Services Offered by GSBS Student Affairs
Services for Students
- Individual advising
Common topics: academic milestone concerns (QE delay, thesis completion timeline, etc.), handling difficult conversations, stress management, negotiation and conflict management, giving and receiving feedback, accomodations, intersections of life and work, leave of absence
- Student group advising
- Support for individual training grants and fellowships
- Advocacy
- Suggestion box
Services for Faculty
- Support for institutional training grants and fellowships
- Individual or group consultations on student matters
- Collaboration on promoting student well-being; broadly defined to include academic, career, community, emotional, and physical well-being
- Celebrating student achievements
- Consultation/collaboration on leadership and management topics, including:
- Handling difficult conversations
- Stress management
- Conflict management
- Teaching and facilitation methods
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Creating inclusive and culturally aware communities
- Promoting a creative and productive research group
Concerned for a student?
Quick Guide to Student SupportUMMS-wide resources for GSBS students and best practices to serve a student in distress Report MistreatmentUMMS prioritizes respectful treatment of all members of our community. For concerns about mistreatment in the learning environment, please click the link above.