Campus Resources for Graduate Students

Workshops and Events

Graduate College Calendar of Events for Graduate Student Professional Development
www.grad.uiuc.edu/mastercalendar.htm Numerous workshops and events for graduate students sponsored by Graduate College, CTE, CTEN. Topics relate to dissertation completion, career planning, and professional development.

Support, Problem Solving, and Conflict Resolution

Graduate College
www.grad.uiuc.edu/

Educational Equity Programs
www.grad.uiuc.edu/eep/

Counseling Center
www.couns.uiuc.edu/

Office for Student Conflict Resolution
www.osja.uiuc.edu/

McKinley Health Center
www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/

International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS)
www.ips.uiuc.edu/isss/

YMCA Dissertation Support Group
www.universityymca.org/

Career Guidance

Graduate College Career Services Office (GCCSO)
www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/

Discipline-specific career services offices
www.careerservices.uiuc.edu/

Academic and Teaching Skills

Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
www.oir.uiuc.edu/ - Graduate Teaching Certificate (GTC), workshops, one-on-one advising by education specialists.

College Teaching Effectiveness Network (CTEN)
netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/CollegeTeachingEffectivenessNetwork/

Writers' Workshop
www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/

Financial Support

Fellowship Office
www.grad.uiuc.edu/fellowship/

Emergency Grants
www.grad.uiuc.edu/policies/emergencygrant.htm

Conference Travel Awards
www.grad.uiuc.edu/policies/travelgrant/

Dissertation Travel Grants
https://www.grad.uiuc.edu/fellowship/fellowship.cfm?FellowshipID=2731

Assistantship Clearinghouse
www.grad.uiuc.edu/clearinghouse/

Office of Student Financial Aid
www.osfa.uiuc.edu/

Policies, Procedures, and Deadlines

Graduate Student Handbook
www.grad.uiuc.edu/gradhandbook/
Your department or college may also have its own policy handbook.

Graduate College Academic Calendar
www.grad.uiuc.edu/calendar.htm. Contains information about upcoming deadlines.

Program of Study Catalog
http://courses.uiuc.edu/programs/

Thesis Deposit Handbook
www.grad.uiuc.edu/thesis/

Grad Links newsletter. Provides updates of policy/procedure changes, upcoming deadlines, and other information of interest to graduate students.
www.grad.uiuc.edu/pubs/gradlinks/

Guide to Graduate Life at Illinois
www.grad.uiuc.edu/survivalguide/

Good Guides

Basalla, Susan and Maggie Debelius, "So What Are You Going to Do With That?": A Guide to Career-Changing for M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s.

Goldsmith, John A., John Komlos, and Penny Schine Gold, The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School through Tenure.

Heiberger, Mary Morris and Julia Miller Vick, The Academic Job Search Handbook, 3rd ed.

Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, available at
www.hhmi.org/grants/office/graduate/labmanagement.html.

Peters, Robert L., Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or Ph.D.