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 fact sheets and other information primarily in the public schools of north Mississippi. Education faculty, as well as University recruiters, participate in recruitment activities. When applications are received, the Administrative Assistant makes email contact with the prospective student, explaining documents required for admission. After documents are on file, the Dean reviews the application and documents to determine admission status. When admitted, the Assistant, under the Dean's signature, sends via email the formal letter of acceptance. 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.