IN THIS BULLETIN:
Meetings, Workshops, & Events
Deadlines & Dates to Remember
- Graduate and Professional Student Senate Travel Fund
Policy Updates
Administrative Announcements
- Annual Review of Online Application Supplemental Forms
- New Interactive Climate Survey Results Webpage
- Reminder to update Graduate Program Coordinators and Directors
Meetings, Workshops, & Events
Deadlines & Dates to Remember
- Graduate and Professional Student Senate Travel Fund
If you plan to present your research at a conference from June 30-Sept. 30, apply for the Graduate and Professional Student Senate Travel Fund Program! Full-time graduate students may receive up to $750 in funds toward travel expenses, registration and fees associated with attending a virtual or in-person conference. The application is open from May 13 until June 1 at 11:59 PM ET. Contact Cissy Ming at cissym@vt.edu for any questions. The application instructions can be found here.
Policy Updates
Administrative Announcements
- Annual Review of Online Application Supplemental Forms
An annual review of our online application supplemental forms for changes, updates, and improvements is important to help ensure that your program’s information is being accurately reflected in the online version of the Virginia Tech Graduate School application. To review your departmental program information page and supplemental page (questions specific to your program), please first login to Slate using your VT credentials for the login. Once in Slate, navigate to the 2022 Application Review folder. From this location you can use the “Search Forms…” option located on the upper right-hand side of the page to find forms specific to your program(s). To view a form, first click on the line item to open a landing page and then select “Edit Form” on the upper right-hand side to access the form contents. For the purposes of this audit, do not comment on the deadlines as they exist on your Program Information page. Deadlines are managed through the Program Maintenance Form and are not the focus of this review. Carefully review the language and links and provide feedback following the instructions below.
Any changes to your department supplemental should be submitted through the Slate Assistance Request Form and selecting the Annual Supplemental Review assistance item. You may choose to free text comment in the form, pdf print the supplemental pages, and make notes via “sticky note” (Ctrl + 6) and “Highlight” or “Cross-out” text (Tools > Comment & Markup > Highlight Text / Cross-Out Text) features using Adobe, or you may print off the pages and with clear/neat handwriting print your changes, then scan to pdf and upload in the form. The review and confirmation of the application supplemental needs to be completed no later than Friday, July 1, 2022. Questions should be directed to Janice Austin at jema@vt.edu.
- New Interactive Climate Survey Results Webpage
Three years’ worth of climate survey data are now available on the Graduate School’s website: (https://graduateschool.vt.edu/numbers/climate-survey-home/climate_dash.html). Responses can be filtered at the college, department, major, degree, and campus levels. This new visualization allows users to compare responses across years and across various demographic groups such as gender, citizenship, URM, and degree level.
- Reminder to Update Graduate Program Coordinators and Directors
If there have been changes to Graduate Program Coordinators and/or Directors in your office, please email Carrie Mayer at caduke2@vt.edu.