How to Use the Mentor Petition Status Report

What is the Mentor Petition Status Report? This report was created to make it possible for all of those involved in the petition process to check on the status of petitions as they move through the workflow.

Link for Mentor Petition Status Report - Mentor Petition Status Report

Information Categories

• Banner ID & Student Name – Student information that allows you to find specific petitions
• Petition – ID number for the petition
• Request Date & Requestor – The date of the initial petition submission and the name of the person who submitted it
• Decision – Will tell you if and what decision has been made
  • Approved
  • Rejected
• State – Will show whether the petition is complete or still in-progressProgram – The academic program of the student who is the subject of the petitioPerformer – Will indicate which working group the petition is with
  • DWGrp – the Degree Works Tea
  • DAR – the Directors of Academic Review
  • TRGrp – the Transfer Team
  • DeptChr – the Department Chair

Filter and Search Fields

• Filters – Allows you to filter by either ‘Complete’ or ‘In-Progress’ petitions
• Requestor – Allows you to filter by the name of the person who requested the petition; a selection of ‘null’ in this context will show petitions by all requestors
• ID – Allows you to search by a specific student ID and pulls up all petitions for that student

When you click on a specific student on the petition report, you’ll see information populate beneath the report:

• Denial Reason & Approval Notes – Will show any notes given about why the petition was denied or approved, specifically for a completed petition
• Relevant Info – The same as the ‘Relevant Info’ field above
• Download Grid – Clicking on this will download an Excel spreadsheet of all petitions and fields selected/filtered