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Advancing graduate education. Enhancing the graduate student experience.

Toward the Centennial: A Celebration of Partnership

Directors and Coordinators

of Graduate Studies

February 11, 2016


Retrospective of the Past Decade


Transforming Maryland: Higher Expectations (ten-year strategic plan for UMD) (2008)

Five-year Strategic Plan for GS (2008)

The Centennial Vision: Research and Professional Practice for a Global Economy (2014-15)

University Strategic Plan Update (2016)

Strategic Planning


Reformulated GS mission and objectives (2006-08)

Streamlined protocols, installed workflow management, and moved processes online (2008-10)

Reorganized GS offices and staff (ongoing)

Grew GS team headcount 12 ~45 but FTE only 12 ~20 (2006-16)

Expanded and renovated space (2006, 2013)

Tactical Planning


Excellence in Graduate Education (2008-10)

Mentoring Survey : mentoring, advising, professional development, and placement (2009)

Survey of Masters Degree and Graduate Certificate programs: taxonomy to facilitate strategic planning, program development, and outcomes assessment (2011)

Graduate Outcomes Assessment (2010)

Academic Program Reviews


“PhD Completion Project Workshops” (~110 students per workshop) (2006)

GS CTE/Lil ly Graduate Fellows Program and Teach -with-a-Mentor Program for International TAs (2008)

Initiatives in Graduate Student Writing and Preparation of Doctoral Students for Multiple Career Paths (2012)

Multiple graduate student spaces in McKeldin Library (2011)

Graduate School Field Committees in Decision Science, Developmental Science, Fi lm Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Undergraduate STEM Education Research, and Latin American Studies (2007-2015)

GS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (2015)

Academic Support


Policies for Graduate Assistantships (2008)

Policies for Parental Accommodations for Graduate Students and Assistants (2011-13)

Policies for Professional and Executive Masters Degrees (2007)

Policies and Practices


Graduate Admissions

International Admissions GS (2010)

Hobsons Apply Yourself (2014)

Postdoctoral Research Scholars in Graduate Education (2009-14)

Graduate Student Life: Position and Collaboration (2006-16)

Operations


$2.5M in new fellowship funding (2007-15)

>$4M Fellowship Tuition Remission Account GS (2011)

Use of account as incentive for NIH training grants, NSF and other fellowships, and private gifts (2009)

GS Office of Development and Alumni Relations, with Development Officer and Director of Communications (2012-15)

Funding


Conversion of legacy BGF into UF, DF, MF ($5M stipend/$4M tuition) (2011)

Revision of GRB and CAPA as RASA and CAPAA ($600k) (2008)

Dissertation fellowships tripled from 15 to 45 ($500k) (2006)

Student travel pool doubled from $40k to $80k (2011)

Fellowship tuition remission and health insurance subsidies enhanced (2008)

Revised Financial Support


Flagship Fel lowships (2006), McNair Graduate Fel lowships (2010)

Graduate Student Summer Research Fel lowships (2008), Kulkarni Foundation Summer Research Fel lowships (2013)

Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowships (2012), Lee Thornton Dissertation Fel lowships (2014)

International Graduate Research Fel lowships (2012), International Conference Student Support Awards (2012)

All-STAR Fel lowships (2013)

City of Annapolis Assistantships (2010)

Smithsonian and CIC/Smithsonian Fel lowships (2013)

Special Recruitment Funds (2008)

Pilot Program in TA Course Reduction (ENGL, MATH) (2013 -14)

New Financial Support


UMD Distinguished Dissertation Awards (2010)

UMD/U21 3MT Awards (2014)

Outstanding Graduate Assistant Awards Awards (2015)

Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Awards (2010)

Outstanding Director (faculty) and Coordinator (staff) of Graduate Studies Awards (2012)

New Recognition Awards


New Graduate Student Orientation and Orientation for Spouses and Partners (2015)

Annual Graduate School Fellowships and Awards Celebration (2009)

Biannual Celebration for Graduating Doctoral Students (2014)

New Recognition Events


Office for Graduate Diversity and Inclusion (2011)

Graduate Diversity Advisory Committee (2012)

PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NSF AGEP) (2003, 2008, 2014)

McNair Graduate Fellowship Program (2010)

McNair Scholars Research Conference (sponsorship) (2008)

GAship in Driskell Center (2008-12)

Diversity and Inclusion


GS Office for International Initiatives (academic) (2011)

Ongoing presentations on graduate education to administrative cohorts from China (Office of China Affairs) (2008)

Universitas 21 (2014) , hosting DDoGS meeting (2016)

Ongoing meetings and collaborations with international delegations to UMD and with international universities and agencies abroad in Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Middle East (2006-16)

International Initiatives: Programs


Maryland-CSC Partnership for Doctoral Students (2010)

UMD-U Tübingen Joint Research and Graduate Training Initiative in Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Bioscience (2013, 2015)

Joint graduate student seminars/symposia/publications with University College Cork (2014-15) and Pontif icia Universidad Católica de Chile (2015-16)

Graduate School Internship Program (Denmark) (2012)

Tax Preparation Assistance Program for international students (2010)

International Travel Support: Goldhaber (2009) , ICSSA (2010) , IGRF (2012)

Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for International Students (2004/6)

International Initiatives: Students


New advisory bodies: College Associate Deans for Graduate Education (2008), Graduate Diversity Advisory Committee (2012), Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee (2013)

New newsletters: weekly for GS staff; monthly for DGSs/CGSs; bimonthly for list of > 70,000 alumni and friends (fourth semi-annual newsletter for students and faculty in development ) (2014)

Complete rebuild of GS website (2015)

GS presence on social media (2014)

Communications


International and national reputation and recognition for best practices in graduate education (ongoing)

Presentations, workshops, and consultancies at national and international conferences and institutions (ongoing)

Features and citations in over 13 venues, including Chronicle, GradEdge, Washington Post Express, Hanoi TV (ongoing)

Active and visible participation in four key organizations (ongoing):

Outreach


GS Plan of Organization (2005)


GS Plan of Organization (2016)


Prospectiveon the Future


The Immediate Future


Search in Progress: Coordinator for Professional Development Programs and Multiple Career Paths ( joint appointment with Career Services)

Upcoming Event: One Degree, Many Options: Multiple Career Paths for Doctoral Students

Forum on Opportunities in Public Sector, Private Industry, and Higher Education (February 16)

Workshops in each of the three areas (February 22, 29, March 7)

Professional Development and Multiple Career Paths


GS Writing Center (2014)

Graduate Writing Fellows (2014)

Writing Workshops (2014)

Resources for Writing in the Disciplines (2014)

Graduate Faculty Writing Workshops (2015)

English Editing for International Graduate Students (EEIGS)(revised 2006)

Graduate Writing Programs


OGDI Spring 2016 Spring Speaker Series (five events)

Feb. 10 – April 28

GS Conversations on Diversity: Negotiating and Impacting University Culture

Feb. 18 and April 11

PROMISE Events (ongoing)

Fall Harvest Dinner

Summer Success Institute

Research Symposium and Professional Development Workshop

Graduate Diversity Initiatives


UMD and U21 3MT Competition

March/April

National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education—GOA and DOA

March 11, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin

GS International Forum: Anil Gupta, Emerging Markets in China and India

April 12

U21 DDoGS Workshop and DDoGS/Research Meetings

May 2-4

International Initiatives


Graduate Certificates, February 17

Fellowship Allocation, March 23

RA/PI Agreements, April 27

Graduate Council Working Groups


The Longer View: Centennial Vision


UMD a research and land grant university

Produces new and applied knowledge

Teaches advanced knowledge and skills

CV Premise


Two parallel but asymmetrical graduate missions

Research mission

PhD, masters degree, graduate certificate

Professional mission

Professional doctorate, masters degree, graduate certificate

CV Structure


Signature degree—excellence across the board

Basis of UMD national and international stature

Production of new knowledge—basic and applied

Advanced research skills for many career paths

RESEARCH PHD AND MASTERS


Degree with social and political impact

Critical to UMD regional and state profile

Communication of new knowledge and skills

Preparation for or advancement in professional career

PROFESSIONAL MASTERSAND DOCTORATE

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