Faculty and Staff Updates

From the Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education

  • New Summer Temporary Hourly Position Template for Summer 2024 Dear Graduate Coordinators, Program Directors, and Financial Processors, The Graduate School is pleased to make available the new summer temporary hourly position template for Summer 2024. Employment offers for summer hourly positions must use this template. We will be discussing it further in our two scheduled summer work processing training session. We hope to see many […]
  • New Assistantship and Period Activity-Based Pay Letter Templates for Summer 2024 Dear Graduate Coordinators, Program Directors, and Financial Processors, The Graduate School is pleased to make available the new summer 2024 assistantship appointment letter template and the summer 2024 activity- based appointment letter template. Employment offers for summer assistantships and period activity pay (PAP) must use these templates as they contain the topics required by the […]
  • New Admissions and Assistantship Letter Templates for Fall 2024 Dear Graduate Coordinators, Program Directors, and Financial Processors, The Collective Bargaining Agreement with UAW representing academic student employees (ASEs) has now been ratified. As we move into the implementation period, we are working across the system to set new processes in place. During this time, we will build new tools and communicate updates to assist […]
  • Graduate Admissions Management Dear Colleagues, As of today, we have received 157 new fall 2024 graduate student applications, with an additional 1,839 applications in progress. Additionally, we have 188 applicants for the Spring 2024 term awaiting decisions. These candidates require our immediate attention to either admit, deny, or defer their applications to a subsequent term. Reflecting on the […]
  • Policy Revisions to the Individual Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that on October 19, 2023, the Washington State University Faculty Senate unanimously passed significant updates to the policies governing our Individual Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program (IIDP). First established in 1983, WSU’s IIDP has been a leader in supporting students and providing them valuable opportunities as they work within a […]

Graduate Coordinator and Director Listserv Digest

  • Graduate Assessment Office Hours Dear Colleagues, The Graduate School will begin offering weekly “office hours” to answer questions about graduate assessment and the 2022-24 biennial comprehensive assessment report on Tuesday, March 19 and ending on Tuesday May 28. Links to attend the morning and afternoon sessions are below. Morning Session: Tuesdays at 10:00 AM (3/18-5/28) Afternoon Session: Tuesdays at […]
  • 2023 Graduate Program Assessment Summary Report Dear Colleagues, The Graduate School is pleased to share the attached 2023 Graduate Program Assessment Summary Report, which documents the assessment activities and use of assessment data that graduate programs accomplished during the 2023 academic year. In 2020, the Graduate School implemented an alternating-year cycle to regularly collect and review graduate program assessment data. The […]
  • Graduate Assistantship Processing Training Sessions Hello All, With Spring semester around the corner, please  join us for one of the two Graduate Assistantship Processing training sessions that will be held on Wednesday November 15th and Thursday December 14th.  Please feel free to forward this email to those that would be interested or are involved in assistantship processing. You can sign […]