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This page provides resources and information for currently enrolled WMU HESA Â鶹´«Ã½s. Please contact the HESA faculty coordinator, Dr. Ramona Lewis, if you see information that needs to be updated.

HESA handbook & Academic requirements

• Program handbook for HESA Â鶹´«Ã½s (HESA Â鶹´«Ã½ handbook)
• HESA Â鶹´«Ã½ GOLD handout - HESA graduate Â鶹´«Ã½ for learning and success; a document to help set your plan for success.
• HESA blank grid for program planning 

• HESA MA instructions for program of study This sample HESA Program of Study document includes instructions along with a sample for Â鶹´«Ã½s.
• HESA MA blank program of study (This document is left blank so that Â鶹´«Ã½s can use it to complete and submit their official program of study)
• Graduation information - Â鶹´«Ã½s need to apply by deadlines each year to be eligible for graduation.
• Directory of WMU Â鶹´«Ã½ support services
• WMU academic calendar

Register for classes and course registration info 

• HESA Suggested Rotation of Courses for Fall 2024 entering Â鶹´«Ã½s (please see advisor for creating a program of study)
• HESA 5-year course rotation plan (in progress being updated, contact Dr. Lewis)
• Multi-year Course Offering Plans
• HESA Courses (webpage)
• HESA Courses and Descriptions (printable PDF). This document includes full course descriptions as well as instructions for approval of diversity cognates
• HESA Diversity Cognates (see the Courses page of the HESA website)
• WMU Course Offerings / Class Lookup (use this to page search for upcoming or previous courses)
• How to register for WMU course - includes instructions and videos

Field experience and capstone experience

• Student manual for field experience and capstone
• Field experience and capstone application and approval form (use this form to sign up for your Field or Capstone)
• Student learning goals and objectives for field experience and capstone
• Here is a sample list of past field experience and capstone sites

HESA Â鶹´«Ã½ learning assessments

Site supervisors of field and capstone experiences materials

Would you like to mentor and supervise a graduate Â鶹´«Ã½ in gaining hands on experience and learning more about the profession? If so then we welcome you to contact any of the HESA faculty or Dr. Ramona Lewis, the faculty coordinator. The first document below provides a brief overview and the site supervisor manual provides a more detailed description.

• What is a HESA field or capstone experience? (This document is designed for potential or new site supervisors and briefly summarizes the field and capstone experience as well as how to become a site).
• Site supervisors manual for HESA field and capstone experience This document is designed for site supervisors and also includes helpful information about how to develop a position description.

WMU general information & additional support services

• WMU A-Z Directory
• WMU Academic Calendar
• WMU Student Services 
• WMU Technology Resources
• WMU Graduate College
• to discover campus programs and events
• WMU Signature
• Graduate Student Association (GSA)

Graduate College resources

• Graduate College Forms may be found at http://www.wmich.edu/grad/forms
• Graduate Â鶹´«Ã½ orientation is available in your Elearning portal
• Graduate Â鶹´«Ã½ Responsible Conduct of Research course is available in your Elearning portal

Graduate appointments (GA)

Visit the Graduate Appointee section of the Graduate College website information: /grad/current-Â鶹´«Ã½s/appointments. Questions about Graduate Appointments (GA’s) pay and processing are directed to the Graduate College at grad_awards@wmich.edu. Students who hold GA’s and have not seen their tuition pay out, please consider the following. If the answer to any of the following questions is yes, then tuition will pay out during the two weeks after census. Census for each semester is after the drop/add deadline.

Are you enrolled for less than six credits? Did you submit a permission to under enroll form? Under-enrollment form – Â鶹´«Ã½s who hold a GA and are registered for less than 6 credits on a graduate appointment need to complete the under enrollment form and submit for faculty advisor approval.

Opportunities for funding conferences, travel and more

• ELRT funding sources: /leadership/funding
• Other WMU funding sources: /grad/fellowships-grants
• Graduate Student Travel/Virtual Grant: /grad/fellowships-grants/gstg
• Graduate Student Research Grant: /grad/fellowships-grants/gsrg
• Gradate Student Association funding Â鶹´«Ã½ (conference, research, RSO, certification): /gsa/funding
• Office of the Vice President for Research: /research

Additional Â鶹´«Ã½ affairs & higher education resources

• Student affairs related resources
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Alumni information & giving to support HESA current Â鶹´«Ã½s

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• HESA @ WMU Alumni 
• HESA News