1. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly0 Graduate Assembly - Spring 2012 Introductions Announcements GSO Briefing on GA Unionization Efforts Current Status of UHM Graduate Education Financial Aid Changes Reorganization Update Annual Program Reviews Reminders

2. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly1 Announcements Grad Div awards to Faculty and Students Application Fee Increase New Graduate Programs New International Student Enrollment Requirements Strategic Plan Implementation Committee Proposal on Funding the Ph.D.

3. GSO Briefing Anjali Nath, President and Shanna Clinton, Vice President HB 2589: Allow graduate assistants to unionize 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly2

4. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly3 Current Status Fall 2011 5,161 warm bodies (down 2%) 5,359 enrollments (down 2%) 4,705 Classified Graduate Students (up 2%) –3,477 (67%) full time, 1,684 (33%) part time –1,626 Doctoral, 3,005 Masters –1,176 International Students –2,187 enrolled for 8 or more units 1,323 Graduate Assistants (up 1%) 35 with ‘full’ fellowships (that I know of) 213 EWC fellows (up 32%) Achievement Scholarships about $1,500,000 –($1,024,000 from Graduate Division) UHF Scholarships = $379,000

5. Historical Headcount Enrollment Fall 2001-2011 Master’sDoctoral1 st Prof. 20113,0051,626758 20103,1431,614754 20093,2581,595711 20083,1601,590658 20073,0071,542640 20063,0511,511641 20053,1201,480640 20043,2071,419599 20033,0681,312613 20022,9221,264535 20012,7521,191500 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly4

6. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly5 Current Status Apps up overall, 5490 applications for Fall 2011 –4,975 complete –2,774 admitted –1,673 enrolled Apps to Professional degrees up slightly We continue to try to become more paperless –Accept electronic transcripts, usually via Interfolio –“Official” copies required once the student matriculates

7. Fall 2011 Applications College/SchoolAppsCollege/SchoolApps Arts & Humanities336Natural Sciences565 Asian & Pacific Studies90Nursing400 Business Administration505SOEST234 Education744Outreach511 Engineering119Hawaiian Knowledge26 Graduate Division521Social Sciences805 Interdisciplinary37Social Work251 LLL378TIM21 Medicine (MS & PhD)320CTAHR164 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly6

8. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly7 Current Status OVCAA provided $500K in tuition funds allocated to new TAs Merit (Achievement) awards –Total value same as last year UH Foundation Scholarships –Just a reminder that if you do not allocate the full distribution amount, it does not go back into the endowment

9. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly8 Current Status Graduate Assistants –TA budget augmented by $500K –RA numbers increasing - due to success in obtaining extramural awards No GAs on steps 1-2, 9-month In order to get visas, international students need to be appointed at 9-month step 4 or 11-month step 5 (or higher)

10. GA Stipend Schedule Step9-Month11-Month 113,296 (0)15,558 (46) 213,830 (0)16,176 (13) 314,382 (150)16,824 (116) 414,958 (99)17,496 (140) 515,558 (176)18,198 (143) 616,176 (3)18,924 (48) 716,824 (42)19,680 (31) 817,496 (1)20,466 (59) 918,198 (0)21,288 (16) 1019,680 (0)22,140 (20) 1120,466 (2)23,022 (61) 1221,288 (1)23,946 (42) 1322,140 (0)24,906 (16) 1423,022 (17)25,902 (65) 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly9

11. Summary Stipend Information 1307 Graduate Assistantships $23,516,016 from all funding sources $7,034,855 from G-funds Tuition exemptions totaled ~$19M 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly10

12. Financial Aid Changes New restrictions on subsidized Stafford Loans to grad students; please consult Financial Aid Office for details. Increased scrutiny of courses, all must apply to the degree. No financial aid for more than one repeat of an otherwise non-repeatable course. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly11

13. Reorganization Status Approved by Chancellor Merged Records, Admissions, and Fellowships/Scholarships Hired Director of Graduate Student Services – Jarren Uyehara 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly12

14. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly13 Graduate Council just completed the second round of annual reviews of all UHM programs. Purpose New Procedure Enrollment Management

15. Reminders 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly14 Please sign the roster All of the data collected by Graduate Division that pertains to your programs can be found on our CMS web site: https://cms.grad.hawaii.edu

16. Graduate Division CMS Website https://cms.grad.hawaii.edu/ 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly15

17. More Reminders 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly16 Graduate Division Web site manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/ Facebook www.facebook.com/uhmgd

18. Yet More Reminders 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly17 Make sure your Web sites link to our *NEW* Web site Retired graduate faculty may remain on committees until pau.

19. The Last of the Reminders 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly18 Please don’t change committee membership without having it approved first. New Student Orientation Thursday, August 16, 8:30-11:30

20. Thank you. 10/16/2015Graduate Assembly19 Questions? Announcements? Anything else?