Coleen Pugh, dean
107 Jardine Hall • 316-978-3095
Graduate School Website1
Enrique Navarro, associate dean
Aaron Coffey, assistant dean
Denise Gimlin, graduate operations manager
The Graduate School at Wichita State University (WSU) supervises graduate study at the university, establishes standards for admission to graduate work and recommends students who have completed requirements for graduation.
The Graduate School provides opportunities to pursue advanced study in over 50 master’s programs, one educational specialist program, and 13 doctoral programs (nine PhD programs and four professional doctorates). The university is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a doctoral granting research university (high research activity) and is an affiliate member of the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students. The university is also a member of the Council of Graduate Schools and the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools.
The Graduate School operates according to bylaws approved by the graduate faculty. Current bylaws are available online1.
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Graduate Council
The Graduate Council consists of the dean, associate and assistant deans of the Graduate School, eight members of the graduate faculty elected by the graduate faculty, one member appointed by the graduate dean, and one graduate student. The council determines and recommends general policies for the Graduate School.
In addition to being the elected representative of the graduate faculty, the Graduate Council serves as the Committee on Exceptions in an advisory capacity to the dean of the Graduate School. This responsibility may be discharged by the council acting as a committee of the whole, through subcommittees, or ad hoc committees consisting of selected members of the graduate faculty and graduate student body. Conclusions reached by the Graduate Council are transmitted as recommendations to the dean of the Graduate School.
The Graduate Council also serves as a committee on appeals if the student is dissatisfied with direct administrative action taken by the graduate dean. In such cases, the judgment of the council is final.