The CGS Annual Meeting was held December 1-4, 2021 in New Orleans. The 300+ attendees enjoyed a safe, productive, engaging, and thought provoking event. Annual meeting participants explored a variety of important issues in graduate education with topics ranging from mentoring to articulating the value of formal degrees to reinventing graduate STEM education.

 

Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2021 CGS 61st Annual Meeting are below. Presentations are in chronological order by each category. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.

 

 

Pre-Meeting Workshop Presentations

 

Mentoring To Support Diverse Students and Careers

William Karpus, Ambika Mathur, and Paula McClain

 

Improving Marketing and Recruitment Strategies For Master’s Programs
Brian Carolan, Andrea Golato, and Ranjit Koodali

 

Data and Evidence Inspired Approaches Toward Graduate Student Well-being
Karen Butler-Purry, Elizabeth Klonoff, and Robin Yates

 

ProQuest Breakfast

 

Big Questions, Big Data and ProQuest Dissertations And Theses
Jason Owen-Smith and Gilia Smith

 

IELTS USA Breakfast

 

The Challenges of International Teaching Assistants and How to Support Their Transition into the Classroom
Kayla Landers, Marianne Menius, and Misty Wilson

 

Concurrent Sessions Presentations

 

More Than The Sum of Their Parts?: Articulating The Value of Formal Degrees
Bonnie Ferri, Clay Gloster, and Douglas Woods

 

Creating a Graduate Enrollment Ecosystem: Attracting, Engaging, and Retaining Your Best-Fit Applicants – Sponsored by Liaison International
Jillian Baer, David Daleke, and Algerian Hart

 

Mentoring Master’s Students
Reginald Ellis, Jennifer Roberts, and Jerry Weinberg

 

Integrating Networking Skills Into Humanities Phd Programs
Amanda Bryant Friedrich, Robin Garrell, and Thomas Jeitschko

 

Bridging The Gap: Deferrals, Leaves, and Skipped Cohorts
Scott Adler, Susan Ettner, and Mary Jo Finney

 

STEAM and The Future of Interdisciplinary Research: Engine of Innovation or a Bunch of Hot Air?
James Antony, Natasha Croom, and Elizabeth Wentz

 

An Outcome-Based Proposal for the Future of the Phd: We’re All In This Together

NAGS organized session

Gina Beltrán and Bradley Nelson

 

Building A New Future for Virtual Academic Support and Professional Development for Graduate Students: Investigating A Consortium Model
E. Alana James, Scott Lanyon, Sarah Larsen, and Joseph Oppong

 

Reinventing Graduate STEM Education
Karen S. Coats, Peter J. Harries, Nirmala Kannankutty, and Kim LaScola Needy

 

Seeing the Future We Used to See Here: Compassion and Commitment to International Students
Angela Pool-Funai, M.J.T. Smith, and Melissa Sturge-Apple

 

Understanding Challenges and Impacts of Caregiving: Supporting Students at a Time of Transition
Susan Carvalho, Preselfannie McDaniels, and Michael Solomon

 

Are My Professional Graduate Programs Financially Sustainable? A DIY Guide for Deans MAGS organized session
Ricky Hull and Jennifer Ziegler

 

Understanding The Graduate Student Mindset: Insights From a New Survey of 2,000+ Prospective Graduate Students – Sponsored by EAB
Will Lamb and Ashley Walker Colquitt

 

Lightning Round Sessions

 

Student-Centered Language Assessment: Lowering Barriers and Increasing Opportunities – Sponsored by Duolingo English Test
State of the Education Market: Trends and Insights in Key Master’s Disciplines – Sponsored by Wiley Education Services

 

Final Program