May 25, 2005

 
MEMORANDUM

TO: Deans, Department Chairs, and Graduate Program Directors
FROM: Ronald Rogers
SUBJECT: GRADUATE ASSISTANT TUITION AWARDS – FALL 2005 AND SPRING 2006
 


The requests for tuition awards for qualifying graduate students for the fall 2005 and spring 2006 semesters are due in this office by the following dates:

Fall 2005 – June 24, 2005 Spring 2006 – October 21, 2005

These deadlines will permit sufficient time for registering these awards on each student’s account before the deadlines for confirmation of schedules, which are as follows:

Fall 2005 – August 12, 2005 Spring 2006 – December 9th, 2005

Please make a note of these important dates in your department calendars.

There have been no significant changes in the requirements for graduate students to be approved for tuition awards since last year; however, please take the time to peruse the attached documents as they include important information about who qualifies for tuition awards.

Note that all of the forms that are to be used can be downloaded from the Graduate School web site at the following address:
http://www.graduate.ua.edu/admin/forms/index.html, and from the Contract & Grant Accounting Office web site at: http://cga.ua.edu/c&gaccounting_forms.html.

Please make sure that copies of this memo are forwarded to everyone in your area who has any responsibilities relating to the preparation of tuition forms for your graduate assistants. If you need any additional copies of this memo please go to the Graduate School web site and download copies directly.


The attachments with this memo are:
1 Teaching Assistants – In State Tuition Form | Excel Format
2 Research, Administrative, & Other Assistants – In State Tuition Form | Excel Format
3 Contract and Grant Tuition and Fees Form | Excel Format
4 Special Request for Out of State Tuition Award for Graduate Assistants | Excel Format
5 Determination of Graduate Assistantship Type | Excel Format
6 SACS 18-Hour Rule | Excel Format
7 Graduate Assistantships and Admission Status | Excel Format
8 Admissions Status Worksheet | Excel Format
9 Permissible Assistantships for Non-Native Speakers of English | Excel Format
10 Policies and Guidelines
11 Effect of Early Withdrawal/Resignation on Tuition Award | Excel Format
12 Teaching and research Assistants’ Tuition Payments | Excel Format
13 Graduate Assistant Tuition Policy
14 Graduate Student Minimum Registration Requirements | Flow Chart

Thank you.

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Cc: 

Ms. Dorothy Martin
Ms. Carlene Jones
Ms. Cindy Jones
Graduate School Web Developer
Department Graduate Assistant Administrators