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The Graduate School is committed to advancing academic excellence in graduate and postdoctoral education and training. We have several departments that can assist you with questions regarding professional development activities, administrative processes, and graduate student success initiatives.
Office Hours: 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., Monday through Friday
Campus Location: GSR 2.116
Phone:210-458-4331
Questions regarding admissions, transcripts and recruiting.
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Retention: Support and Success Initiatives
![Rebecca Weston](../../images/staff/weston-rebecca.jpg)
Associate Dean
![Jeffrey Ragsdale](../../images/staff/ragsdale-jeffrey.jpg)
![Giselle Villalpando](../../images/staff/villalpando-giselle.jpg)
Communications Manager
Responsible for:
- Marketing & Communication
![Angela Grant](../../images/staff/Angela-Grant-the-graduate-school.jpg)
Fiscal Manager
Responsible for:
- Fiscal Operations
- Budget and Planning
- Graduate Funding Operations
![Juan Alvarado](../../images/staff/alvarado-juan.jpg)
Responsible for:
- IT Operations
![Susie Saucedo](../../images/staff/saucedo-susie.jpg)
Responsible for:
- Research, analyze, and evaluate data to improve system efficiency
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Research and Policy Analyst
Responsible for:
- College of Liberal and Fine Arts Graduate Student Success Initiatives
Retention and Graduation Program Coordinator
Responsible for:
- College of Education and Human Development Graduate Student Success Initiatives
![Sam Sifuentes](../../images/staff/sifuentes-sam.jpg)
Retention and Graduation Program Coordinator
Responsible for:
College of Health, Community, and Policy Graduate Student Success Initiatives![German Medina](../../images/staff/medina-german.jpg)
Retention and Graduation Program Coordinator
Responsible for:
- Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design Graduate Student Success Initiatives
![Linda Dietzmann](../../images/staff/dietzmann-linda.jpg)
Retention and Graduation Program Coordinator
Responsible for:
- Alvarez College of Business Graduate Student Success Initiatives
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Retention and Graduation Program Coordinator
Responsible for:
- College of Science and University College Graduate Student Success Initiatives"
![John Shaffer](../../images/staff/shaffer-john.jpg)
Responsible for:
- Develops programming initiatives to support graduate student professional development
- Supervises all processes related to thesis and dissertation requirements
- Manages the daily operations of all initiatives for current students out of The Graduate School
![Tim Palese](../../images/staff/palese-tim.jpg)
Responsible for:
- Graduate student community building
- Student success event coordination
- The G.R.A.D. Space Coordinator