From tech-bulletin at lists.ucr.edu Mon Nov 2 12:22:51 2026 From: tech-bulletin at lists.ucr.edu (UCR Information Technology Solutions) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 12:22:51 -0800 Subject: [Campus Notice] GSMS Update: Latest Production Release Notes (From Week of October 26) Message-ID: [image: UC Riverside logo.] Dear Colleague, We are writing to share with you the new fixes and enhancements applied to the Graduate Student Management System (GSMS). Below is a summary of the fixes included in the production release notes from the week of October 26, 2026: Employment Module - Added a "Faculty Representative" option to the Chair list, allowing a non-chair faculty member to sign the Appointment letter. - Created automated email notifications for hiring department contacts to receive whenever an offer is created or updated. - Updated permissions so faculty supervisors can directly request changes to the Description of Duties (DoDs) for their assigned offers. - Improved the status message displayed to students when an offer returns to the "In Review" stage. - Fixed an issue where application expiration times calculated incorrectly due to time zone differences. - Resolved document download failures by automatically removing special characters from file titles. Admissions Module - Implemented a validation check against established Compensation Tables to prevent overpayment issues. - Combined fee and remission totals are now evaluated against Compensation Tables, which serve as the authoritative standard. - When total funding exceeds permitted limits, the system triggers a validation error and halts further routing. - Users retain the ability to save financial chart drafts even when validation flags exist. - Exempted Professional and Self-Supporting degree tracks from the standard Graduate Tuition/Fees comparison check. - Updated some wording in the Admissions Module to address space and comma issues. - The take home value grand total was not displaying accurately. The system now accounts for the appropriate values and displays the take home grand total in the user interface (UI). - Updated code to ensure templates work correctly for the 27/28 cycle for fees and salary additions. - A new admin screen was created for the Graduate Division to assist with looking up major code and department association from Banner. - Logic was applied to the system to prevent the inactive support type from being used and to prompt the user with the appropriate message when they try to add an inactive support type to a chart. - Addressed a logic issue causing a rounding discrepancy of 1 to 2 cents off. Slate and GSMS are aligned now. - Implemented a new rule and the validation needed for GSR No PFR/GSHIP for the GSR Trainee - 1st year STEM. The full production release notes can be viewed in the GSMS Release Notes . Please note that this document is only visible to GSMS users. If you believe you should be able to access this restricted resource, please contact the project team at gsmsfeedback at ucr.edu. Thank you, The GSMS Project Team Information Technology Solutions Computing & Communications Building 900 University Ave. Riverside, CA 92521 951-827-4848 | its.ucr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image Type: image/png Size: 34862 bytes Desc: not available URL: