GradEdge | Summer 2022
Completing the Circle: Supporting the Success of Native Graduate Students
The University of Montana is the winner of the 2021 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education.
Co-Authors (listed alphabetically):
Jennifer Harrington, Native American Natural Resource Program
Dr. Ashby Kinch, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Montana
Dr. Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, Senior Director of Policy and Programs, National Native Children’s Trauma Center
Every University in North America is built on lands appropriated, bargained, or stolen from the Indigenous people who occupied this continent for millennia before the arrival of European peoples. Land acknowledgment statements are important ways for universities to acknowledge this history, but the ethical, moral, and cultural obligations of a university to repair, strengthen, and deepen relationships with sovereign tribes should extend beyond these statements.
At the University of Montana, we have built recent momentum in support for Native graduate students by empowering Native faculty, staff, and researchers who were on campus in other capacities, but whose talents and insights have led to new models for mentorship. Read More.
Empowering Humanities Graduate Students Through Internships
By Lillian Wilson
This summer, sixteen Wayne State Humanities Clinic interns are working with eighteen non-profit community partners throughout Detroit. Projects require data analysis, technical writing, historical documentation, and critical thinking—skills that humanities graduate students gain through their academic training. The Humanities Clinic, a graduate internship program, gives Wayne State graduate students an opportunity to practice these skills outside of the classroom. Read more.
Graduate Education Now Has Its Own Caucus in the House of Representatives
By Kelley Karnes
In mid-July, CGS attended the launch of the Graduate Research and Development (GRAD) Caucus. This new bipartisan caucus in the House of Representatives was formed to address the needs and issues of graduate researchers, inform fellow members of Congress on the impact of graduate research, and develop policies that benefit graduate researchers and their research. Read more.
Register Now for CGS’s 62nd
Annual Meeting!
Join the CGS community in San Francisco from December 7-10, 2022, to explore important issues in graduate education. The CGS Annual Meeting is a unique forum where leaders in graduate education can learn from engaging plenary speakers, hear about their peers’ innovative work in panel sessions, and network with one another at community events. Complete meeting information, including how to register, is now available on CGS’s website.
New Graduate Leaders/Deans and Titles
- Jennifer Airey, Interim Dean of the Graduate School, The University of Tulsa
- Tammy Barry, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education, Washington State University
- Peter Biehl, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Alyssa Crittenden, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Heather Feldhaus, Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Kevin FitzGerald, Interim Dean of the Graduate School, Creighton University
- Thomas Fuja, Interim Vice President and Associate Provost, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame
- David Koonce, Interim Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and Interim Dean of the Graduate College, Ohio University
- Sonia Kreidenweis, Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School, Colorado State University
- Celia Marshik, Interim Dean, Graduate School, Stony Brook University
- Scott Molitor, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Acting Dean, College of Graduate Studies, The University of Toledo
- Thomas Lewis, Interim Dean of Graduate School, Brown University
- Gabriela Olivares, Interim Dean of the Graduate College, The University of Northern Iowa
- Katrina Rogers, President, Fielding Graduate University*
- Ali Shaqlaih, Dean of Graduate School, University of North Texas at Dallas*
- Mary Stromberger, Vice Provost and Dean for Graduate Education, The Ohio State University
- Jennifer Waldron, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate and Professional Programs, Bowling Green State University
*Graduate education leaders at new CGS member institutions
New CGS Members
- Fielding Graduate University (Regular – Returning)
- University of North Texas at Dallas (Regular)
New Graduate Leaders/Deans and Titles
- Jennifer Airey, Interim Dean of the Graduate School, The University of Tulsa
- Tammy Barry, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education, Washington State University
- Peter Biehl, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Alyssa Crittenden, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Heather Feldhaus, Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Kevin FitzGerald, Interim Dean of the Graduate School, Creighton University
- Thomas Fuja, Interim Vice President and Associate Provost, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame
- David Koonce, Interim Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and Interim Dean of the Graduate College, Ohio University
- Sonia Kreidenweis, Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School, Colorado State University
- Celia Marshik, Interim Dean, Graduate School, Stony Brook University
- Scott Molitor, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Acting Dean, College of Graduate Studies, The University of Toledo
- Thomas Lewis, Interim Dean of Graduate School, Brown University
- Gabriela Olivares, Interim Dean of the Graduate College, The University of Northern Iowa
- Katrina Rogers, President, Fielding Graduate University*
- Ali Shaqlaih, Dean of Graduate School, University of North Texas at Dallas*
- Mary Stromberger, Vice Provost and Dean for Graduate Education, The Ohio State University
- Jennifer Waldron, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate and Professional Programs, Bowling Green State University
*Graduate education leaders at new CGS member institutions
New CGS Members
- Fielding Graduate University (Regular – Returning)
- University of North Texas at Dallas (Regular)
