Graduate School Team

Our office is open and staffed Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (excluding holidays).

Leadership

These team members provide leadership and oversee Graduate School operations.

Claudia Petrescu
Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School

cpetrescu@ksu.edu

Phillip D. Payne
Associate Dean

ppayne@ksu.edu

Megan Miller
Assistant Director of Student Success

mmmiller@ksu.edu

Admissions

Our admissions team works in partnership with academic programs to process application materials and formally admit applicants based on program recommendations.

Joe Horan
Graduate Admissions Coordinator

jphoran@ksu.edu

Teresa Baughman
International Admissions Specialist

baughman@ksu.edu

Julie Eisenhut
Domestic Admissions Specialist

eisenhut@ksu.edu

Jeffery Zhu
Admissions Specialist

jjz@ksu.edu

Degree Analysts

Graduate School degree analysts work with graduate students and graduate faculty from the beginning of the students’ graduate programs until graduation to support their progress from one milestone to the next. They are responsible for the processing of all graduate students forms impacting the students’ academic life cycle.

Angie Pfizenmaier
Lead Degree Analyst for:
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
PhD in Leadership Communication

akt@ksu.edu

Brenda Nowakowski
Degree analyst for:
College of Agriculture
College of Architecture, Planning and Design
College of Business Administration
Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
College of Technology and Aviation (Salina)
Masters of Public Administration
Masters of Public Health
Masters of Fine Art

blnow@ksu.edu

Timon Smock
Degree analyst for:
College of Education
College of Health and Human Sciences

tmsmock@ksu.edu

Operational Staff

Graduate School support staff provide support for Graduate School operations, student enrollment and academic records, programming and services for student success, and administrative support for Graduate Council and graduate faculty.