1. Graduate Recruitment Workshop
Graduate College
fau.edu/graduate

2. Overview Welcome and Overview What’s Inside Your Folders
Graduate College Services and Programs
Fellowships and Scholarships
Tuition Waiver Policy
Best Practices in Graduate Recruitment
International Student Recruitment
Graduate Recruitment Grant and Fellowship Program Application
Questions and Workshop Evaluation

3. What is inside your Folders?
Left Pocket:
Enrollment, Admissions, and Degrees Awarded Data
Effective Recruitment Practices Survey Results
Faculty Guide for Graduate Student Funding
Recruitment Grant and Fellowship Timeline
Fellowship Volunteer Card
Right Pocket:
Open House Flyer
Graduate College Brochure
FAU’s MT Championship Flyer
Pathways to Graduate Education Flyer
Graduate Student Tuition and Fees Breakdown
Graduate College Contacts
Recruitment Workshop Evaluation

4. Graduate College Services and Programs
Graduate College Recruitment
Graduate College Open House
Information Sessions
Recruitment Workshop
Graduate College Admissions
New Graduate Student Orientation
Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation
Academic Planning/ Plan of Study
Thesis and Dissertation Manuscript Reviews
Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Workshops
Professional Development Workshops
3MT – Three Minute Thesis
Graduate and Professional Research Day (GPSA)
Graduate College eNews
Graduate Degree Certification
Master’s En Passant
Graduate Pathways

5. Financial Support Available to Graduate Students
Presidential Fellowship
Provost Fellowship
Alice Griffin AAUW Fellowship
Newell Doctoral Fellowship
Delores Auzenne Fellowship
Graduate Diversity Fellowship
Graduate Fellowship for Academic Excellence
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Thesis and Dissertation Scholarships
Tuition Waivers for Assistantships (921 students as of 10/16)
We need your expertise to select recipients! (See volunteer slip in packet.)

6. Fellowships Awarded for 2018-2019
Presidential Year 1
Presidential Year 2
Provost
Total Fellowships 42 30 70
Total Funding
$210,000
$150,000
$175,000
McKnight
Alice Griffin
Academic Excellence
Pathways
Auzenne
Newell
Diversity
Three Minute Thesis
Thesis / Dissertation
FYTD
TBD
Total Fellowships / Scholarships 4 2 8 35 5 11 32 7
Total Funding
$48,000
$5,000
$40,000
$70,000
$25,000
$27,500
$22,250
$3,500
University Wide
Grand Total Fellowships/Scholarships
254 
Grand Total Funding
$816,250 

7. Recruitment Grants Awarded 2017-2018
College
Number
Total $$
Total 57
$ 105,600

8. Funding Available for 2019-2020
Presidential Fellowships: 20 new awards
Provost Fellowships: 40 new awards
Financial Aid Component

9. Tuition Waiver Policy Policy is continuously being reviewed
Workshop was hosted on July 19, 2018
43 Attendees
To view the current policy visit our website:

13. Best Practices in Graduate Recruitment

14. Recruitment Strategies
Advertise!
Department website – Update regularly!
Know your numbers
Invite prospective students to campus
Collect electronic prospective student request forms
Highlight student and alumni testimonials

16. Recruitment Strategies
Utilize the Graduate Student Candidate Identification System (GCIS)
FREE resource to gain access to names of undergraduate students in the state
Filter by major, school, GPA
Contact Christian Decle to run a search

17. FAU Graduate Enterprise

18. Center for Global Engagement
Executive Director, Mihaela Metianu
International Student Services
Director, Edyta Klimczak
International Admissions
Associate Director, Erin Hari
Immigration Services and Compliance
Manager, Adriana Chow-Ellison
Education Abroad
Director, Liz Vocasek
Intensive English Institute
Director, Christina Cavage

19. International Recruitment Fall 2018, Recruitment Schedule
EducationUSA Fairs
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Santiago, Chile
Lima, Peru
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador
Bogota, Colombia
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

20. Fall 2018 Graduate International Student Data Total F-1 Population: 336 (10 Navitas)
Top Countries Represented College
College Distribution
Country
Quantity
India 43
China 39
Saudi Arabia 29
Iran 24
Bangladesh 21
Nepal 20
Nigeria 14
Brazil 13
Canada 10
College
Quantity
Arts and Letters 28
Business
80 (7)
Design and Social Inquiry 10
Education 16
Engineering and Computer Science
108 (3)
Nursing
Medicine 3
Science 81

21. Graduate Enrollment Management Best Practices
Create an intentional recruitment strategy driven by data
Recruitment fairs
GRE/GMAT name purchase
E-recruitment strategies
Develop marketing materials specific to international applicants
Rankings/quality of program
Program affordability/scholarships
Pathway to career/return on investment
Webpages specifically for an international market
Create prompt and sustained communication flow
, text, WhatsApp, WeChat
All stages (inquiry, applicant and admit)
24-48 hour response time

22. International Admissions Roles and Responsibilities
Complete internal course by course evaluations of foreign transcripts
Currently complete evaluations for all post-secondary transcripts submitted by graduate, undergraduate and Navitas applicants.
Develop marketing materials for international prospects
Recently developed recruitment flyers for undergraduate, transfer and graduate international recruitment efforts
Future goal of creating an international applicant specific landing site on the FAU website and translated materials
Develop policies and procedures to guide the admissions process
3-year degree policy
Updated English language policy (currently in review)
24-48 hour response time

23. International Admissions Roles and Responsibilities (con’t)
International recruitment
9 EducationUSA Fairs and 3 CIS Fairs during the fall semester
Enhance communication efforts to prospects and applicants
Conduct individualized outreach to UG international prospects and applicants
Review current UG communication campaigns and adapt for an international audience

24. International Student Onboarding International Student Services
Contact new admits on a daily basis
Run an admissions report on a daily basis to pull names of recent international admits
Newly admitted students are sent a pre-arrival
I-20 documentation requirements and F-1 or J-1 visa application process
Pre-arrival information with required online orientation instructions
Create I-20 or DS-2019
Once the applicant has submitted all of the required documentation, the I-20 will be shipped along with the letter of admission
Required pre-arrival orientation and check-in registration
Once applicants complete this step, the IS hold will be removed
On-campus immigration check-in and orientation
Required for all new international students

25. Questions?

26. Program Sheets
* will be sent post-event asking for changes to the contact information section of your program’s Program Sheet

27. Graduate Recruitment Grant and Fellowship Application
will be sent providing link to the application
Go to:
Submit one application via the google form link.
Applications are due by Friday, November 9, 2018, by 5:00 p.m.

28. Recruitment Grant and Fellowship Award Timeline
Friday, November 9, 2018: Submit Recruitment Grant and Fellowship Application
Tuesday, December 4, 2018: Departments Notified of Awards
Friday, December 19, 2018: Recruitment Grants disbursed to department accounts
Friday, August 9, 2019: Fellowship Acceptance Forms turned into the Graduate College

29. Changes to the Presidential and Provost Fellowship Award Process
An award letter and acceptance form will be provided to each department that has approved vetted language
Departments will use those templates to send their selected Presidential and Provost Fellowship recipients an award letter and acceptance form
Send the Graduate College the signed acceptance form by August 9, 2019

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