Q: I'm looking for a graduate assistantship.
Do you know of any resources that could help me?
A: Unfortunately there isn't
one place a graduate student can go to find all available information
on assistantships. Often the most effective method is to talk
to your department and drop your resume off at different offices
around campus.
That
said, there are two places where available assistantships are
posted. The first is through University
Human Resources. New postings are often added on Fridays.
The other place to look is through Terp
Online, the list of jobs posted by the Career Center.
What is Graduate Student Life?
see GSL:
About the Office
How can I find housing in the DC-area?
see New Grads:
Housing
How do I get a Graduate Student
ID card?
see New Grads: Graduate
Student ID
How can I sign up for Athletics
tickets?
Graduate students do pay less in Athletics
fees (approximately 10% of the total revenue from student
athletic fees) and the compromise that Graduate Student Government
worked out with Athletics
was to set aside 10% of student tickets for a separate graduate
student lottery system. If graduate students don't use their
allocated tickets, they go up for grabs with undergrads. Two
years ago, graduate students had to compete for tickets with
undergrads and they weren't doing very well. For more details
on how the system works and how to register, go to
https://ticketreturn.com/umd/
Q: What exactly
is an After-Hours permit? How is it different from the parking
permit that we already pay for?
A: The after-hours permit is basically a free add-on
to a current parking permit. As a student you have access to
certain student lots on campus. The after-hours pass grants
you additional parking privileges for parking in 24-hour restricted
faculty/staff parking lots between 4 pm and 7 am. The intent
is to let some graduate assistants (GA, RA, TA) take advantage
of prime parking spots that would otherwise go unused in the
evenings.
More
information on obtaining an After-Hours Permit
Q. Who receives the Graduate Student
Service Announcements?
A. All graduate students registered for that semester (Fall,
Spring, Summer)
Q. How can I change the email account
that receives the Graduate Student Service Announcements?
A. The Graduate Services Announcement doesn't work like a normal
listserv and the GSL administrator cannot update, add or remove
names from the list. The system pulls emails automatically from
campus databases of registered graduate students. It checks
the email listed in your ARES payroll accounts (if you have
one) and then checks your Testudo information. If there are
two different emails, it will assume that the email address
on ARES is more correct. All you need to do is change the email
listed in Testudo or update your profile in ARES. In about 1
week, the system will switch over to your new email.
Q. Can I use the Graduate Student
Service Announcements to send my own announcements to graduate
students?
A. The email is only for sending administrative announcements
that are timely and of general interest to graduate students.
Student organizations cannot post announcements. One exception
is some announcements by Graduate Student Government (GSG).
GSG serves as a graduate governance organization and has quasi-administrative
status and the manager of the Graduate Student Activity Fee.
Q. How
can I stop receiving Graduate Student Service Announcements?
A. There is no way to unsubscribe from the email as you can
with a listserv. The system we use updates the list of registered
graduate students every week by pulling them from the university's
databases. Once you are no longer a registered student, your
name should be removed automatically after about one week.
Q: How many graduate students do I need to register
a graduate student organization?
A: Five graduate students who are currently registered for classes
at the University of Maryland College Park.
Q: The STARS system has a "registration"
and "recognition" category for student groups. How
do these categories apply to graduate student organizations?
A: The registration process is the only one relevant to graduate
student organizations. Recognition is the process by which undergraduate
groups can make themselves eligible to receive funding from
the STudent Government Association. Registered graduate student
organizations are automatically eligible to apply for and receive
funding from GSG.
Q: How can I receive funding for my graduate student
organization?
A: Many groups charge membership dues to raise money for events
and activities. Registered student organizations are also eligible
to receive money from the Graduate Activity Fee that is managed
by GSG. For more information on this process see the GSG's financial
guide on their website at www.gsg.umd.edu/financial.
Q: Can a graduate student join an "undergraduate"
organization?
A:Yes, all campus student organizations are open to any registered
student at the University of Maryland. In fact, over 15% of
graduate students claim membership in at least one undergraduate
organization. There may, however, be some restrictions regarding
leadership roles in those organizations.
Q: What's the difference between a graduate organization
and an undergraduate organization?
A: Since graduate students can join undergraduate organization
and vice versa, the primary difference between the two is the
source of funding and organization leadership. Graduate student
organizations must have a majority of their membership be graduate
students and have graduate students serving in executive positions.
Graduate student organizations are not eligible to receive money
from Student Government Association or Student Entertainment
Events (commonly known as SEE) because both groups are funded
by undergraduate activity fees.
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