IBHE) • Emergency Grants Lead Staff members: Jonathan Art, Laura Junker, Lunaire Ford

  9. What does the Graduate College do? • Skills and professional development workshops for graduate students • Practical skills for succeeding in grad school (ex: writing, research presentation, teaching) • Life Skills (ex: financial fitness, stress management) • Skills for securing a job after graduation (ex: CV/resume writing, interviewing, salary and benefits negotiation) Lead Staff members: Theresa Christenson-Cabellaro and Benn Williams

  10. What does the Graduate College do? • International TA (ITA) Program • State mandates that international students serving as teaching assistants must be provided training to reach a specific level of competency in the English language. • The ITA program provides both the competency testing and training for our international TAs. Lead Staff member: Vandana Loomba Lobel

  11. What does the Graduate College do? • Initiatives to improve diversity in UIC graduate programs and the success of under-represented graduate students • Undergraduate pipeline programs • Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) • Graduate Pathways to Success (GPS) Program • Recruitment in partnership with programs • Mentoring and community building for under-represented graduate students Lead Staff members: Lunaire Ford, Allen Bryson, Franciso Pĩna

  12. Why you should become a member: • You must be a Full Member of the Graduate College to: • Serve as a graduate student dissertation/thesis advisor • Chair student thesis/dissertation committees • Be elected or appointed to the GC Executive Committee (tenured faculty only) • Be elected or appointed to the GC Awards Committee • Be eligible for the Faculty Mentoring Award

  13. Graduate College Membership • Who can become a Full Member • Tenure track faculty in departments with graduate programs • Tenure track faculty in departments with no graduate programs (like faculty in clinical departments in COM) must hold affiliate/adjunct appointments in a department with a graduate program • Full membership is indefinite, unless revoked for failure to responsibly train graduate students Lead Staff member: Jim Kollenbroich

  14. Graduate College Membership • Who can become an Associate Member • Non-tenure track clinical and research faculty • May serve as student advisors, but cannot chair a student dissertation/thesis committee • Associate membership is indefinite, unless revoked for failure to responsibly train graduate students Lead Staff member: Jim Kollenbroich

  15. Graduate College Membership • Who can become an Adjunct Member • Non-tenure track clinical and research faculty, as well as visiting professors, lecturers, post-docs and staff. • May serve on student dissertation/thesis committees • Adjunct membership lasts for three years and can be renewed • A faculty member outside the university can become a Courtesy Member for one year. Lead Staff member: Jim Kollenbroich

  16. Graduate College Membership • How do you become a member • Nomination form is available on-line on the Graduate College website and is necessary for all levels of membership. • Form should be signed and submitted by department head or chair, and must be accompanied by nominee’s CV. Lead Staff member: Jim Kollenbroich

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