Opening Activity - Check-In/Breakfast

7:30 a.m.

 

Opening - Introduction to Chancellor Mo Dehghani

8:20 a.m.

Speaker(s): Samuel Frimpong, Vice Provost for Graduate Education

 

Keynote - The Future of Graduate Education at Missouri S&T

8:30 a.m.

Speaker(s): Mo Dehghani, Chancellor

 

Forum 1 - Academic and Research Mentoring

8:45 a.m.

Speaker(s): TBD

 

Forum 2 - Professional and Career Development “The Success Factor”

10:15 a.m.

Speaker(s): Asher & Associates, TBD

 

Introduction of Mark J.T. Smith

12:00 p.m.

Speaker(s): Samuel Frimpong, Vice Provost for Graduate Education

 

Lunch/Keynote - Building a Competitive Support Structure for Attracting Graduate Students from a Diminishing Global Pool: The New Reality

12:00 p.m.

Speaker(s): Mark J.T. Smith Sr. Vice Provost of Academic Affairs & Dean of the Graduate School, UT Austin

 

Forum 3 - Health and Wellness

1:30 p.m.

Speaker(s): TBD

 

Workshop - Challenges and Opportunities for Graduate Support in the Post-COVID Era

3:15 p.m.

 

Adjournment

4:15 p.m.

 

Dinner

6:00 p.m.

Opening Activity - Check-In/Breakfast

7:30 a.m.

 

Opening - Introduction of Provost Colin Potts

8:20 a.m.

Speaker(s): Samuel Frimpong, Vice Provost for Graduate Education

 

Keynote - Campus Strategic Plan: Implications on Graduate Support

8:30 a.m.

Speaker(s): Colin Potts, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

 

Forum 4 - Social and Cultural Integration and Support

8:45 a.m.

Speaker(s): TBD

 

Forum 5 - Graduate Students’ Perspectives

10:15 a.m.

Speaker(s): Council of Graduate Students (CGS), TBD

 

Lunch/Closing - Summary and Conclusions

12:00 p.m.

Speaker(s): Samuel Frimpong, Vice Provost for Graduate Education

• Samuel Frimpong, Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Chair
• Madison Armstrong, Office Support Assistant, Office of Graduate Education, Secretary
• David Bayless, Professor & Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Seung-Jong Park, Professor & Kummer Endowed Chair of Computer Science
• David Enke, Professor & Interim Chair of EM&SE
• Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CEC
• Klaus Woelk*, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CASE
• Jade Sinnott, Program Manager, Graduate Education
• Steven Corns, Associate Professor & Interim President of Graduate Faculty Council
• Kate Drowne, Professor & Assistant Provost of Faculty Affairs
• William Zwikelmaier*, Director of COER
• Fernando Chavez, Graduate Specialist, Graduate Education
• Jessica Gargus, Director of Student Wellbeing
• Simran Bhatia, Sr. Organizational Health Specialist
• Clair Ann Reynolds Kueny, Associate Professor and Chair of Psychological Science
• John Gallagher, Interim Asst Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
• Sharon Matson, Director of Operations, Office of Graduate Education
• Barb Prewett, Director & Assistant Dean of Students
• Douglas Roberts, Chief of University Police
• Emma Lowe, Associate Director for Doctoral Recruitment
• Jodi Hasekamp, Director for Graduate and International Recruitment
• Mina Amini, Technical Editor, Office of Graduate Education
• Charlene Kean, Graduate Specialist, Office of Graduate Education
• Manoj Twarakavi, CGS President, PhD Student, Computer Science
• Yugandhara A M Eriyagama, PhD Student, Department of Chemistry

*Yet to confirm membership