Bio List Program

The bio_list_program template displays a list of current students associated with a graduate program.

Listing graduate students on your site is covered in detail in the Graduate Students documentation under Managing Location on Sites.

Pre-Setup

CHSSWeb does not receive an import of graduate students. Prior to setting up the list page, a unit will need to provide CHSSWeb with a list of the following information for their students:

  • First and Last name
  • Mason email address
  • The graduate program in which the student is enrolled
  • Other roles the student might hold (Graduate Assistant, Staff, etc)

Page Setup

To set up the new page:

  1. Create a new page. This can be on its own or in an existing section.
  2. Set the template to "bio_list_program"
  3. In the right-hand column, enter the program code into the "Program codes" field. For instance, the code for the MA in Criminology, Law and Society is LA-MA-CLS
  4. Save

This page will display all of the published bios for students who have been assigned to the program matching the program code entered. Graduate Assistants, Faculty and Staff who are assigned to a program will also need to be associated with the site displaying the list in order to show.

Differences from the People Application

The People application is populated primarily by a nightly process that creates bios for new hires and updates key information for existing bios. These bios are displayed on websites within the context of "/people" and its sub-urls. Students who are not paid can also be added to the system, though all information about unpaid students must be added and maintained manually and students are not displayed in the same context (the "/people" url and its sub-urls) as the paid faculty and staff. Graduate students added to the system display in the context of this page template.

Differences from the Current Students template

The current_students page template is a display all active student profiles associated with an academic program. Profiles are different than bios and have a different set of fields.

Units should consider their goals for the page and review the information available on the CHSSWeb Help site when making a decision about which template to use.