1. Section Overview III Graduate School Recruiting Progress to Degree Forms Graduate Resources

2. Contact: Jacque Smith Director of Graduate Marketing & Advancement Graduate School 487-1434 jacque@mtu.edu

3. Graduate School Recruiting Prospects Applicants Accepts Recruitment Funnel

4. Graduate School Recruiting Recruitment Opportunities Recruiting Materials Displays Give-away items Targeted Prospect Lists Travel Funding Online Classes – Corporate Partners

5. Fall Recruiting Schedule (Sept.) Rose-Hullman Institute of Tech., Terre Haute, IN 19-Sept-07 Purdue, West Lafayette, IN 24-Sept-07

6. Fall Recruiting Schedule (Oct.) University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 1-Oct-07 University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 2-Oct-07 Michigan Tech Career Fair, Houghton, MI 2-Oct-07 Cornell & Syracuse, New York 3-Oct-07 U of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 9-Oct-07 U of MN Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 10-Oct-07 U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 10-Oct-07 Michigan State, E. Lansing, MI 11-Oct-07 Tau Beta Pi Dearborn, MI 11-Oct-07 CONACYT, Mexico City 13-Oct-07 Oakland University, Detroit, MI 16-Oct-07

7. Fall Recruiting Schedule (Nov.) Sigma Xi, Orlando, FL 1-Nov-07 McNair Grad. Fair, Lake Delevan, WI 2-Nov-07

8. Graduate Recruiting Materials Recruiting Materials Grad Brochure At-A-Glance Departmental Research Magazine

9. Graduate Displays

10. Graduate Give-Aways Pencils /Pens Key Chains Flat Media Cleaners Luggage Tags Note Pads More things coming

11. Targeted Prospect Lists Prospects for your areas of research Website Graduate Fairs Peterson’s Faculty/Student/Alumni referrals Conference Lists

12. Travel Funding Purpose – assist in bringing prospective graduate students to campus for a visit. Goal - 35 Grants of $500.00 Available to all graduate programs Funding form available online Follow-up required

13. Online Classes – Corporate Partners Online Classes Contact your Chair if you are interested in developing online offerings. Corporate Partners Our corporate partners are looking for online and professional development educational opportunities.

14. Contact Nancy Sprague Assistant to the Dean Graduate School 487-2755 nspr@mtu.edu

15. Progress to Degree Forms Graduate School Tracking Forms Submission Schedule http://www.gradschool.mtu.edu/trackforms/Submission Schedule.pdf

16. Contact Jacqueline Huntoon Dean Graduate School 487-2327 jeh@mtu.edu

17. Graduate Assistant Cost Share (GACS) Support is available for grad students pursuing the highest degree awarded by a program Dollars committed for GACS must be used to support grad students GACS support may be available for large proposals RSP personnel can answer routine questions about budgets Grad School contact is currently Bonnie Woods

18. When cost share is MANDATORY GACS support: Grad School will provide up to a maximum of 50% of total required cost share Used for tuition or stipend plus fringes Capped at the equivalent of the cost of 9 credits per student (max of 2 students) per semester of academic year (2 semesters) tuition at the time the proposal is submitted.

19. When cost share is NON MANDATORY GACS support: Available for assistant professors serving as lead PI for one grad student per budget year Used for tuition or stipend plus fringes Capped at the equivalent of the cost of 9 credits of academic year tuition (2 semesters) at the time the proposal is submitted

20. Finishing & Recruiting Fellowships Finishing Fellowships - $2,000 each Recruiting Fellowships - $1,000 each Finishing Fellowships – twice a year Recruiting Fellowships – once a year Article will be published in Tech Today

21. Questions? Thank you for coming!