RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
A. GRADUATE ASSISTANT EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Office of Human Resources
170 Donhowe Building
319-15th Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-7070
Fax: (612) 625-9801
email: gaoinfo@gold.tc.umn.edu
www: http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/gao/
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:30
THE GRADUATE ASSISTANT GRAPEVINE
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/gao/grapevine/index.htm
A Newsletter for Graduate Assistants and University Departments on the Twin Cities Campus.
B. COMPUTING FACILITIES
Currently the Computer Science and Engineering department maintains some labs and computing areas which
Computer Engineering graduate students may apply to have access to. Please contact the Computer Science and
Engineering department for more information at 625-4002.
C. CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING SERVICES
The Center for Teaching and Learning Services provides services for Teaching Assistants and prospective
Teaching Assistants who are non-native speakers of English and interested in improving their classroom communication
skills; both individual and group sessions are available. For non-native speakers of English who
are graduate students needing to fulfill the University of Minnesota Policy on Oral Proficiency for Teaching Assistants,
the Center offers a multi-semester sequence of courses.
Center for Teaching and Learning Services
Office of Human Resources
120 Fraser Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 625-3041
Fax: (612) 625-3382
Email: tachlrn@tc.umn.edu
www: http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/taep/taep.html
D. THE COUNCIL OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (COGS)
COGS has created several graduate student resources which can be downloaded from their web site. These include:
"Navigating Your First Year" and a "Survival Guide". An additional guide for upper level graduate students and
faculty will be available soon.
405 Johnston Hall
Phone (612) 626-1612
e-mail: cogs@tc.umn.edu
COGS office hours are 10:00am to 4:00pm, Monday-Friday, except holidays.
E. MICROSOFT WORD 6 TUTORIAL: WRITING A THESIS OR DISSERTATION
The University of Minnesota does not have a tutorial available for graduate students to aid in writing of the thesis. Students
are encouraged to see the tutorial from the University of Michigan Library, Writing a Dissertation with Microsoft Word 6.0. The tutorial
is in .PDF format and may be downloaded at the following website:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/knc/howto/dissertation/Word_Dissertation.pdf
F. WEB ADDRESSES
Department web address: http://www.ece.umn.edu
University Information for Students: http://www.onestop.umn.edu
The Graduate School: http://www.grad.umn.edu
Catalogs On-Line
http://www.grad.umn.edu/catalog/
List of Course Symbols
http://www.catalogs.umn.edu/grad/symbols.html
