GRAD Aggies Certificate Program Reflection Form

Instructions

Please complete this reflection form to claim your certificate after completing all requirements. For additional information on certificate requirements, please visit grad-aggies.tamu.edu. To review the GRAD Aggies Attendance & Engagement Policy, click here.

PDU Certificate Track - The PDU Certificate track is for students choosing individual sessions from the GRAD Aggies calendar to earn PDUs towards Foundations and Explorations Certificates. Please complete the certificate reflection as soon as possible after meeting the PDU requirements, but within at least 1 month of receiving confirmation from GRAD Aggies of the PDU requirements being completed.

Program Certificate Track - The Program Certificate Track is for students engaging in pre-approved GRAD Aggies Certificate programs, where completion of the program can earn a GRAD Aggies Certificate. This reflection must be completed AFTER all attendance and assignment requirements are completed AND within 1 month of the program completion date. Reflections completed after the 1 month deadline (as verified by the program facilitator) will not be evaluated, unless another deadline has been communicated.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS (Certificate Program Track)

Level	Type	Facilitating Unit - Program Name
Foundations	General	GRAD Aggies - ReOrientation
Foundations	Instruction & Assessment	Center for Teaching Excellence - Digital Learning Expo
Mastery	Career Development	Career Center - Individual Development Plan Career Exploration Series
Mastery	Communication	CTE-ELP: English Language Proficiency Practice Group for Instructors
Mastery	Instruction & Assessment	CIRTL Certificate Programs
Mastery	Leadership & Mentoring	GRAD Aggies Lead: Graduate Leadership Accelerator Program
Mastery	Leadership & Mentoring	Graduate Mentoring Academy Facilitator Program

Guidelines for & Benefits of Reflection

Reflecting on this certificate program through answering these questions can:
1) allow you determine how to apply the ideas and tools learned in the context of your degree program and career goals;
2) increase your awareness of your motivations, skills and abilities;
3) give you ideas on where your professional development journey should go next.

NOTE: Your reflection should be original work. AI tools may not be used to generate the reflection content; however, they may be used for grammar, spelling, and clarity review of the author’s original work.

This form should take approximately 10-30 mins to complete, depending on your depth of reflection.

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Acknowledgements & Confirmations

Reflection & Submission Confirmations:
The GRAD Aggies Professional Development Certificate Program is only available to currently enrolled graduate & professional students at Texas A&M University. Students who engage in the program and submit reflections are affirming that they are actively participating in sessions, following GRAD Aggies attendance and engagement guidelines and instructions provided by facilitators, and are creating original reflections.

Yes, I confirm the above statement is true.

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Student Information

First Name *

Last Name *

TAMU Email Address (@tamu.edu ONLY) *

UIN (9 digits) *

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Certificate Information

Please select the Certificate Program you have completed all program requirements for. If you are unsure if you have met the requirements, please visit the grad-aggies.tamu.edu webpage or email the Program Facilitator directly.

Certificate Track

PDU Certificate Track

Program Certificate Track

Certificate Level *

Certificate Type *

Facilitating Unit - Program Name *

You are applying to claim your Foundations Certificate. To claim your Foundations Certificate, you must have earned 6 PDUs. If this is not correct, please wait to submit your reflection until you have completed this requirement. If the reflections have been submitted for 6 sessions, but not reviewed yet, you may submit the Foundations Certificate reflection.

You are applying to claim your Explorations Certificate. To claim your Explorations Certificate, you must have earned a Foundations Certificate and 6 additional PDUs. If this is not correct, please wait to submit your reflection until you have completed the requirements. If the reflections for these requirements have been submitted but not reviewed yet, you may submit the Explorations Certificate reflection.

Certificate Completion

Please indicate your program completion date.

Program Completion Date

Completion Semester

Completion Year (YYYY)

Please list the sessions you would like applied to this certification (Facilitator - Session Name - Date; e.g. University Libraries - Endnotes Basics - 03/24/2026). If you are unsure, we will look at your session history.

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Certificate Reflection

Goal

Why did you engage in this certificate program? Select all that apply.

Learn about the topic/develop my skills in the area

Meet the eligibility requirement for the Grad School Travel Award

Required for my fellowship program/funding source

Required by my Advisor/Chair/Committee

Required by my Department

Suggested to me by a colleague/friend

To expand my CV/Resume

Other

Other - please describe

Materials Upload

Please upload the program material(s) you completed as a single PDF file.

Please follow the directions shared by the program facilitator on what material you should upload for this field. If you are unsure, please reach out to the facilitator directly or grad-aggies@tamu.edu.

Description

Give 1-3 examples of
A) what you learned through this certificate program (where you gained clarity on the topic) and/or
B) what questions you still have on the topic.
Please respond in at least 4-5 complete sentences.

Self-Evaluation

How has your confidence in your ability/knowledge in this certificate skill area changed after completing the program?

Next Steps in Your Professional Development Journey

Give 1-3 examples of:
A) how you will apply the information and resources you learned about in your academic and professional pursuits, and/or
B) future training you will engage in to continue your professional development journey.
Please respond in at least 4-5 complete sentences.

Feedback (Optional)

If you have any feedback to the facilitators, comments, or requests for future sessions, please share them here.

END OF REFLECTION
CLICK SUBMIT BELOW

Please click "Submit" below when you have completed the above questions. Please give us 4-6 weeks to review your certificate submission and confirm your eligibility (NOTE: Summer submissions may have a longer review time). You may continue attending other GRAD Aggies events and completing reflections (including certificate reflections) even if you haven't received an evaluation for this submission.

All GRAD Aggies Certificates are awarded once a year at the end of the spring semester. At this time, certificate-completers will receive 1) a digital certificate (via email), 2) a digital badge (via our Badging System), and 3) a physical door placard (presented at the Annual Grad School Awards Ceremony on May 4, 2027). If you are graduating in summer or fall, please reach out to grad-aggies@tamu.edu so we can discuss options.