Graduate School

Student Success

• 
  Jessica Beck
  The Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Development

  Dr. Beck provides leadership for the Graduate School’s Student Success initiative as well as scholarship and fellowship award processes. She is the Director of the Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching program and oversees OSU’s institutional membership in the CIRTL Network.

  Email

  541-737-8576

• 
  Karen Hanson
  Graduate Student Success Coordinator

  As a member of the Student Success Team, Karen works to help students succeed in graduate school.

  Email

  541-737-1464

• 
  Linda Tucker Serniak
  GTA for the Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching

  Linda supports the Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching program as a graduate assistant.
• 
  Matt Tradewell
  GTA for Student Success

  A graduate student in the College Student Services Administration program, Matt brings to OSU his over 3 years of experience coordinating graduate and professional student programs and services at Washington State University.

  Email

  541-737-1693

Enrollment Management and Services

• 
  Rosemary Garagnani
  The Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management

  As the Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management and Services, Rosemary manages domestic and international admissions. She supervises the staff that serves students throughout their graduate school career, from applying to the Graduate School to their degree certification and commencement.

  Email

  541-737-4881

• 
  Betty Langford
  Administrative Program Assistant

  Email

  541-737-2298

• 
  Carmen Twenge
  Administrative Program Assistant

  Carmen works as an academic support staff member for domestic applicants and current students. She provides guidance for admissions, current student deadlines and programs, exams and certifying degrees. She works closely with her assigned colleges to provide professional and accurate service.

  Email

  541-737-2037

• 
  Darcy Miller
  Administrative Program Assistant

  Email

  541-737-7089

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  Debra Ricciotti
  Administrative Program Assistant

  Debra works as an academic support staff member for domestic applicants and current students. She provides guidance for admissions, current student deadlines and programs, exams and certifying degrees. She works closely with her assigned colleges to provide professional and accurate service.

  Email

  541-737-1461

• 
  Julie Kurtz
  Administrative Program Assistant

  Email

  541-737-1466

• 
  Tara Stacy
  Customer Service

  Tara works the front desk at the Graduate School office helping students, staff, and faculty with any questions they might have about applying to graduate school, Graduate School policies and procedures, graduation and everything else.

  Email

  541-737-4881

International Admissions

• 
  Belinda Barnes
  International Graduate Admissions Coordinator

  Email

  541-737-4881

• 
  Katie Landgren
  Administrative Program Assistant

  Katie works with international student admissions for all graduate programs except Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).

  Email

  541-737-0464

Recruitment and Financial Support

• 
  Fran Saveriano
  The Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Financial Support

  Fran Saveriano is the Assistant Dean for Financial Support and Recruitment.

  Email

  541-737-4881

• 
  Jessica Beck
  The Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Development

  Dr. Beck provides leadership for the Graduate School’s Student Success initiative as well as scholarship and fellowship award processes. She is the Director of the Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching program and oversees OSU’s institutional membership in the CIRTL Network.

  Email

  541-737-8576

• 
  Jessica Barker
  GRA for Recruitment and Financial Support

  Jessica is a Master's of Public Health candidate in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences here at Oregon State University. She assists the recruitment and financial support team at the Graduate School.
• 
  Melissa Almanza
  Graduate Recruitment and Financial Support Administrator

  In her recruitment role, Melissa manages operations within the graduate recruitment office working with units on campus to promote Oregon State graduate studies in Oregon and across the country. She also manages the Graduate School Ambassadors Program.

  Email

  541-737-2046

Office of Postdoctoral Programs

• 
  Yanyun Zhao
  Associate Dean

  On behalf of the Graduate School, Dr. Zhao works with postdocs, outreach partnerships and interdisciplinary programs.

  Executive Assistant to the Associate Deans Maureen Childers

  Email

  541-737-0556

• 
  Maureen Childers
  Executive Assistant to the Associate Deans

  Maureen supports the assocate deans in their work managing the Office of Postdoctoral Programs, program review, and much more. 

  Email

  541-737-2033

Administrative Support

• 
  Kerri Nawrocki
  Graduate Program Analyst

  Kerri works with Graduate School leadership to ensure graduate program quality. She performs data analysis on behalf of various Graduate School functional units. 

  Email

  541-737-2350

• 
  Kim LeMay
  Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost & Dean

  Kim assists the Vice Provost and Dean with the day-to-day activities and long-term initiatives associated with the mission and vision of the Graduate School. Her knowledge and experience help keep the Graduate School working in an efficient and effective manner. 

  Email

  541-737-1456

• 
  Maureen Childers
  Executive Assistant to the Associate Deans

  Maureen supports the assocate deans in their work managing the Office of Postdoctoral Programs, program review, and much more. 

  Email

  541-737-2033

• 
  Deborah Gould
  Office Coordinator

  Deborah provides support with a variety of functions to the Graduate School office and leadership team. She works closely with the other administrative assistants to coordinate timely completion of tasks that keep the Graduate School’s day-to-day operations running efficiently.

  Email

  541-737-5994

Information Technology

• 
  John Henry
  IT Director

  John's main contributions to the Graduate School include leading the Graduate Education Toolkit project, supporting Grad School technology initiatives, supporting graduate program faculty and staff in their Grad School related interactions with university systems, supporting Grad School staff as

  Email

  541-737-7619

• 
  Dan Vega
  Analyst / Programmer

  Dan is a software engineer working as an Analyst/Programmer in the Graduate School information technology team. Dan was hired to help design and build the Salesforce implementation used by applicants to OSU graduate programs.

  Email

  541-737-1088

• 
  Jared Thomas
  Analyst / Programmer

  Responsibilities: Salesforce development, data integrations, and project management for the Graduate Education Toolkit project. Supports the Graduate School staff with Banner queries and Nolij issues.

  Email

  541-737-5161

• 
  John McQueen
  Web Strategist and Digital Communications Specialist

  John supports digital communications for the Graduate School.

  Email

  541-737-7753

• 
  Kim Clark
  IT Coordinator

  Email

  541-737-5040