About Us

Brandy A. Randall, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School, 通过在学术事务中进行战略规划的综合过程，为研究生教育的发展提供学术领导和远见. 她是行政领导，向委员会报告工作 provost and president on the expansion of graduate academic programs; and provides support and direction in academic planning initiatives, 同时以符合365英国上市官网使命的方式监督研究生课程的质量.

Dr. Randall于2013年至2020年担任北达科他州立大学研究生和跨学科研究学院副院长，并于2002年至2020年担任该大学人类发展和家庭科学系的教师.

Other leadership roles Dr. 兰德尔曾担任大平原互动远程教育联盟青年发展学院的副主席, 青少年在线新闻研究协会的首任编辑, 年度道德发展预会议的联合创始人, 《365英国上市官网》的副主编, 也是北达科他州妇女网络的董事会成员. 

She holds a Ph.D. 内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的心理学博士, 他拥有内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的心理学硕士学位和克雷顿大学的心理学学士学位.

Mission

研究生院致力于使开放大学成为研究生的首选大学和研究生教育的全国领导者. 研究生院与365英国上市官网的学术单位合作，为研究生的成功提供丰富的环境，培养发现的领导者, innovation, and creative endeavors. 学院与各学校和大学合作招收新生, 保留和毕业生聘用的专业人员的工作影响国家, the nation and the world. 

The Graduate School carries out its mission by: 

• 培养研究生教育的诚信、卓越和探究自由 
• 创建一个丰富多样的跨文化和国际365英国上市官网社区 
• 为研究生教育提供高标准和明确的政策 
• 为研究生和教师提供个性化的服务和资源

Role

As the administrative arm of Graduate Council, the Graduate School has responsibility for ensuring the highest standards in student admission; for providing academic records management, academic standing and degree services for currently enrolled students; and for the authorship, 维护和监督研究生政策和标准，以提高教育项目和课程的质量.

The Graduate School works with faculty, academic departments, 以及学院和各学院的院长，以招收和发展跨学科和专业领域的研究生，反映出学术实力和大学对多样性的承诺, 并设计项目来支持学生的成就和成功.

研究生院还与院系和大学管理部门合作进行项目审查, accreditation, registration, 以及当地和外部当局进行的评估工作, 从而促进了整个校园对学生留存率的承诺.

Profile of Responsibilities

Commitment to Quality

• Graduate Council — academic policies and procedures
• Graduate program and curriculum
• Course catalog and development
• Graduate academic program review
• 研究生的进步、保留和学位完成情况
• Graduate academic faculty and program services

Graduate Recruitment and Admission

• Prospective graduate students
• Graduate recruitment
• Graduate admission services
• Graduate guest services

Graduate Student Progress

• Graduate readmission and program transfer
• Plan of study
• Transfer of graduate credit
• Petition of exception
• Graduate assistants and fellowships
• Leave of absence
• Academic standing, probation and dismissal

Graduation

• Dissertation and thesis service
• Manage the application to graduate
• Approve final graduate degree audits

Mission

研究生院顾问委员会的任务是支持开放大学研究生院，为其战略方向的发展和战略目标的实施做出贡献.

Position

研究生院顾问委员会是由研究生院院长促成的一个仅受邀请的职位. 该职位将支持研究生院的工作，并提供基于任务的领导和战略宣传. The Dean-Board relationship is a partnership.

咨询委员会成员的任期为三年，并可连任一届. 董事会会议每季度举行一次，委员会会议将与全体董事会会议协调举行.

Members

Former board members

• Michael Antaran
• Napoleon Harrington
• Amy Butler (deceased) 
• Beth Benson 
• Beth Talbert 
• Emily Olling
• Caryn Reed-Hendon
• Ryan Mostiller

Dean of graduate school

• Brandy Randall, Ph.D. - [email protected] or (248) 370-3169
  • Dean
• Linda Hutcheson - [email protected] or (248) 370-4156
  • Assistant to the Dean 

Graduate curriculum, retention & academic services

• Claire Rammel - [email protected] or (248) 370-3159
  • Assistant dean
  • Curriculum management includes: 
    • Policy and policy compliance 
    • Off campus site locations
    • Distance programs
    • Graduate council 
    • New programs and program modifications 
    • Program review
    • Graduate student retention 
    • Graduate student academic eligibility decisions 
    • Graduate student and faculty academic service 
    • Graduate applicant appeals 
    • Oversee admission review 
    • 监督国内和国际申请者的录取决定 

Student and faculty academic services

• Evonne Mitchel - [email protected] or (248) 370-4052
  • Graduate catalog
  • Graduate student enrollment services 
  • KCP scholarships
  • Faculty mentor award 
  • Outstanding dissertation and thesis awards 
  • Banner catalog 
  • Acalog (online catalog) 
  • Course action forms 
  • Special credit offering forms 
  • PACE

Graduation services

• Nidhi Khattre - [email protected] or (248) 370-2569
  • Students degree audits 
  • Students progress and candidacy 
  • Students plans of study 
  • Students limited standing review and monitoring 
  • 学生学术学生计划行动的例外请愿, waiver/substitutions, transfer credits, readmission, program transfers, time extensions
  • CAPP/Degree Works 

Graduate School & Pace 

• Erin Schmotzer - [email protected]
  • Marketing and enrollment coordinator

Graduate analysis, technology and web

• Mark Tomaszewski - [email protected] or (248) 370-2016
  • Senior CRM and data analyst 
    
    
• Svet Alichev - [email protected] or (248) 370-4317
  • Technical communications coordinator and webmaster

Graduate recruitment services

• Todd Steele - [email protected] or (248) 370-3073
  • Develop & execute graduate recruitment strategies
  • 协调毕业生市场和企业关系工作
  • International and domestic territory recruiting
    
    
• Nichole Fernandez-Jurado - [email protected] or (248) 370-4922
  • Develop & execute graduate recruitment strategies 
  • 协调毕业生市场和企业关系工作 
  • International and domestic territory recruiting

Graduate student services

• 关于包括注册在内的问题/关注/问题，请使用以下电子邮件之一, graduation, program transfers, credit transfers and more.

  • 护理学院和健康科学学院: [email protected]
  • School of Education & Human Services and School of Engineering & Computer Science programs: [email protected]
  • College of Arts & 科学和工商管理学院课程: [email protected] 
    
    
• Adam Panchenko - [email protected] or (248) 370-2653
  • Assistant director  
    
    
• Tina Tucker - [email protected] or (248) 370-4189
  • 申请及入学服务
    
    
• Alicia Arbour - [email protected] or (248) 370-4899
  • CAS和SBA的申请和招生服务
    
    
• Lateacha Carr - [email protected] or (248) 370-4553
  • CAS和SBA的申请和招生服务 

• Kelly Robinson - [email protected] or (248) 370-4142
  • 申请和招生服务的高等教育学院和高等教育学院
    
    
• Dawn Dotson - [email protected] or (248) 370-2558
  • Applications and admissions services 
    
    
• Molly Swiatowy - [email protected] or (248) 370-2595
  • Applications and admission services
    
    
• Jessica Williams - [email protected] or (248) 370-2962
  • Admission services, thesis & 论文审查，奖学金，奖项和活动. 

Graduate scholarships, assistantships & fellowship awards

• Michelle Smith - [email protected] or (248) 370-4048
  • 预算研究生助理协议，处理和工资