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Student Services

• PhD, MA, and MFA Program Handbooks
• Forms for PhDs and MAs
• Research Tools
• Teaching Support and Resources
• GSO: English Graduate Student Organization
• dislocate (MFA student-run print and online literary journal)
• Graduate Student Funding Information
• Student Activities and Awards

Program Handbooks:

• PhD and MA Program Handbook
• MFA Program Handbook

Forms for PhDs and MAs

Timely Progress Forms and Advising Cards

• PhD Progress Report (DOC)
• PhD advising card (DOC)
• MA Progress Report (DOC)
• MA advising card (DOC)

PhD Forms and Procedures

• Doctor of Philosophy Forms and Procedures (English) This site explains the coursework stage, the preliminary exam stage, the dissertation-writing stage, the Defense Stage, and the Graduation Stage.
• Forms for the Doctoral Degrees (The Graduate School)
• Doctoral Graduation Packet (Request in the semester of your intended graduation)
• Electronic Dissertation Submission Information

MA Forms and Procedures

• Forms for Master's Degrees (The Graduate School)
• Master's Graduation Packet

Travel Forms

• Graduate Student Travel form (DOC)

Funding Requests and Out-of-Pocket Expenses

• Student Out-of-Pocket Reimbursement Pre-Approval Form (DOC)
• Policy for Undergraduate or Graduate Student Activities (DOC)
• Letter of Agreement for Undergraduate or Graduate Student Activities (DOC)
• Student Groups Events Arrangments (DOC)
• Student Groups Events Form (DOC)

Research Tools

• Frequently Used Research Sites
• Finding the Most Recent Scholarship (DOC)
• Subfields (Graduate and Faculty Working Groups). In addition to providing feedback on your written work and supporting you during the program, many subfields keep an extensive list of research links on their sites.

Teaching Support and Resources

• Teaching Support
• Teaching with Writing (The Center for Writing offers many resources for instructors, including resources on assignments and activities, responding and grading, grammar and mechanics, and preventing plagiarism. Students can also browse the Center for Writing library or set up a one-on-one meeting with a consultant in order to discuss how to develop, improve, or grade writing assignments.)
• Equipment

GSO

The Graduate Student Organization supports graduate students and represents graduate student concerns to faculty. See also the GSO blog.

dislocate

dislocate is a print and online literary journal that is edited by graduate students in the University of Minnesota MFA Program in Creative Writing.

Graduate Student Funding

• Types of Funding for Graduate Students
• Graduate Student Grants, Fellowships, Awards, Internships, and Postdoctoral Fellowships (DOC)
• Internship Opportunities

Student Activities and Awards

• Dissertations in Progress
• Awards