2018 Graduate Education Summer Conference

A conversation about graduate education

Drawing on Virginia Tech Graduate School’s Transformative Graduate Education (TGE) initiative and the award-winning Graduate Life Center as a backdrop and model, attendees joined the conversation about the places, spaces, services, and collaborations it takes to support the unique needs of graduate students and left inspired with a plan of action.

Topics included:

• The role of the Graduate School/Graduate College
  
• Partnerships and collaborations (student affairs, student organizations, academic affairs and more)
• Services and programming for and with graduate students:
• Spaces that support graduate community:
• Timely issues:
  
  • Academic bullying
  • Mental health and resilience
  • Social media use
  • Holictic admissions

Conference materials

• Conference agenda - final
  
• Attendee list
• Presenter bios
• Keynote presentation by Karen DePauw, Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education. You can listen to an audio recording of her keynote presentation by following this link.

Target audience

• Graduate school administrators (Deans, Associate Deans, Directors) and members of the  Council of Graduate Schools
• Members of NASPA’s Administrators in Graduate and Professional Student Services knowledge community
• Student Affairs professionals engaged in various aspects of graduate student services
• ACUI members

Conference dates

• June 12-14, 2018

Contact us

540-231-9564
gradconference@vt.edu