Allison Gradina
Activities
- Facilitates the degree completion process for all SGS students
- Provides administrative support to the business office
- Assists in planning and executing convocation and commencement ceremonies
New Brunswick | Piscataway
Gary Buschhorn
Activities
- Assists with budget and financial matters
- Manages requests related to fellowships, tuition, tuition waivers, conference travel, and health benefits
Ramazan Güngör
Activities
- Administration and assessment of professional development and cross-disciplinary activities for the entire graduate community in areas such as scientific communication, ethics and responsible research, mentoring, outreach, and preparation for jobs and careers
- Manage collaborations and partnerships with individual graduate programs and with internally and externally funded programs
Teresa M. Delcorso-Ellmann
Activities
- Founding director of GradFund, which provides Fellowship Advising through peer mentoring to graduate students applying for honorific, extramural fellowships, and grants to support graduate work
- Manages the development and curation of the GradFund digital platform and knowledgebase
- Coordinates SGS managed fellowship competitions including: Fulbright IIE, Fulbright Hays, DAAD, PEO Scholars Award, Boren Fellowship
Evelyn Erenrich
Activities
- Recruits students from diverse backgrounds and develops initiatives to promote successful student transitions from undergraduate life to graduate study to professional careers
- Directs RISE at Rutgers (Research Intensive Summer Experience), a summer research program for high-achieving undergraduate students, in order to promote diversity and excellence in graduate education
- Leads participation in the Big Ten Academic Alliance, the National Research Mentoring Network, and other consortia to promote diversity in graduate and postdoctoral education
- Supports outreach and broader impact sections of faculty training and research grants and administers Diversity, SUPER Grad, and MS/Ph.D. Bridge Fellowships
Barbara E. Bender
Activities
- Responsible for academic support services, student services, matriculation, and degree certifications, including convocation and commencement
- Directs the TA Project and the Rutgers Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Oversees student and faculty concerns including academic integrity, intellectual property, interpersonal conflict, crisis management, and referrals
- Serves as SGS faculty in the PreDoctoral Leadership Development Academy
Eileen Kowler
Activities
- Develops and enforces academic standards and policies
- Oversees graduate curriculum and graduate faculty appointments
- Primary liaison for Graduate Directors
- Manages program reviews and supervises international exchanges
- Oversees the promotion and facilitation of interdisciplinary initiatives aimed at graduate student training, development, and professionalization