Meet the Staff

Dr. Craig Ogilvie
Phone: (406) 994-4145
Email: Craig Ogilvie
Graduate Student Affairs — Provides resources and support to all graduate students on a broad range of issues.
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Donna Negaard Assistant Dean of the Graduate School (406) 994-4147 email: Donna Negaard |
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 |
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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 |
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Taylor Hophan-Nichols Graduate Admissions Coordinator (406) 994-4206 email: Taylor Hophan-Nichols |
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Danica Lower Graduate Admissions Coordinator (406) 994-5729 email: Danica Lower |
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Mackenzie Williams
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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 |
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Emily Peters Degree Programs Specialist (406) 994-6673 email: Emily Peters |
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Holly Hillis
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Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs - Manages interdisciplinary graduate degree programs and provides support to students and faculty in those programs.
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Kyra Merchen Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Manager (406)994-4193 email: [email protected] |
Analytics & Systems Management - Data management and systems support including CollegeNet, DegreeWorks, statistics and reporting.
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Laura Collins Systems Analyst (406) 994-7442 email: Laura Collins |
Graduate Assistants with the Graduate School - Graduate assistants working on projects.
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Lindsay Wimett |
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Nicholas Dea |
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Flor Vega-Castillo |
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Talia Seltzer Email: Talia Seltzer |
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Karthik Kumar |
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Nirvair Khosa |
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Tim Schehl
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