Recruitment Resources

Recruitment efforts at the graduate-level are decentralized and spearheaded by departments and graduate programs. The Graduate School provides general information on graduate education at UGA to prospective and admitted applicants. Additionally, the Graduate School showcases campus-wide offerings through recruitment and yield (after the student has been admitted) events such as Exploring Graduate Education (fall) and Accepted Students Day (spring, summer). To learn more about how the Graduate School can assist you in your recruitment efforts, a sampling of what we offer is listed below.

The Office of Student Success & Well-Being also hosts a suite of recruitment programming, initiatives, and resources to assist you in your work with underrepresented/underserved populations, including first-generation and rural college students. For more information, please see here.

GradSlate CRM

The GradSlate CRM is a centralized system used by the Graduate School that enables graduate programs to store information on prospective applicants, send strategic and synchronized email communications, track prospective applicants as they move through the recruitment funnel, and administratively assist graduate programs with hosting events. To learn more, please visit the GradSlate webpage.

Enrollment Grants

The Graduate School offers financial assistance to departments in the form of Enrollment Grants that provide funds directly to support increasing graduate enrollment. This is a proposal-driven process in which departments individually develop, implement, and assess strategic enrollment plans.

Recruitment Enhancement Grants

Recruitment Enhancement Grants (RFP) (pdf)
Examples of Initiatives and Ideas:
- Individual Campus Visits including lodging and transportation
- Hosting open houses and/or visitation days for prospective/admitted students, often in conjunction with a current graduate student research showcase. Agendas may include:
  - Individual or group meetings with current students and faculty
  - Touring lab space, the department, and the College/School
  - Travel to other UGA campuses, for those with facilities beyond Athens
  - Attending a class
- Registration and/or travel to a recruitment fair, typically as part of a professional conference, association meeting, or university grad fair
- Marketing Materials including:
  - Recruitment brochures, promotional fliers and videos, and website updates
  - Promotional items such as banners, folders, padfolios, pens, tablecloths, and tote bags
  - Advertising in professional journals and on social media outlets
  - Translation of marketing materials into Spanish or other languages

Graduate Retention and Inclusion Grants

Graduate Retention and Inclusion Grants (RFP) (pdf)
Examples of Awarded Submissions:

National Lists of Underrepresented Prospective Applicants

The Graduate School participates in the Council of Graduate School’s National Name Exchange and receives the annual McNair Scholars Directory. The Office of Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives held a webinar to discuss both of these lists and how to use them in your recruitment efforts. To learn more about the lists, please view the recording here. View the presentation here. For access to the lists, please email sperling@uga.edu.

Graduate School Dashboard (in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research)

To view official graduate program application and enrollment information, please go to the Graduate School Dashboard.