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• Oversees the Development and Communications & Events units in the Graduate Division
• Manages the fundraising and alumni relations program with a focus on increasing fellowship support for Berkeley’s graduate students
• Directs the external communications and events programs that includes GradNews, eGrad, Berkeley Graduate Profile, and the endowed lecture series
• Serves as campus contact for questions about fellowship fundraising and matching programs

• Oversees administrative and operational matters in the Graduate Division
• Operational and budget processes, HR, IT, and space planning
• Implements and monitors campus-wide processes, policies, and systems to support Academic Senate and Graduate Council actions
• Implements strategic planning efforts and monitors progress towards strategic goals
• Interacts with internal and external constituents in response to controversial situations, appeals, or complaints
• Represents Graduate Division on campus and outside committees and governing bodies
• Advises and supports Dean and Associate Deans on policy and compliance issues
• Serves as functional lead for Graduate Division on the Student Information System (SIS) replacement project

• Manages the staff and overall operations in the Admissions, Fellowships, Appointments, and Degrees units
• Implements new policies and executes changes to existing policies related to graduate student services
• Subject expert on graduate educational policy
• Liaison to the Graduate Council
• Approves exceptions as delegated by the Associate Deans to policies and regulationsand makes recommendations to the Director of Academic Affairs and Associate Deans on specific issues or cases
• Advises departments and students on issues of probation, lapsing, and dismissal, and sensitive student matters
• Monitors compliance of students and department administrators with existing requirements and policies related to academic progress, enrollment, appointment eligibility, terms of financial awards, admissions procedures
• Develops communication plans and schedules trainings and informational sessions to inform and educate campus academic departments, administrative offices, and outside agencies
• Represents the student services unit to the campus community and relevant external constituencies

• Graduate admissions and fellowship planning
• Institutional data reporting
• Graduate student surveys and research

• Executive assistance to the Graduate Deans
• Correspondence and calendar requests for the Deans (please send to graddean@berkeley.edu, not to individual email addresses)
• Provides writing and editorial assistance to the Deans and senior staff

• Provides day-to-day administrative support for the Graduate Deans
• Receives inquiries from students, employees and general public and ensures questions are directed to appropriate staff
• Routine assistance regarding records management and scheduling needs
• Supports administrative needs in special projects or assignments

• Organizes monthly Graduate Student Advising Officers (GSAO) Meetings
• Maintains delegation of authority information for Graduate Division
• Graduate Division facilities
• Sproul Hall building liaison
• Coordinates business functions and processes
• Manages graduate development events and plans other events
• Monitors gradrsvp@berkeley.edu and gradsupport@berkeley.edu email accounts

• Manages the online Application for Graduate Admissions and Fellowships and the Jazzee AMS and Review Systems
• Processes database access requests and provides database training
• Manages the Admissions Allocations
• Coordinates the SID assignment for newly admitted graduate students
• Transfers new graduate students’ records to the Registrar’s office and determines administrative blocks
• Responds to credit card questions and refunds application fee
• Monitors the gradletters@berkeley.edu e-mail account

• Advises departmental staff, faculty, applicants, sponsoring agencies, and exchange programs pertaining to Graduate Admissions requirements
• Evaluates academic records to determine admissions eligibility
• Processes exception requests and approves registration and/or issues administrative blocks
• Researches higher education systems for accreditation and degree programs comparability with Graduate Division standards
• Specializes in Spanish speaking countries
• Conducts training workshops for departments and information sessions for prospective international applicants
• Serves as a liaison for the LASPAU and GTU programs
• Monitors the gradadm@berkeley.edu e-mail account

• Advises departmental staff, faculty, applicants, sponsoring agencies, and exchange programs pertaining to Graduate Admissions requirements
• Evaluates academic records to determine admissions eligibility
• Processes exception requests and approves registration and/or issues administrative blocks
• Researches higher education systems for accreditation and degree programs comparability with Graduate Division standards
• Specializes in Europe and the Middle East
• Conducts training workshops for departments and information sessions for prospective international applicants
• Serves as a liaison for the EAP, IIE, and Fulbright programs
• Monitors the gradadm@berkeley.edu e-mail account

• Advises departmental staff, faculty, applicants, sponsoring agencies, and exchange programs pertaining to Graduate Admissions requirements
• Evaluates academic records to determine admissions eligibility
• Processes exception requests and approves registration and/or issues administrative blocks
• Researches higher education systems for accreditation and degree programs comparability with Graduate Division standards
• Specializes in China, India, and the Middle East
• Conducts training workshops for departments and information sessions for prospective international applicants
• Serves as a liaison for the VEF (Vietnam Education Foundation) program
• Monitors the gradadm@berkeley.edu e-mail account

• Blanket Approvals
• Graduate Group membership (including Designated Emphasis faculty lists)
• GLOW access
• Non-student specific requests

Graduate programs I advise

• Monitors Graduate Student progress toward the Masters and Ph.D. degree.

Graduate programs I advise

• Monitors Graduate Student progress toward the Masters and Ph.D. degree.

• Front desk assistance for Graduate Services (Degrees, Fellowships, Admissions, Appointments)
• Certificate of Completions
• Filing Fee
• Exchange Programs
• Coordinates the following fellowship programs:
  • Paul Alexander Fellowship
  • Albert Newman Fellowship
  • Elizabeth Einstein Fellowship

• Responsible for day-to-day operations of Fellowships Office
• Oversees, coordinates, or is the main contact for the following programs:
  • Cost-share Programs
  • Graduate Dean’s Summer Research Grant
  • Fulbright Scholar Program
  • Graduate Opportunity Program Master’s Fellowship
  • I-House Gateway/Rodriguez Fellowships
  • Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities (LASPAU)
  • Lindau Annual Meeting Competition
  • Loan Deferment forms
  • LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship
  • Mellon-ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Coordinates the following fellowship programs:

• Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellowship
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
• Fulbright -IIE (Fulbright-Student Program)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
• Luce Scholars Program
• Phi Beta Kappa (PBK)
• Pinto Fellowship

Coordinates the following fellowship programs:

• Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (DDRA)
• Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad
• Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
• Mentored Research Award
• Parent Grant for Graduate Students
• UC Dissertation-Year Fellowship

Coordinates the following fellowship programs:

• Bancroft Library Study Awards
• Conference Travel Grants
• Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
• The Frank E. Ratliff Fellowship in Classical Antiquity
• George Lurcy Fellowship for Study in France
• The Jim Fahey Safe Homes Fellowship for Women
• The Kang Family Graduate Fellowship for Biotechnology
• National Physical Science Consortium Fellowship
• Dr. and Mrs. James C.Y. Soong Fellowship
• The Sydney Ehrman Fellowship for Study in King’s College, Cambridge

Coordinates the following fellowship programs:

• Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) — German Academic Exchange
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowships
• Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
• Society of Woman Geographers Fellowship
• UC MEXUS-CONACYT Doctoral Fellowship for Mexican Students

• Provides guidance to students, staff and faculty on policy surrounding Graduate Student Academic Employment (Graduate Student Instructor, Graduate Student Researcher, Acting Instructor-Graduate Student, Reader & Tutor appointments)
• Fee Remission Program (benefits) for qualifying graduate student academic appointments (GSI, GSR, AI-GS, Reader & Tutor)
• Outreach to departments and hiring units who wish to better understand complex policies and procedures surrounding graduate student academic employment and associated benefits (The Fee Remission Program)
• Educational tools (tutorials, presentations and check sheets) for those working with graduate student academic employment and associated benefits (The Fee Remission Program)

• Co-director of the Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty
• Co-director for the Student Mentoring & Research Teams (SMART) Program

• Manages nine Lectureships (open to the public):
  •  Five Graduate Council Lectureships
  • Three Graduate Division Lectureships
  • Tanner Lectures on Human Values
• Manages large scale graduate student events and new faculty events:
  • Distinguished Fellows Reception
  • New Graduate Student Orientation
  • New Faculty Reception
  • Assists with donor engagement (regarding visiting lecturer events).

• Designs, builds and manages websites
• User Interface design for web applications
• User Experience research and design
• Designs and builds online communications, email newsletters.
• Consults with Graduate Division and campus groups about web technologies and best practices in web and UI design

• Designs, builds and manages websites
• User Interface design for web applications
• User Experience research and design
• Designs and builds online communications, email newsletters
• Consults with Graduate Division and campus groups about web technologies and best practices in web and UI design

• Student communications
• Designs Graduate Division publications
• Development communications
• Manages eGrad, Graduate Division’s e-newsletter
• Social media
• Event communications
• Web content

• Assists in the fundraising efforts through engaging in donor and fund research, strategic planning, and fellowships management
• Oversees the Graduate Fellowships Matching Program (GFMP)
• Helps manage relationships with donors and alumni through providing stewardship, fund updates, and annual corporation/foundation reports

• Organizes monthly Graduate Student Advising Officers (GSAO) Meetings
• Maintains delegation of authority information for Graduate Division
• Graduate Division facilities
• Sproul Hall building liaison
• Coordinates business functions and processes
• Manages graduate development events and plans other events
• Monitors gradrsvp@berkeley.edu and gradsupport@berkeley.edu email accounts

• Manages the Systems and Technology unit
• GLOW and Jazzee Systems
• Graduate Division technical support

• Serves as a confidential, neutral place for students and postdocs to discuss their difficult campus related issues
• Explores and provides options to visitors for possible resolutions to their situations
• Facilitates or mediates resolutions between parties
• Provides individual coaching and group and training on communication, conflict styles and feedback
• Sets budget and direction for the department

• Serves as the first point of contact for visitors
• Conducts intake regarding the nature of the needs of the client
• Schedules appointments
• Conducts outreach and training related to conflict resolution
• Gather and analyze confidential data and prepare reports to share trends and make recommendations for systematic/organizational changes

• Directs Graduate Diversity Program
• Coordinates new & continuing programs supporting graduate diversity
• Works cooperatively with departments and graduate diversity directors in a variety of tasks enhancing diversity
• Mentors and advises current graduate students on succeeding in graduate school
• Advises students who have received Mentored Research and Dissertation Awards
• Oversees the Getting Into Graduate School Mentoring Program
• Advises prospective undergraduates on the graduate application process
• Assists the Graduate Division in a number of diversity-related activities
• Advises AB540 and Undocumented prospective (and current) graduate students

• Organizes Graduate Diversity Program special events, assists with the Getting into Graduate School Program (GIGS)

• Coordinates Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
• Coordinates programming and activities to promote the goals of the Graduate Diversity Program (recruitment and retention of a diverse graduate student population and to provide campus leadership on diversity matters)
• Provides information and advice to current and prospective UCB students
• Represents UC Berkeley at nationwide graduate outreach events

• Directs American Indian Graduate Program to promote learning and development in American Indian/Alaska Native graduate students by encouraging experiences which lead to intellectual growth, appreciation of aesthetic and cultural diversity and achievement of personal goals
• Supports and guides campus efforts to conduct outreach, recruit, admit, and graduate American Indian and Alaska Native students
• Plans and implements outreach programs with specifically targeted institutions
• Advises prospective applicants on necessary academic preparation
• Plans and implements high-visibility students events, such as commencements, research conferences, lecture series, campus community building and services to local American Indian communities and agencies

• Manages AIGP events, and daily office functions
• Provides assistance to the Native graduate students
• Manages the AIGP list-serve and sends out messages about events that are happening throughout the year about Native events on campus and the Bay Area

• Fee Remission Financial Questions

• Gradlink Fund Balances and income information
• GFMP (Graduate Fellowship Matching Program)
• Graduate Division contracts and grants (e.g. NSF, FLAS)

• Organizes monthly Graduate Student Advising Officers (GSAO) Meetings
• Maintains delegation of authority information for Graduate Division
• Graduate Division facilities
• Sproul Hall building liaison
• Coordinates business functions and processes
• Manages graduate development events and plans other events
• Monitors gradrsvp@berkeley.edu and gradsupport@berkeley.edu email accounts