<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div style="line-break:after-white-space">Dear graduate students and colleagues,<div><br></div><div>The 2025-26 Graduate Student Annual Mentoring Form (AME) is now available. This is year two of the new process whereby students initiate the evaluation and their advisors make their evaluation directly. Each file is then reviewed by the department’s graduate advisor (me), who can also make additions.</div><div><br></div><div>All continuing students have fully completed AME’s or they cannot enroll for Fall 2027 classes (or anything else Grad Div related). <b>The deadline from Grad Div is June 30! This is for both students and their advisors.</b></div><div><br></div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The steps for completion of the form are:</span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Step 1: Student initiates the Annual Mentoring and Evaluation (AME) in R'Grad. If the major professor is not listed, the form will first be sent to the program graduate advisor. </span></li><li style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Step 2: Student's major professor completes information regarding the student's progress. If the student doesn't have a major professor yet, the Graduate Advisor will complete this portion.</span><ul type="circle"><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">If an internal program evaluation has already been completed, that can be attached here.</span></li></ul></li><li style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Step 3: (optional) If additional faculty collaborators are required to be part of the annual student review, they can be added into the routing. These faculty have the option to add comments regarding the student's academic progress.</span></li><li style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Step 4: The AME returns to the student to review the assessment by the major professor and any collaborators. </span></li><li style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Step 5: Graduate Staff review to track student progress and note completion of the AME for students in the program. </span></li><li style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Step 6: Graduate Advisor review for final approval.</span></li><li style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Step 7: Graduate Dean/Graduate Academic Affairs review. </span></li><ul type="circle" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The AME for students making satisfactory progress will continue through the routing process and be approved. All AME's with unsatisfactory progress will be reviewed by the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies.</span></li></ul></ul><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks in advance for your work on these. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Yours,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jason</font></div><div><br></div><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lidia Kos <<a href="mailto:lidia.kos@ucr.edu" target="_blank">lidia.kos@ucr.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>25-26 Annual Mentoring and Evaluation Form Live</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">April 24, 2026 at 9:46:02 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lidia Kos <<a href="mailto:Lidia.kos@ucr.edu" target="_blank">Lidia.kos@ucr.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues</div><div><br></div><div>The 25-26 Graduate Student Annual Mentoring and Evaluation AME) Form is now available to all doctoral and MFA students on R'Grad.</div><div>I strongly recommend that you encourage your students to initiate the completion of the form and direct it to their faculty mentors or you (in case they do not yet have a research advisor). As a reminder, the main goal of the AME is to create a space for students and faculty to align their academic goals and expectations. The deadline for submission is <b>June 30th</b>. </div><div>We have improved the AME this year thanks to your feedback. If you encounter any issues or want to provide more feedback, please reach out here: <a href="mailto:rgradfeedback@ucr.edu" target="_blank">rgradfeedback@ucr.edu</a>. </div><div><div>If your program prefers to use your own form, students or faculty can simply attach that to the AME. The overall performance evaluation at the end of the AME should still be completed. Note that we will no longer accept electronic or paper evaluation forms sent to our office. </div><div><br></div><div>In case you need some more information about the AME you can find it on our website: </div><div><a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/regulations-and-procedures#annual-mentoring-and-evaluatio" target="_blank">https://graduate.ucr.edu/regulations-and-procedures#annual-mentoring-and-evaluatio</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Our goal is a 100% completion rate! I appreciate your support in getting us there.</div><div><br></div><div>all the best</div><div>Lidia</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in">Lidia Kos</span></b><span> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in">Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies<u></u></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div>