University of Georgia

The Office of Student Success & Well-being provides holistic support to graduate students at all stages and on all campuses, including online students. Modeled on UGA’s Five Dimensions of Well-being (Purpose, Community, Social, Physical, and Financial), and with a focus on meeting the unique needs of today’s graduate students, our programming is offered both in-person and online and is taught by current graduate students as well as campus partners. For more information, please see here.

The Graduate School can assist you in your student success efforts:

 

Offer a Professional and/or Personal Development Workshop

Faculty can host workshops as part of orientation, socializations and trainings, and for other professional/personal development offerings.  View the list of available workshops.

 

Student Success & Well-Being Grants

The Student Success & Well-Being Grant allocation is a funding mechanism that serves to promote increased graduate student retention and degree completion. The goal of this program is to encourage the development and implementation of innovative and impactful initiatives promoting graduate student success and well-being.

Please see the call for submissions.

Student Success & Well-Being Grants Webinar (September 26, 2025)
Documents referenced in the webinar:
– Developing Your Service-Mindedness (pdf)
– Day of Service Worksheet (pdf)

Priority Funded Initiatives Focusing on Professional Development & Networking
  • Speaker Series featuring alumni / noted faculty in the field / industry-NGO representatives discussing career paths / faculty at different career stages who can discuss the academic journey
  • Science Communication / Scientific Writing
  • Grant Writing
  • Writing Retreat
  • Visit industry partners / bring industry partners to campus
  • Mentoring programs: alumni to current student / advanced to junior student
  • Poster Presentations / opportunities for students to present
  • Networking Opportunities such as informal Job Fair /Mixer / monthly cookouts
  • Funding mini-grants for students for professional conferences: to attend / present / take advantage of conference offerings such as mentorship and networking / host a session at a conference for current and former UGA graduate students to network
  • Topical Book Clubs (e.g., leadership, discipline-specific, professional development, graduate education journey)
Priority Funded Initiatives Focusing on Well-Being and Community Building
  • Yoga classes
  • Dance classes
  • “Screen on the Green” outdoor movie night
  • Ramsey Challenge Course
  • Escape the Space / Six Flags
  • Providing art supplies or terrarium kits for an established Well-Being Hub
Priority Funded Initiatives Focusing on Faculty Training
  • Best practices for online teaching
  • Mental health of graduate students
  • Mentoring graduate students

“This grant had a synergizing effect in the department. The items the grant paid for really had the effect of bringing people together and prompted the department and even some endowed chairs to pay for other things that helped move towards the same goal. I also feel like we learned a lot about what type of support grad students want.” — Dr. Jennifer L. Palmer, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History

For more information about our programming, please email gradsuccess@uga.edu.

 
 
 

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