GSSP Contacts:

Shannon Gilligan, Student Personnel Coordinator

Phone: 612.625.2306
E-mail: gradssp@umn.edu

•Preliminary oral exam scheduling and clearance
•Language certifications

Amber Knapp, Coordinator, Master’s Degree Services

Phone: 612.625.4019
E-mail: gsmast@umn.edu

•Master’s and Certificate degree progress and clearance
•Master’s thesis formatting and submission questions

Stacia Madsen, Coordinator, Doctoral Degree Services

Phone: 612.625.0168
E-mail: gsdoc@umn.edu

•Doctoral degree progress and clearance
•Doctoral final oral exam scheduling
•Dissertation formatting and submission questions
•Registration exception requests

Renae Faunce, Coordinator, Graduate Student Services

Phone: 612.625.5833
E-mail: gscmte@umn.edu

•Committee substitution requests
•Degree Program and Thesis Proposal approvals

Marci Freundschuh, Assistant to the Dean

Phone: 612.625.0068
E-mail: gsasdean@umn.edu

•Master’s advanced status (FTE) registration applications
•Graduate School time extension petitions
•>75% graduate assistantship appointment requests

Karen Starry, Director

Phone:  612.625.2815
E-mail:  starry@umn.edu

News

• Electronic Scheduling of Doctoral Final Oral Exams
  Posted on 8/31/2009
  The Graduate School is pleased to announce that effective fall semester (September 8, 2009) doctoral students will schedule their doctoral final examinations with the Graduate School online.
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• Electronic Thesis Submission Now Available!
  Posted on 9/24/2009
  Master’s Plan A/professional engineering design project students are now able to submit their thesis to the Graduate School electronically. More information below.
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• The Graduate School's Fall 2009 Commencement Ceremony
  Deadline: 10/1/2009
  The Graduate School’s fall 2009 commencement ceremony will be on Friday, December 11. The deadline for Graduate School students to submit their Commencement Attendance Approval form to 316 Johnston Hall is October 1.
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Graduate School Registration Requirement:

Effective Fall 2002, ALL Graduate School students will be required to register in the Graduate School every fall and spring term in order to maintain active status. This is a change from the previous policy that required Graduate School registration once per year.
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Graduate Student Services and Progress Office
316 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant Ave S.E.,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612.625.3490
Fax: 612.625.6855

Hours of operation:
Monday-Friday
8:00am-4:30pm