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

Associate Dean

vacant

Michael Young

Graduate Faculty Associate

michaelyoung@ksu.edu

Megan Miller
Assistant Director of Student Success

mmmiller@ksu.edu

Recruitment and Admissions

Our recruitment and admissions team works in partnership with academic programs to promote K-State graduate programs to prospective graduate students and to support them in the application and admission process. Our admissions staff process application materials and formally admit applicants based on program recommendations.

Graduate Recruiter

vacant

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

Kyli Cass
Degree Analyst for:
College of Education
College of Health and Human Sciences

kecass@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

Support 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.