Resources for Current Students

The Graduate Program in Botany Handbook and various forms (e.g., PhD planning worksheets) are available through UW Box:

https://uwmadison.app.box.com/v/botanyforms

Requesting a Warrant

A warrant is an academic program’s recommendation that a student be admitted to doctoral candidacy (a preliminary examination warrant) or be granted a degree (master’s or doctoral), and is the Graduate School’s declaration that a student has met both the Graduate School and the program requirements.

Master’s students need to request just one warrant to graduate; doctoral students need to request a warrant to take their preliminary exams and another warrant to graduate.

In Botany, the process to request any of these three warrants is the same: Fill out a short online survey that provides the Student Services Coordinator with the necessary information to ask the Graduate School to grant the warrant:

https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xJMsbG7f0GciGO

If you have any problems with the warrant request, contact Mark Connolly.

Degree Deadlines

For deadlines and other important information, see the Completing Your Degree tab (below).

All Graduate School degree deadlines for the 2021-2022 academic year are available as a printable PDF: https://grad.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/329/2021/08/Degree-Deadlines-2021-2022.pdf

• Graduate Student Professional Development
  http://grad.wisc.edu/pd/
• Graduate School Homepage
  http://www.grad.wisc.edu/
• Learn@UW Division of Information Technology 
  http://www.doit.wisc.edu/learnatuw/
• The Writing Center 
  http://www.writing.wisc.edu/
• McBurney Disability Resource Center
  http://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/
• Office of the Dean of Students 
  http://students.wisc.edu/
• University Health Services 
  http://www.uhs.wisc.edu/

• “Guide to Preparing Your Doctoral Dissertation”
  https://grad.wisc.edu/currentstudents/degreedeadlines/
• “Completing Your Master’s Degree”
  https://grad.wisc.edu/current-students/masters-guide/

• Graduate School Academic Policies & Procedures
  http://grad.wisc.edu/acadpolicy/
• Enrollment Requirements 
  https://grad.wisc.edu/acadpolicy/#enrollmentrequirements
• Graduate School Minimum Degree Requirements
  http://grad.wisc.edu/catalog/degreq_criteria.htm
• Student Privacy Rights
  http://registrar.wisc.edu/ferpa_overview.htm
• Tuition Remission Policy
  http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/bursar/remismnu.html

• Letters & Science Community of Graduate Research Scholars
  https://ls.wisc.edu/current-students/graduate-students/cgrs
• Multicultural Graduate Network
  https://msc.wisc.edu/
• SciMed Graduate Research Scholars
  https://ls.wisc.edu/current-students/graduate-students/cgrs
• UW Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association
  http://taa-madison.org/
• Plant Sciences Graduate Student Council
  http://psgsc.wisc.edu
• Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences, UW-Madison Chapter  https://win.wisc.edu/organization/manrrs
• SACNAS Chapter at UW-Madison https://win.wisc.edu/organization/sacnas
• Black Graduate & Professional Student Association https://win.wisc.edu/organization/bgpsa
• Wisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP) https://wiscamp.engr.wisc.edu/
• Graduate Women in Science http://www.gwisbeta.org/

• SACNAS https://www.sacnas.org/
• MANNRS https://www.manrrs.org/
• Madison Network of Black Professionals http://madisonblackprofessionals.com/cms/
• The Progress Center for Black Women https://www.centerforblackwomen.org/about/
• Graduate Women in Science https://www.gwis.org/
• Earth Science Women’s Network https://eswnonline.org/

Awards

• UW Madison Teaching Assistant Awards
  https://kb.wisc.edu/ls/page.php?id=45365

Campus/Training Resources

• UW Teaching Academy 
  https://teachingacademy.wisc.edu
• Active Teaching Lab 
  https://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/events/active-teaching-lab/
• L&S TA Resources Center 
  http://www.ls.wisc.edu/ta.html
• Delta Program: Integrating Research, Teaching and Learning
  http://www.delta.wisc.edu/
• Equity & Diversity Training
  https://oed.wisc.edu/graduate-assistants-equity-workshops/
• Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement:
  biology.wisc.edu
• Classlists (free listserv for your classes)
  http://www.doit.wisc.edu/lists/classlists/

International TA Resources

• Spoken English Proficiency of Non-native English Speaking L&S Teaching Assistants
  • A speaking test is required for all non-native English speaking TAs: https://esl.wisc.edu/testinginformation/#speak
• International Teaching Assistant Training: https://esl.wisc.edu/ita-training/

Online Training Resources

• Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning: https://www.cirtl.net/
• Office of Educational Development at UC-Berkley  https://teaching.berkeley.edu/home
•  Teaching Tips Index & VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/Write, Kinetic – ways of learning), Honolulu Community College 
  http://www.honolulu.hawaii.edu/facdev/

The resources on this page can provide support, guidance, and help if you are concerned about yourself or someone you know