Meet the Staff

Dr. Craig Ogilvie

Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice-President of Research

Phone: (406) 994-4145

Email: Craig Ogilvie

Graduate Student Affairs — Provides resources and support to all graduate students on a broad range of issues.

Donna Negaard Assistant Dean of the Graduate School (406) 994-4147 email: Donna Negaard

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Fiscal Management, Administration, and Operations — Oversees Budgeting, Finances, and Administration, including GTA/GRA appointments and Tuition Waivers. 

Ann Wells Business Manager (406) 994-4112 email: Grad Finances

John Anderson Project Coordinator (406) 994-4145 email: John Anderson

Office of Recruitment & Admissions — Responsible for the marketing, recruitment, application, evaluation, and admission process of all graduate students at Montana State University.

	Melis Edwards Director of Graduate Recruitment and Admissions (406) 994-6329 email: Melis Edwards		Taylor Hophan-Nichols Graduate Admissions Coordinator (406) 994-4206 email: Taylor Hophan-Nichols
	Danica Lower Graduate Admissions Coordinator (406) 994-5729 email: Danica Lower		Mackenzie Williams Graduate Admissions Coordinator (406) 994-5561 email:Mackenzie Williams

Office of Graduate Student Success — Supports graduate students from the approval of their programs of study to the acceptance of their graduation applications and electronic theses and dissertations. Facilitates GradCat 360, holistic professional development.

Lauren Cerretti Degree Programs Specialist (406) 994-5312 email: Lauren Cerretti

Emily Peters Degree Programs Specialist (406) 994-6673 email: Emily Peters

Holly Hillis  Student Services Specialist  &Formatting Advisor (406) 994-7518  email: Holly Hillis Formatting email

Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs - Manages interdisciplinary graduate degree programs and provides support to students and faculty in those programs. 

Kyra Merchen Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Manager (406)994-4193  email: [email protected]

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Analytics & Systems Management - Data management and systems support including CollegeNet, DegreeWorks, statistics and reporting.

Laura Collins Systems Analyst (406) 994-7442 email: Laura Collins

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Graduate Assistants with the Graduate School - Graduate assistants working on projects.

	Lindsay Wimett Wellbeing Initiative Graduate Assistant Email: Lindsay Wimett		Nicholas Dea Graduate Student Affairs Assistant Email: Nicholas Dea
	Flor Vega-Castillo Graduate Admissions & Recruitment Assistant Email: Flor Vega-Castillo		Talia Seltzer Graduate Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Assistant Email: Talia Seltzer
	Karthik Kumar Graduate Admissions & Recruitment Assistant Email: Karthik Kumar		Nirvair Khosa Graduate Admissions & Recruitment Assistant Email: Nirvair Khosa
	Tim Schehl Graduate Professional Development Assistant Email: Tim Schehl