Managing your Graduate Appointment New Graduate Student Orientation Fall 2015 Katherine Tadlock, Assistant Dean
Dec 27, 2015
Managing your Graduate Appointment
New Graduate Student Orientation
Fall 2015
Katherine Tadlock, Assistant Dean
Overview
• What do you have? • What do you need to know?• What do you need to do?• How do you get your money?
What do you have?
• Graduate AppointmentsResearch, Teaching, or Graduate
• Graduate Recruitment ScholarshipGRS
• Fellowship
Graduate Appointment/GRS
• Carries a work requirement and provides a stipend.
• May include a full, half, or partial tuition scholarship.
• Requires employment paperwork.
Fellowship
• Scholarship.• Includes a tuition
scholarship. • Does not carry a work
requirement.• May require tax
paperwork.
What do I sign?
Award letter sent to your Ohio University e-mail address.
Log into the Graduate Appointment Portal.
Review the Graduate Appointment Guidelines.
Complete Employment Paperwork
www.ohio.edu/graduate/current/apptsdetail.cfm
Portal: www.ohio.edu/graduate/current/index.cfm
Registration Requirements
Graduate Appointment• Minimum 12 graduate
hours (fall & spring)
Fellowship and GRS• Minimum 15 graduate
hours (fall & spring)
• Graduate courses numbered 5000 and higher• Courses taken for Audit, Undergraduate courses, and
OPIE prefix courses do not count.• Complete registration by Friday of the second week of
the semester.• Departments may require more registration hours.
Standards of Work
• Maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
Graduate Appointment/GRS
• Meet quality of work expectations set by department and supervisor.
Credits applied to your bill
• Instructional Fees – Tuition Scholarship• Non-Resident Surcharge
Appointment letter indicates amount covered
• General Fee – partial subsidy creditStudents with a GRS, half, or full tuition scholarship
• Health InsuranceBased on stipend amount, may receive $40 subsidy toward health insurance
Payment ScheduleGraduate Appointment/GRS• Stipends pay in semi-
monthly installments.
Fellowship• Fellowships disburse in
monthly installments.
Tuition scholarship applied at beginning of semester once registration requirement is met.
Paperwork Requirements:Fellowships
• New Employee Tax Compliance Notification (non-US citizens only)
Paperwork Requirements:Grad Appointment/GRS
• Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9)
• Tax Forms (W-4)• PERS Form• University Personal
Data Profile• Direct Deposit
Authorization
• New Employee Tax Compliance Notification (non-US citizens only)
• Student Employee Hire Checklist
• Notice of Fraud Reporting System
• Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability
Completing an I-9Must present official documents that:• Establish Identity• Establish Employment
Authorization
Your I-9 must be completed by 5:00 PM Wednesday, August 26 in order to retain your appointment.
What about the SSN?New to the US? Don’t have a Social Security Number?• Register for classes.• Download the “F-1 Social Security verification letter”
from the ISFS website.www.ohio.edu/global/isfs/students/current-students/forms.cfm
• Follow the letter’s instructions.• Take your card to Payroll AND the Registrar’s Office to
update your accounts.
Employment Paperwork Sessions
• Today 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Baker Ballroom• Friday 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Research & Technology Center Rm 214
If you know you have a graduate appointment for this fall