Resources

Quick Links

• AppTracker - tool for comparing your program's applications/offers/acceptance compared to this time last year.

• Grad Program directory - listing of grad programs' statistics, contact information, etc. 

• Graduate Admissions Toolkit

• GRE Requirements - a list of UofMN system graduate level programs and their test score requirements.

• MyU News Submissions - This form is for submissions to the News tab on the MyU portal.

• MyU Email address: t2myu@umn.edu - To contact the MyU team for any changes (new topic pages, setting up notifications, chat about ideas that need forming). 

• Office for Diversity in Graduate Education 

• Slate Resources

• 2021 IRC Annual Report 

• Doctoral Annual Progress Review Workflow Initiation

• Master's Annual Progress Review Workflow Initiation

Guides and Reference Documents

• General Onboarding for Graduate Program Coordinators 

• Seasonal Calendar

• Individual Development Forms and Process for GPCN 

• ISSS Resources 

• Legal Issues in Graduate Student Services: Admissions - reference documents 

• Virtual Final Oral Examination Guide - Candidate  (provided by Alicia George)

• Virtual Final Oral Examination Guide - Chair/Advisor (provided by Alicia George) 

• Fall 2020 Support for Teaching Assistants (provided by CEI)

• Resources For Fall 2020 Instruction (provided by CEI)

• Hiring of student employees temporarily located outside the US 

• Spring 2021- Hiring of student employees temporarily located outside the US 

Join a listserv (Google Group)

• This ISSS listserv is for interested staff/faculty/departments to receive a copy of mass email messages sent to current and/or new international students.

• ISSS CURRENT Student Email List for Staff/Departments 

  • How to Join: Join the Google Group at z.umn.edu/issscommgroup

  • Email Frequency: Generally 1-2 messages a week (including the Weekly Update), but this could be more at significant moments

  • Through this Google Group, staff/faculty/departments can sign up to receive a copy of the major announcements sent to current international students along with the ISSS Weekly Update. Staff who join this Google Group should unsubscribe from the ISSS Weekly Update if they are already receiving it.

• ISSS NEW Student Email List for Staff/Departments 

  • How to Join: Complete the Google Form at z.umn.edu/isssnewemailsdept.

  • Email Frequency: Generally 2 messages a month per student type, however, messages could be more frequent before the start of the term

  • By completing this form, staff/faculty/departments can sign up to receive a copy of ALL mass emails sent to new international students for the student group types they select. This will, generally, be 1-2 messages a month per student type. However, ISSS does send more frequent emails as the new term approaches. 

NAGAP

Did you know there is a national professional organization specifically for staff in Graduate and Professional Education? It's called NAGAP! Every year, U of M staff attend NAGAP's professional development opportunities - most notably the annual conference each spring. NAGAP also offers a salary survey report and an online tool where you can research more about salary and compensation in the field of Graduate Education/Graduate Enrollment Management. 

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