This graduate student guide is designed to supplement the information
provided on the department webpages. It is divided into three sections
for easy access:
The opinions expressed below represent those of current and former
EGSA members.
What to do when you
get to Columbia...
Department Communications
- email
- The university has already assigned you a Student
E-mail Account. Many important university communiqués will
be sent only to this address, so it's essential that you check it
regularly. For more information on setting up your account, go to
the IAT
Services website or call the IAT Services Help Desk at (573)
882-5000.
- Student webmail access: http://webmail.mizzou.edu
- listservs
- ENGLMU-L: department listserv including
all faculty, staff, and graduate students. To subscribe, send a
message from the e-mail account you check most often (doesn't have
to be your mizzou.edu account) to listserv@lists.missouri.edu.
Leave the subject line blank. Remove any tag lines or signature
files. Type in the body of the message: subscribe ENGLMU-L firstname
lastname.
- EGSA-L: English Graduate Student list
read by current (and a few former) graduate students. To subscribe,
send a message from the e-mail account you check most often (doesn't
have to be your mizzou.edu account) to listserv@lists.missouri.edu.
Leave the subject line blank. Remove any tag lines or signature
files. Type in the body of the message: subscribe EGSA firstname
lastname.
- mailboxes
- All graduate students are assigned a mailbox/slot
in the basement of Tate Hall just outside room 6. Check your box regularly
as all paper communication (including paycheck stubs and course rolls)
will be delivered to you in this way.
- The mailing address for the English Department
is 107 Tate Hall, Columbia, MO 65211.
Orientation
The English Department and Graduate School offer
orientation events in the week before fall semester begins. Department
events include: New Student Orientation guided by the Director of Graduate
Studies, Composition Teacher's Orientation, Mentor/Proto Reception.
The department also hosts a fall picnic in the first week of class.
The Graduate School, in conjunction with the Program for Excellence
in Teaching (PET) sponsors a pre-semester College Teaching Seminar (more
info).
Apartment/house
hunting
If you're single and pet-free, you may be perfectly
happy in student housing. If you're going to be here for four or five
years working on your PhD, you might seriously consider buying a home-monthly
mortgage payments are comparable or even better than rent and you'll
have some equity built up by the time you graduate. Contact the new
student liason if you'd like assistance getting in touch with a realtor
and a loan agent. Most single students opt for renting apartments, townhouses,
or houses. Rentals near campus cost more for less, but if it's within
walking distance you will save time and money by not having to park
on campus (see parking section below). Here are some links that will
lead you to classified ads:
You might also try calling the landlords listed in
the yellow pages and telling them your needs. There is also a Tenant's
Association located in the Student Activities Office in the basement
of Brady Commons where you can check up on your prospective landlord.
Bookstores
- MU
Campus Bookstore. Located on the first floor of Brady Commons. If
you buy books at the University Bookstore, you can have them bill you
on your tuition and fees statement. If you're going to be a teaching
assistant, be sure to mention that at the checkout because you'll get
a 10% discount on just about everything the bookstore sells. You can
activate this discount each semester by bringing your student ID to
the customer service desk in the Bookstore.
- TigerTech,
located adjacent to the MU Bookstore in Brady Commons, offers educational
discounts on Mac and PC products and also accepts Student Charge.
- other bookstores in town:
- Columbia Books: 22 S. 9th Street
- Barnes & Noble: Columbia Mall,
next to the food court
- Ninth Street Bookstore: 111 S. 9th
Street
- The Peace Nook: 804 C. E. Broadway
(downstairs next to Cool Stuff)
- Tiger Tales Bookstore: 503 E. Nifong.
Proud supporters of Missouri authors, often have readings by locals
Grocery stores
- Hyvee: 3100 West Broadway
- Clover's Natural Food/Natural Market: 802
Business Loop 70 E and 2100 Chapel Plaza (visible from Forum). Forum
store is much larger and has a small selection of organic produce.
- The Root Cellar: Providence and Walnut.
They sell only Missouri products and organic foods.
- Wal-Mart Super Center: 415 Conley Road.
- Shnuck's: 1400 Forum Blvd.
- Gerbes: 1729 Broadway or at Nifong and
Providence. Small organic and natural foods section and good liquor
departments.
- Columbia
Farmers' Market: Worley and Clinkscales in ARC parking lot,
Saturday 8 a.m.-noon, Monday and Wednesday 4-6 p.m. Check website for
seasonal variation.
- Patricia's IGA: 900 N. Keene Street. Locally
owned and operated.
Links to the city
Utilities:
- City
of Columbia: water, electricity, sewer, and trash removal (573)
874-7380
- Ameren:
natural gas (800) 552-7583
- CenturyTel:
local telephone provider (800) 201-4099
- Mediacom:
one of several local cable/high speed internet providers (800) 875-0894
Columbia
Chamber of Commerce: request a "relocation packet" for
information about moving to Columbia
City of Columbia homepage
Columbia Transit System: If you live
near campus, you can manage in Columbia without a car. Many students
walk and bike around town, and there is a local bus service, the Columbia
Transit System (573-874-7282). Buses cost $0.50 one way, and passes
are available. Otherwise, see the parking section
below.
Newspapers
- MU Readership Program: Student fees
allow MU students to receive "free" newspapers during the
regular academic year. Swipe your MU student ID card in specially marked
newspaper stands on campus in Brady Commons, Memorial Union, Ellis Library,
or the Student Success Center and receive daily copies of the New
York Times, USA Today, St. Louis Post Dispatch,
and Columbia Missourian.
- Columbia
Daily Tribune
- Columbia
Missourian
- The
Maneater: student newspaper
Post offices
- Brady Commons (outside bookstore)
- Downtown (Walnut & 8th)
- Columbia Mall
Recreation
The City of Columbia owns and maintains more
than forty public parks, two golf courses, a water park for children
(Twin Lakes swimming area and Pirate's Cove),
and several public pools. The playground at Cosmopolitan Park
is not to be missed if you have kids; there is also a honest-to-goodness
skateboard park there that's really fun to watch. The newly refurbished
Stephen's Lake Park features play areas and a walking/running
track around the lake.
There are also tons of places to walk, run,
and bike. The MKT trail is very popular-miles and miles
of old railroad tracks have been converted to trails. There are several
entrances with parking around town; one entrance is at the corner of
Stewart and Providence. Devil's Icebox state park south
of town is also worth a look. For information, maps, and so forth, contact
the Parks and Recreation Department at 874-7460, at the corner of 7th
and Broadway.
For more information, view the City of Columbia
Parks,
Recreation and the Arts website.
Restaurants
& clubs
- Addison's,
An American Grill: 709 Cherry St.
- Bambino's
Italian Cafe: Hitt at Locust. Dine In, Carryout, Delivery and
Catering.
- Bangkok Gardens: 26 N. 9th St. Good,
reasonably-priced Thai food.
- The
Blue Note: 17 N. 9th St. Lots of live music and a dance floor.
- Booches: 110 S. 9th St. No-frills
burger joint and pool hall.
- Boone
Tavern: 811 E. Walnut. Reasonable lunch/bar menu, more expensive
dinner menu.
- Cherry Street Artisan: 111 S. 9th
St. Coffee, sandwiches, and light fare with live acoustic music. Wireless
networking.
- Coffee Zone: 11 N. 9th St. Coffee
and cuisine from the Middle East. Wireless networking.
- Flatbranch Pub and Brewing Co: 115
S. 5th St. Burgers, steaks, salads, wood-fired pizzas, and a microbrewery.
Reasonable prices.
- Hong Kong Restaurant: 106 Business
Loop 70 W, next to O'Reilly Automotive. Chinese buffet. Menu service
also available.
- India's Kitchen: 1101 E. Broadway.
Good, reasonably-priced Indian food. Lunch buffet.
- Kayotea: 912 E. Broadway. Specializes
in tea, with a menu comparable to the Artisan. Wireless networking.
- La Casa Grande: 128 Nifong Blvd East.
Great inexpensive Mexican.
- La Casa Nueva: 3405 Clark Lane.
- Lakota Coffee: 24 S. 9th. Great coffee
and light snacks. Cozy atmosphere. Wireless networking.
- Les
Bourgeois Wine Garden and Bistro: 15 minutes west of Columbia
in Rocheport. Offers wine by the glass and picnic-table seating at the
A-Frame or a more expensive fare in the bistro.
- The Main Squeeze: 28 S. 9th St. All
natural, vegetarian, organic foods. Great wraps, salads, and shakes.
- The Pasta Factory: 1020 E. Broadway
- Shakespeare's Pizza: 225 S. 9th St.
- Sophia's:
3915 S. Providence Rd. The big sister to Addison's, specializing in
Southern European cuisine.
- Teller's: 820 E. Broadway. Good for
dinner and drinks.
- Village Wine and Cheese: 929 E. Broadway.
Great sandwiches, salads, cheese, and wine.
Video
stores
- 9th Street Video: 25 S. 9th. Good
place for hard-to-find videos.
- Blockbuster: 3305 Clark Lane.
- Movie Gallery: Broadway Shopping
Center at Broadway and Stadium, Rockbridge Shopping Center, Crossroads
West Shopping Center near the Wal-Mart Super Center.
Awards
EGSA Professionalization Fund: Each
year, at least 75% of monies raised from EGSA's fall semester fundraising
event will go toward the EGSA Professionalization Fund. The purpose
of this fund is to provide financial grants to EGSA members to supplement
costs related to entering or re-entering the professional or academic
job market. (fund guidelines)
EGSA Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member
Award: Each year, EGSA members will nominate and vote on an
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member in the Department of English. This
award should go to a graduate faculty member in English who has
shown exemplary support of graduate students. The winner will serve
as the EGSA nominee for the Graduate Professional Council Gold Chalk
Award, and will be recognized at the English Departmental Awards Ceremony.
A faculty member may not be chosen more than once in each three-year
period. The EGSA Vice President will supervise the selection process,
which involves calling for nominations, then voting for the award winner
via paper ballot. The Vice President will also supervise the process
of gathering and submitting the Gold Chalk nomination packet. Award
selection will need to take place early in the Winter semester in order
to collect the materials necessary for the Gold Chalk nomination.
In addition to the English Department awards, the
following awards are available. Nominations or applications are
due in the Winter semester, unless otherwise stated.
- The GSA Superior Graduate Student
Award is open to all English graduate students. All nominations
should be accompanied by a CV; supporting letters are also acceptable
but not required. Students may nominate themselves. The selection
committee, comprised of the GSA representatives and the EGSA Vice
President, will consider all applications and choose one winner to
represent the department. The committee's criteria will generally
follow that given by GSA. In other words, superior achievement in
service, advising, activism, mentoring, and other departmental contributions
will receive primary consideration, with publications and teaching/research
accomplishments serving as secondary criteria for the award. Priority
will be given to nominees who have actively participated in EGSA.
- The Excellence in Teaching with
Technology Award is presented by ET@MO to faculty, staff,
and graduate instructors who incorporate educational technologies
into the classroom environment. All MU faculty, students, academic
units and staff members are eligible to nominate individuals for this
award. Self-nominations are also accepted. Nominations should take
the form of a letter that 1) addresses how the individual uses educational
technology in a creative and innovative manner, 2) cites specific
examples of excellence in which this individual has developed, adapted,
adopted or incorporated technology for teaching and learning, and
3) describes why the individual should receive the award. When appropriate,
nominations should illustrate how the nominee enables direct student
engagement with technology to improve understanding and learning of
material. For more information, consult the ET@MO
website.
Bengal
Students automatically receive bengal accounts,
giving them access to up to 150 MB of server space for storage, web
development, etc. Whether using the space for web development or not,
the real convenience of Bengal is the ability to access your "bengal
space" from all computer lab locations on campus. This means you
can use your printsmart allowance to print
class handouts you uploaded from home or save a paper at the library
to access it later from a different location. For more information,
contact the IAT Help Desk at (573) 882-5000 or consult the IAT
Services website.
Campus
Involvement
- EGSA posts student representatives to both
the Graduate Student Association (GSA)
and the Graduate Professional Council (GPC).
Consult the officer listing on the EGSA
homepage for representative names and email addresses.
- Other campus organizations/groups:
Comprehensive Exams
- PhD
Program requirements
- Program
Guidelines: links to various department and Graduate School guidelines
- sample reading lists: sample
MU reading lists
- There is a computer in the EGSA Office (105
Tate Hall) available for the expressed purpose of taking comprehensive
exams. In order to prevent scheduling conflicts, a Comprehensive Exam
Calendar is on the EGSA office door. If you would like to use the EGSA
office for comps, please write your name on the calendar after the block
of hours needed for each day you require use of the office (please first
schedule your exam with Vickie
Thorp). Of course, you are not obligated to use the EGSA office
for comps if you prefer to use an available faculty member's office.
Computing Resources
- Graduate Student and Adjunct Computer
Lab: The English department grad student computer room is located
in Tate Hall room 16. Your office key will open the door to this room.
Tate 16 is reserved for English graduate students and adjunct instructors
only. If any printing or computer problems occur during usage, please
promptly report such problems by calling the IATS number listed on the
Tate 16 printer.
- Tate Hall is on the campus wireless network
(see campus wireless coverage map).
- The MU Campus has an extensive computer lab
system with stations located throughout campus. For more information,
consult the IAT
Services website.
Electronic Thesisand Dissertation Submission
Beginning in Fall 2006, all graduate students are required to submit
final theses and dissertations to the Graduate School in the approved
electronic format. Guidelines and forms are available on the Graduate
School's ETD website.
Financial
Aid
- MU Financial Aid Office, 11 Jesse Hall (website)
- English Department website:
information on various forms of financial support
Fundraising
EGSA's primary fundraising activity is the annual book
sale, held in April. Donations are welcome year-round; contact
the EGSA president for more information. EGSA also holds a silent
auction in the fall, the details of which will be distributed
through the department listserv.
Graduate Student Online Assessment System (GSOAS)
The Graduate School has created an online assessment of graduate students.
The system allows you to submit your assessment information electronically,
and receive a response from your adviser. The information collected by
the system is also used in aggregate reports required by MU. Your individual
information will only be available to your advisers and leadership in
the department.
In order to remain in good standing with the Department of English, you
must update your file each year before spring break. Faculty will then
log into the system and respond to your information by April 15.
To access the system, login
here with your pawprint and password. Please be sure to complete each
of the required fields indicated below:
The following categories must be completed with information from the
previous year:
Basic Information. This category includes your name, expected
graduation date, committee members, home address, and email. If you
click "Yes" next to "Use this e-mail to notify me of
advisor responses," a message will be sent to you when your adviser
responds to your progress reports. NOTE: Changing committee members
on the Online Assessment System does not replace submitting an official
Change of Committee Form. Committee members are not official until the
appropriate form is submitted to the Graduate School.
Degree Program. Choose "English M.A." or "English
Ph.D." and then your main area of emphasis.
Adviser. This is the person who will be responding to your progress
reports. For Ph.D. students, your adviser is the chair of your doctoral
committee. If you have not yet chosen an adviser, then list the Director
of Graduate Studies as your adviser. For M.A. students, your adviser
is the Director of Graduate Studies. If you are writing a thesis, you
should change your adviser to the committee chair you indicate on your
M-2 Request for Thesis Committee Form. NOTE: indicating an adviser on
the Online Assessment System does not replace submitting an M-2 or D-1
or Change of Committee form. An adviser is not official until the appropriate
form is submitted to the Graduate School.
Required Forms. List the month and year for each official form
you have submitted to the Graduate School. The Graduate Studies Office
(Tate 107A) can remind you of this information if needed.
Progress and Teaching Reports. This is the information to which
your adviser will directly respond. In your Progress Report you should
describe your progress toward your degree and discuss any strengths
or weaknesses you may have. In your Teaching Report you should discuss
your teaching experience over the last year, including your strengths
and weaknesses.
Awards. List any internal or external awards you have received,
the months and years you received them, and the monetary value of the
awards, if any.
Conference Travel. This category includes any conferences you
have attended or plan to soon attend, whether or not you present at
them.
Coursework. List the courses you have taken during the last
year. This information can help your adviser keep track of your progress
toward the degree.
Employment. Under this category list assistantships, internships,
or any other degree-related employment.
Grants and Fellowships. Please include any fellowships and grants
for which you have applied, including ones that were unfunded or are
pending.
Presentations. List any presentations/papers you have given,
and indicate whether the conferences were local, regional, or national/international.
Publications. Use the "Open Citation Form" (found
just below "Add/Edit an Entry") to list quarterly or yearly
publications or to list books. Though the Open Citation Form will ask
for a month and year, these dates will not be listed when you add the
publication. The dates are required for administrative bookkeeping.
Basic HTML tags may be used for formatting:
Service Activities. Please list any activities or groups you
have been participated in both on and off campus.
Teaching Experience. Under this category list the course title
and section title/theme for each course you have taught.
Other categories may be completed, but are not required. Information
from previous years may be added as well. When using the CV generator,
you have the option of which categories you may choose to include.
If you have any questions about how to fill out the required information,
please contact the Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies. If you
have any problems with the system or suggestions for its improvement,
please contact Steven Richardson in the Graduate School: richardsonsc@missouri.edu
/ 884-0584.
Health Insurance
Each academic year graduate students should enroll in a health insurance
plan. You can enroll in MU's student health insurance program either
during PAWS registration, or by calling the cashier's office at (573)
882-3097. For graduate students with a 50% FTE assistantship, insurance
rates are fully subsidized. Subsidies do not take effect automatically,
however; in order to activate the health insurance subsidy, contact
GMISP Coordinator, Karen Gruen (GruenK@missouri.edu)
or stop by 210 Jesse Hall.
For a copy of the GMISP form, as well as a list of the plans and rates,
visit the Graduate School Medical Insurance webpages.
Insurance for children and spouses is also available for a semesterly
or yearly fee.
Libraries
The main library on the MU campus is Ellis
Library, located at the intersection of 9th Street and Conley Avenue
(just across Conley from Tate Hall). Ellis is part of the MOBIUS system
of Missouri libraries, making interlibrary loan a fairly quick process.
Lending privileges for graduate students are four months for books and
overnight for journals.
Library features:
- Anne Barker, the research librarian for English,
will become an invaluable contact during your graduate career at MU.
She is very helpful and easily reachable via email.
- Copy services: located on the first floor near
the main entrance
- Bookmark Cafe: located on the ground floor
Library Services for Graduate Students website
Mentoring Program
During the summer before beginning their English graduate program,
all new students are paired with an experienced graduate student mentor
whose program most nearly matches their own. The mentor's perspective
provides a valuable supplement to the advising of the Master's student
by the Director of Graduate Studies and of the doctoral students by
faculty members. Your mentor will be available to answer any questions
you might have about relocating, signing up for classes, or anything
else you might need to know about studying at MU and living in Columbia.
MU Identification Card
Student IDs are made at the University Book Store in Brady Commons.
You can find the office to the left of the children's book section on
the main floor. The sooner you get this done, the shorter the lines
will be. For further information and hours of operation see the IAT
services ID
office site. (back to arrival checklist)
MU links
Office/Desk
Space
All graduate teaching assistants and instructors (MA
and PhD) are assigned shared desk space in the basement of Tate Hall
in rooms 1 and 6. Keys for these offices are distributed to incoming
students during orientation. In order to keep our offices safe and dry,
be sure to close the windows and lock the doors if you are the last
one to leave your office for the day. While there is a phone in both
Tate 1 and Tate 6, these phones are used by all instructors: no voice
mail is as yet available. Therefore, a more reliable way for students
to contact you would be for you to list your email address on your syllabus
rather than your office phone.
Parking
- If you have a car and choose to park on campus,
you need to plan ahead. There are metered spaces around campus and in
the Hitt Street lot (70 minutes for $0.50) and Turner street lot (60
minutes for $0.50).
- The best option is to pay for a semester-
or year-long parking tag for one of the parking garages. We
recommend Hitt Street Garage. In your first semester at MU,
you will receive a green permit request card signed by Sharon Black
of the English Department representative. These parking spaces are distributed
on a first-come-first-served basis, so return the form as soon as you
have established a local mailing address. Subsequent permits requests
can be placed online
or at the Parking & Transportation Services Office located in the
Turner Avenue Garage. To contact PTS directly, call (573) 882-4568.
Pawprint
Your pawprint allow you access to a variety of university services
including email, library databases (when off-campus), WebCT/Blackboard,
electronic reserve, and the bengal network. You must activate your pawprint
through the IAT
Services website to take advantage of any of the services listed
above.
Payroll
See Dottie Long, the department's fiscal officer, in 107 Tate Hall
to fill out some paperwork. You need to take a driver's license and
your social security card. If you don't have these two forms of i.d.,
call her at (573) 882-6918 to see what other forms of i.d. she can accept
(back to arrival checklist).
Printsmart
Printsmart is a service available to all financially enrolled MU students,
allowing printing at on-campus computer sites. In essence, this service
allows you to print for free while at the library or in one of the labs
on campus. Print allotment is $35/year; those enrolled in summer courses
receive an additional $7. (more
info).
Program
Requirements
Both MA and PhD students are required to take English 8005, Introduction
to Graduate Studies, in their first year of study (1 credit hour, 2
semesters). Consult the degree program pages for specific requirements:
Registration
Fall semester early registration is in May. Winter semester early registration
is in October. Late registration starts the week before each semester
begins. Course details and descriptions are available through the department
website.
In order to register for courses, you will need your four-digit PIN
number given to you by the registrar. For instructions on how to register
for courses by using either the STARMU (online) or PAWS (phone) system,
go to the registrar
website.
For more details, see the FAQ
For Newly Accepted Students.
Student Fees
A breakdown of student fees appears on your billing statement. Included
among the student fees are Information Technology Fee, Activities Fee,
Recreation Facility Fee, and Health Insurance Fee. Bills are accessible
online at the Mizzou
Lockbox.
Teaching Assignments and Procedures
The Composition Staff has recently completed the Instructor's Guide
to English 1000 at Missouri...available online.
MA Students: Master’s students who are assigned a teaching
assistantship typically work as tutors in the Writing Lab of the Student
Success Center during their first year. More information about this
will be discussed during your tutoring orientation at the beginning
of the school-year. Additionally, many master's students serve as teaching
assistants who help grade papers and run discussion sections in larger
English classes. Those students who will be teaching their own sections
of English 1000 during the second year of the master’s program
will need to take English 8010: Theory and Practice of Composition in
the second semester of their first year.
PhD Students: Typically, PhD students are assigned to teach
English 1000: Exposition and Argumentation during their first semester
in the program, which is taught while concurrently taking English 8010:
Theory and Practice of Composition. After the first semester of the
program, PhD students can thereafter submit their teaching preferences
for each semester. Listed below are the possible
courses PhD students may teach:
- Composition and Professional Writing Courses:
- English 1000: Exposition and Argumentation
- English 1000 Stretch (10 students with scores
below 18 on English usage test; involves additional time tutoring
in the Writing Lab)
- English 1000 GH (general honors: teaching
requests for this course must be accompanied by a paragraph-long
proposal)
- English 1000 IS (international students)
- English 2010: Intermediate Composition
- English 2030: Professional Writing (meets
in computer lab)
- Literature, Film, and Other Courses:
- English 1210: Introduction to British Literature
- English 1310: Introduction to American Literature
- English 1810/1820: Introduction to Film (appointments
usually made in the fall for the entire year; coordinated by Professor
West)
- English 2100: Writing About Literature
- English 2700: Introduction to Folklore (assignment
determined by Professor Lawless)
- Creative Writing Courses: Creative writing
courses are assigned by a rotation system administered by the Director
of the Creative Writing Program.
- English 1510: Creative Writing: Introduction
to Fiction
- English 1520: Creative Writing: Introduction
to Nonfiction Prose
- English 1530: Creative Writing: Introduction
to Poetry
- English 2510: Creative Writing: Intermediate
Fiction
- English 2520: Creative Writing: Intermediate
Nonfiction Prose
- English 2530: Creative Writing: Intermediate
Poetry
- Teaching Assistant Positions: Teaching Assistant
positions are in partnership with faculty members; availability varies;
sometimes includes: English 1100, 3300, 3310, and others; assignments
are coordinated with Professor Dawson
- Composition Staff: in lieu of one course; involves
supervisory duties; requires at least two semesters of composition
teaching experience; usually a year-long appointment
- Writing Lab Assistant: in lieu of one course;
help to train, observe, and mentor the English department MA tutor-interns.
Requires previous experience teaching English 1000 and tutoring writing.
- Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies:
If interested in this position, contact the English Department Director
of Graduate Studies. The position is in lieu of one course, and usually
a year-long commitment. Minimal computer skills required.
Ordering Books: Textbook order
sheets will be distributed in department mailboxes and are due approximately
two weeks after course assignments are announced (usually during the
last month of the fall and winter semesters). You will be notified by
Vickie about any desk copies that arrive for your course(s).
Copying: The copy machine for graduate
assistants and graduate instructors is located in 6 Tate Hall. At the
start of each semester, Sharon Black will give you a copy code and a
semester copy allotment (typically 1000 copies for each course you are
teaching). Many instructors post course handouts on Blackboard,
WebCT, or
ERES in order
to minimize paper copies.
Student Success Center Tutoring: Tutoring
services are available for your students via the Writing Lab in the
Student Success Center. An
English graduate student tutor will be assigned as the primary tutor
for each English 1000 course you teach. Tutoring services in the Writing
Lab are also available for graduate student use.
Electronic Class Rosters are available
through the registrar's
website. Logon with your pawprint and password to access current
course enrollment information.
Travel Funds
The Graduate Professional
Council and the Graduate
Student Association both have travel funds available for graduate
students who have presented at academic conferences. Travel Grant applications
will be due each semester to the EGSA GPC and GSA representatives. Due
dates will be announced at EGSA meetings and on the EGSA listserv.
The Center for Arts and Humanities (CAH) offers grants in advance
of travel, so be sure to apply early. The CAH also offers financial
support for research, scholarship, and creative activities, providing
individual awards in the range of $250 to $500. Collaborative awards
are potentially higher.
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