Graduate Description and Purposes
Office of Graduate and Continuing Education Description and Purposes
The Office of Graduate and Continuing Education provides the primary source of all services offered graduate students. These services include recruitment, admissions, registration, orientation, and advising. Recruitment is coordinated with the Office of Admissions and includes interest meetings and dissemination of factsheets and other information primarily in the public schools of north Mississippi. Education faculty, as well as University recruiters, participate in recruitment activities. When received, applications to the graduate programs are reviewed by the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Office Administrative Assistant. The Dean initially contacts applicants via phone or email regarding admission status, followed by a formal letter. At admission, all students are assigned an advisor, who coordinates registration, typically through e-mail, and assists them as they progress through the program. The Dean of Graduate Studies conducts an orientation for all new graduate students. In addition, the Dean conducts an orientation each semester for students preparing for the comprehensive examination. The Dean and the Administrative Assistant maintain electronic data files for all graduate students which track their program admission status, GPA, admission to candidacy, completion of the comprehensive examination, and program completion. The Office also coordinates CEU workshops for local teachers.