Add graduate students (advisees)
1. On Elements Homepage, click ADD NEW (circled yellow below) under the Teaching activities category.
![ADD NEW on Teaching Activities ADD NEW on Teaching Activities](/content/ise_vt_edu/en/efars/how-do-i/add-grad-students/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage.img.jpg/1645046501492.jpg)
2. Select Graduate student supervision on the Add a new teaching activity window.
![Graduate student supervision Graduate student supervision](/content/ise_vt_edu/en/efars/how-do-i/add-grad-students/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_copy_1548955350.img.jpg/1645046664125.jpg)
3. Fill out at least the following fields under Essential Information:
- Student name
- Supervisory role: select Committee Chair, Committee Co-chair, or Committee member
- Co-supervisors: do not enter other committee members
- Degree or program of study
- Degree subject: Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Thesis title (if applicable)
- Start date
- End date (i.e., expected graduation date)
- (optional) Sutdent achievement/recognition: e.g., Prelim completed in 2017
![Student name, Supervisory role Student name, Supervisory role](/content/ise_vt_edu/en/efars/how-do-i/add-grad-students/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_copy.img.jpg/1645047612604.jpg)
![Degree or program of study, Degree subject Degree or program of study, Degree subject](/content/ise_vt_edu/en/efars/how-do-i/add-grad-students/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_1380881344.img.jpg/1645047854948.jpg)
![Thesis title, Start date, End date, Prelim Thesis title, Start date, End date, Prelim](/content/ise_vt_edu/en/efars/how-do-i/add-grad-students/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_138088.img.jpg/1645048337834.jpg)
4. Scroll down the page and click SAVE button. The student information will be generated to Section TWO, I. Teaching and Advising Effectiveness, D. Academic, Career and/or Research Advising Responsibilities, 2. Graduaet Students on an eFAR (below).
![Graduate student information on eFAR Graduate student information on eFAR](/content/ise_vt_edu/en/efars/how-do-i/add-grad-students/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_1708207145.img.jpg/1645048418634.jpg)