The University of Nebraska has a single University-wide Graduate College with a single University-wide graduate faculty. The Dean of the Graduate College is the University-wide executive officer for graduate studies and research. Unless superseded by the direct action of the Graduate Faculty acting as a whole, the legislative and academic authority of the Graduate Faculty is vested in an Executive Graduate Council. The Dean coordinates graduate programs among the respective campus units. The Dean, or the Dean’s designee, serves as the presiding officer of the University-wide Graduate Faculty and Councils thereof. The Dean recommends appointment to or removal from the Graduate Faculty and shall be administratively responsible for the welfare of the Graduate College and for implementing the policies of the Board of Regents and the Graduate Faculty concerning graduate studies and research. The Office of the Executive Vice President/Provost is the clerical center and clearinghouse for all official communications between the Executive Graduate Council, and the faculty, administrators, and external agencies.
Campus Deans for Graduate Studies are administratively responsible to their respective Chancellors, and to the Dean of the Graduate College in their capacities as officers of the College. Campus Deans act as liaison officers between the Chancellors and the Dean of the Graduate College, preside over the meetings of their campus Graduate Councils and campus Graduate Faculties, and administer their respective campus graduate programs.
Under authority delegated to them by the Executive Graduate Council, the Graduate Faculty of each campus conducts the affairs of the Graduate College which are specific to their campus, including the election of a campus Graduate Council to act on behalf of the campus Graduate Faculty. Actions of a campus Graduate Faculty or a campus Graduate Council do not supersede the authority of the University-wide Graduate Faculty or of the Executive Graduate Council.
2021-2022 Executive Graduate Council
COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jeffrey Gold
NU Graduate Dean
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Megan Adkins
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Todd Armstrong
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Danae Dinkel
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Geoffrey Friesen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Martonia Gaskill
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Karen Gould
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Xu Li
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kendra Schmid
University of Nebraska Medical Center
ALTERNATES
Michelle Warren
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Adam Houston
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Matt Zimmerman
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Tracy Bridgeford
University of Nebraska at Omaha
GRADUATE STUDIES DEANS
Mark Ellis
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Debra Hope
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dele Davies
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Juan Casas, Acting Dean
University of Nebraska at Omaha