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GSEE Recruitment and Retention

To uncover the next generation of leaders and researchers, academic departments need promising students of all backgrounds, statuses and cultures.

By attracting graduate students from diverse perspectives and experiences and graduate students from all disciplines, we enhance the UW experience for all students and prepare them for understanding various racial and cultural lenses within a diverse and global society. If we provide supportive environments and ways for graduate students to connect with faculty, students and resources across campus, they will be more likely to remain and thrive at the UW and beyond.

That welcoming environment and sense of belonging often begins with departmental recruitment efforts and offerings as well as campus climate.

This Recruitment and Retention guide is being updated by GSEE: Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence. You may contact GSEE with questions or for more information.

Recruitment and Retention

GSEE is Your Resource

The Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE) provides a range of events, programs and materials to boost recruitment efforts:

  • Prospective Student Days (PSDs) – A series of events open to all admitted prospective graduate students with a focus on supporting potential graduate students from diverse perspectives and experiences in learning more about resources and supportive networks on the UW campus.
  • National Name Exchange (NNE) – UW departments have free access to this online database, hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), of promising undergraduate students from diverse perspectives and experiences from all over the country.
  • A group of “Outreaching Grads (OGs)” trained to help departmental representatives connect with prospective students and share their experiences at the UW as graduate students from diverse perspectives and experiences.

Thank you for your interest! Please contact GSEE with any questions.

The Office of Graduate Student Success (OGSS)

The Office of Graduate Student Success (OGSS) provides faculty and staff with helpful tools to create an inclusive community, culture and curriculum.

  • Excellence in Graduate Education Summit – The Graduate School’s annual tri-campus summit, hosted by OGSS, is a partnership with inclusive excellence-focused, graduate student facing units across the UW.
  • Excellence in Graduate Education Series – This series of events hosted by the Graduate Student Success (GSS), Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE), and Graduate Student Affairs (GSA) features resources and best practices to assess your department’s equity needs in graduate education and to improve the climate, culture, and policies for all of your graduate students with the Graduate Excellence Progress (EP) Tool.