Regular meetings with this advisor are required. Some of these may be non-supported workshop productions while others may have significant technical support. Application guidelines and additional information are distributed to graduate students and posted on the grad student bulletin board. Presentations by guest speakers, faculty members or graduate students provide a focus. Although the Director of Graduate Studies is the official supervisor, the co-editors are responsible for practically everything about the journal.
Students apply for the co-editor positions in the spring semester.
They also offer a Graduate Teacher Program whereby students receive certification after completing all the requirements. The GTP publishes and has available many resource materials. All GPTI's and TA's are required to attend certain sessions specified by the department at the Fall Intensive series of workshop. Attendance at the sexual harassment workshop sponsored by the Graduate Teacher Program is required by both the department and the university. These organizations address issues that are of concern to graduate students including financial aid, graduate student employment, health care, child care.