The Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education is responsible for:

• Growth of graduate school, both in graduate student numbers and an increase in the quality of graduate students and programs of study;
• Streamlining graduate admissions;
• Expanding diversity in graduate school;
• The development, administration, and evaluation of graduate education throughout the university;
• Working in partnership with the faculty, program chairs, and department heads, the deans, graduate students (particularly through the Graduate Student Association), and the Commission on Graduate Studies & Policies (CGS&P) to further graduate education at Virginia Tech;
• Developing academic policies and procedures;
• Assisting with the preparation of new graduate degree options and programs;
• Implementing enrollment management strategies at the graduate level;
• Overseeing the admission of graduate students;
• Monitoring graduate students’ progress toward degrees;
• Accepting and approving theses and dissertations;
• Certifying the successful completion of graduation requirements;
• Certifying eligibility of graduate students to hold assistantships (GTAs, GRAs, GAs);
• Managing tuition remissions and scholarship and fellowship programs;
• Implementing health insurance subsidy program;
• Coordinating university-wide graduate recruitment efforts;
• Advocating and promoting a nurturing climate for graduate education;
• Mentoring of graduate students;
• Coordinating university-wide graduate student orientation;
• Coordinating GTA training;
• Processing documentation for international students;
• Assuring federally mandated compliance;
• Administering the honor system;
• Facilitating interdisciplinary programs.

Offices

Information and Registration

• B. Harris
  540-231-8306

Graduate Student Recruiting and Diversity Initiatives

• D. Gomez Beane | Director
  540-231-6529

Graduate Student Records

• J. Austin | Interim Director, Graduate Admissions and Academic Progress
  540-231-8636

Graduate Student Services

• M. Gibson | Director
  540-231-4558

Administrative Staff

• N. Feuerbach | Administrative Staff Assistant
  540-231-7581