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Graduate School and You

Abu S. M. Masud

Interim Dean, Graduate School

13 August 2013

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Agenda

Graduate School At WSU

You As A Graduate Faculty

A Few Initiatives

Who To Contact

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Graduate School at WSU

• The mission of the Graduate School is to support and advance quality graduate education at WSU.

• We – provide oversight on all administrative aspects of graduate

education (admission to degree granting), – we articulate a vision of excellence for the graduate

community, and – we strive to enhance the intellectual community of

scholars composed of our faculty and students.

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• WSU offers advanced study in:– Forty-one master's programs– one specialist program– twelve doctoral programs – over twenty graduate certificate programs.

• 2,500+ students, or about 18% of WSU students, is a graduate student.

• WSU grants about 75 doctoral degrees and 800 master's degrees a year.

• About 30% of our graduate students receive some kind of financial support for their graduate education.

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Graduate Faculty

• WSU Graduate Faculty members are responsible for the health and well-being of our graduate programs and graduate students.

• These faculty members –– teach graduate courses– mentor graduate students– direct graduate student research and creative projects (as

a chair and as a member of terminal project, thesis and dissertation committees)

– involve graduate students in their own research and creative efforts, and publications/presentations

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• Membership on the graduate faculty is not automatic.

• To become members, regular faculty members submit a membership request. The membership request is reviewed and acted upon by a department committee, the academic dean and the graduate dean.

• Full members of the graduate faculty who work in doctoral programs are also reviewed and approved by the Doctoral Program Subcouncil before they may chair doctoral dissertations.

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• Responsibilities of a graduate faculty include:– Teaching graduate courses– Advising and mentoring graduate students– Supervising graduate students– Serving on student committees– Staying active on research, scholarship, performance, and

creative work– Governance and administration– Other duties assigned by Chair and Dean

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A Few Initiatives To Talk About

• Professional and Scholarly Integrity Training in these four topical areas is now a graduation requirement (for all graduate degrees):– Research misconduct– Publication practices and responsible authorship– Conflict of interest and commitment– Ethical issues in data acquisition, management, sharing,

and ownership

• 100-word Dissertation Abstract preparation (voluntary)

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• Graduate Research And Scholarly Projects (GRASP) Conference:– Held in each Spring– Students showcase their research and creative work

through papers and posters– Awards given for oral and poster presentations– http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=GRADSCHOOL&p=/GraduateS

tudents/GRASP/

• Capitol Graduate Research Summit (CGRS)– Held each Spring in Topeka– To highlight student research at WSU, KSU, KU and KU-

Med School

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Sources of Information and Help

• Graduate School web page http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=gradschool&p=

• Catalog http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=GRADSCHOOL&p=/Publications/gradcatalog/

• Your program Chair and Dean

• Program Graduate Coordinator

• Your representatives on the Graduate Council and Doctoral Sub-committee

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• Graduate School:– Office 107 Jardine Hall, x3095– Interim Dean, Abu Masud, x6240, abu.masud@wichita.edu– Associate Dean, Kerry Wilks, x6244– Assistant to the Dean, Denise Canoles, x6243,

denise.canoles@wichita.edu– Assistant to the Dean, Carol McCall, x6214 – Admissions Coordinator, Jordan Oleson, x6602– Degree Audit Specialist, Denicia ??, x6247– Assistantship Specialist, Connie Noble, x6241

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Thank You!(Questions?)