Graduate Center
Welcome to the Graduate Center webpage, we are pleased that
you have visited. The center provides personal service to
graduate students with questions about matters of academic,
social, personal, and professional growth at Rensselaer. The
center personnel will meet with you personally or communicate
electronically on a wide range of subjects that relate to or
influence your graduate educational experience, not all of
which may be of an academic nature alone. Rather, personal
services also include confidential consultation that is
characteristic of an ombuds office and is designed to help
resolve concerns you may have about campus life or
interpersonal conflicts. We can also refer you to other campus
professionals that may be of service, or direct you to
literature and bibliographic resources that may address a
specific issue you want to learn more about.
The center will offer direct consultation for those who wish
to:
- Clarify a policy, procedure, or process,
- Improve interpersonal skills or a relationship with a
colleague,
- Identify and understand learning style and behavioral
differences among colleagues,
- Deal more effectively with a transition,
- Help prepare for a difficult conversation,
- Discuss a campus situation such as a health and safety
concern,
- Understand cultural differences among colleagues,
- Discuss housing options,
- Voice an opinion confidentially regarding incivility or
disrespect,
- Discuss harassment, discrimination, or mistreatment
concerns,
- Engage an impartial listener for an informal talk.
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