Dear Graduate Program Director,

Please see this month's version of the GPD Brief below!

The GPD Brief provides important information regarding deadlines, events, administrative updates, and more. Feel free to forward this message to other faculty and staff in your department who may find this information helpful. Previous Briefs can be found here!

Please remind your students to apply for graduation as soon as possible. The deadline to submit the graduation application is October 4th, and we want to ensure everyone is prepared for this important milestone.

How to Apply?

To make the process easier, our wonderful commencement team has created a step-by-step video guide that students can follow. Encourage them to watch and apply promptly!

Please share information on the Express Application and Exclusive Graduate Tuition Rate to help recruit our high achieving undergraduate students into our graduate programs. Faculty teaching undergraduate courses and advisors are key to helping us get the word out about all the great reasons to stay at UNF for a graduate degree! What better way to pick the best candidate for your Graduate Assistant? Download or print the flyer on the GPD Canvas about these benefits. 

The Graduate School offers a number of resources to support our Graduate Program Directors. The GPD Canvas includes information on how to: list cross-level courses, propose accelerated pathways, use Slate to review applicants, use Banner to approve forms, and much more! Our website includes information on how to nominate graduate faculty and get non-grad faculty approved to teach, as well as graduate student awards, grants and fellowships, and more.

We are committed to providing you with the tools needed to assist you! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at graduateschool@unf.edu. 

Next week over 1,000 students and alumni are expected to visit UNF Career Week, UNF’s week-long series of career fairs at the UNF University Center. Registration links are found below, and there is no cost for registration for UNF departments, just register with the “UNF Department” option.

Questions? Just email Brooke Hammon at Brooke.Hammon@unf.edu, and registration closes at end of business on Wednesday, September 18th.  Bring everything you would want to showcase your programs, including handouts, materials and more.  

If you are unable to attend the career fair but would like to have your information displayed at the grad table, please get your materials to the Grad school office by this Friday.

Faculty and staff can nominate a UNF junior, senior or graduate student who embodies the spirit of caring, volunteerism and humanitarianism for the Caring Award. The winning student will receive a bronze sculpture, be honored during commencement and receive a donation made in their name to the charity of their choosing!

Nominations must be submitted by Thursday, September 19. For more information, please visit the UNF foundation website or contact Lea Fernandes at l.fernandes@unf.edu or (904) 620-5384 

IWith the weather finally starting to cool down, it's the perfect time to join us for UNF Market Wednesdays! We encourage you to sign up to table with us on at least one market day. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your program, connect with students, and answer any questions they might have. Don’t miss this chance to boost your program’s visibility!

Sign up here to reserve your spot.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to our office with any questions you might have!

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