From the Ohio State Sustainability Institute
The Ohio State University is dedicated to advancing education, research, innovation and partnerships related to sustainability. To further these goals, the Sustainability Institute is pleased to offer funding to support student research in sustainability.
Priority will be given to student research that creates opportunities to use our campuses as living laboratories or connects Ohio State to our local communities.
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to share that Ohio State continues to make advances in graduate associate and fellowship compensation to better recruit, retain and support talented students.
The Student Wellness Center (SWC) offers free, one-on-one coaching to support students’ nutrition, financial well-being, and overall wellness. Coaching is student-centered, private, and focused on building practical skills for success during college and beyond.
Applications to graduate submitted on Grad Forms
Final examinations completed
Report on Final Exam form completed by committee
Final document (if applicable) submitted to OhioLINK and accepted by the Graduate School
Student Life Disability Services (SLDS) is seeking professional or graduate students and staff volunteers to assist with seating students and room monitoring during final exams from Friday, Dec. 12, through Thursday, Dec. 18. Shifts are typically 1-2 hours, and you may sign up for as many as you'd like. Select shifts on the AU '25 Finals Volunteer Sign Up by Friday, Dec. 5.
"One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination."
– John C. Maxwell
Come and join us for this year’s Graduate Faculty Mentorship Workshop Series. Learn from Ohio State’s own experts and this year’s GFMA winners about mentorship.
This workshop series is open to:
Nominations for the Graduate Associate Leadership Award (GALA) will be accepted from Ohio State graduate faculty starting Sept. 8, 2025. Graduate students who have been actively engaged in leadership responsibilities on and/or off campus are eligible. Your faculty advisor or another graduate faculty member familiar with your leadership activities can nominate you. Award winners receive a certificate, $2,000, and are invited to attend our Graduate School Annual Award Ceremony in spring term.
Nominations are now open for the 2025-2026 Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA), Ohio State’s highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students serving as graduate teaching associates (GTAs). This is a one-time $2,000 award given out every spring. Exceptional GTAs can be nominated from now until Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. by any Ohio State student, staff or faculty member.
The following represents an important change made to the Graduate School’s current Poor Performance policy.
In Section 5.3, altered current policy to skip academic action (i.e., remediation or probation) during a summer term in which an eligible student is not enrolled in a course that impacts their cGPA (e.g., courses graded S/U).
The following represents an important change made to the Graduate School’s current Continuous Enrollment policy.