With a growing population of graduate students, it can be a challenge to get everything completed. Please review our resources about our policies and procedures, university credit requirements, and petition requirements to help with advising & mentoring. When you’re ready to celebrate with students, find out what you’ll need for commencement ceremonies and providing career and post-doctoral opportunities.
Graduate Center for Inclusive Mentoring (GCIM)
GCIM’s objective is to equip mentors with the expertise and resources needed to help mentees meet their goals and expectations. Faculty training is developed from Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) training curriculum.
Faculty receive formalized training and mentor development to best support the success of graduate student and postdoc mentees.
Faculty Support for Graduate Students’ Mental Health: Resources and Strategies
This 30-minute workshop offers faculty guidance on how to respond when a graduate student is experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, or thoughts of self-harm or harm to others, and outlines your legal responsibilities in these situations.
You’ll learn about campus resources and how to work with others to ensure students get the help they need, so you don’t have to navigate this challenging situation alone. Our Associate Dean of Student Services is available for individual consultations, group discussions, or presentations at your events. This workshop was developed in collaboration with the CSU Health Network.
Building an Accessible Graduate Experience for Neurodivergent Students
This workshop offers faculty guidance on how to create a more accessible graduate experience for neurodivergent students.
Existing research shows that neurodivergent students often face higher attrition rates in graduate programs, driven by factors like poor mental health and insufficient support. This is especially concerning given the unique strengths these students bring, such as resilience, creativity, and diverse problem-solving approaches.
Participants will explore practical ways to improve the graduate experience for neurodivergent students in classroom, lab, or project settings.
Helpful Links
A few helpful links are below. However, we also encourage you to visit the Mentoring webpage as well as the current and future students pages for student-focused resources.
- Assistantship Resources and Policies
- Competencies Road Map – The Graduate School created a guide for graduate students to use as a framework to develop five core competencies in three areas identified to enhance personal and professional success. The systematic approach helps students progress and build up competencies using CSU resources.
- The Ram Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a process that helps identify professional development needs for students. The RAM IDP helps students refine career objectives, and promote personal growth. Importantly, the IDP functions as a communication tool to enhance dialogue between mentors and their mentees.
- Faculty and Graduate Assistant Professional Interactions guide
- Forms | Petitions
- Student Health Insurance Plan
- Accelerated Master’s Program (AMP)
- Mentoring Suggestions for Students with a Low GPA
- MentorUp Presentation Request: These presentations help graduate students learn how to “manage up” and take an active role in their mentoring relationships. Workshops are available for groups of six or more graduate students and can be scheduled in seminars, department meetings, or student group gatherings.
- National Postdoc Association: CSU faculty, graduate students and postdocs may register for a free affiliate membership of the NPA.
- Policies & Procedures
- Thesis & Dissertation (ETD)
- Transfer Credits
- University Credit Requirements
- Hooding instructions for doctoral candidates
Tuition Forms
- CSU Graduate Differential Tuition Application Form: First Time or Subsequent Requests
- GTA-GSA Tuition Request Form
Services
- Slate Main Page
- Student Resolution Center
- Public Safety at CSU
- Student Financial Services – Residency & Tuition
- Tell Someone: please contact this office if you have witnessed concerning behavior or want support for a CSU community member.
Contact Us
We are here to help, feel free to contact us with specific questions.