The Graduate Group Chair is responsible for supervising graduate study in his/her Graduate Group, including planning and carrying out graduate student recruitment, ensuring that each graduate student is assigned an individual Faculty Advisor and mentor, ensuring the progress of graduate students through the program, determining resource needs and administration of the group’s budget, determining both graduate course offerings each semester and curriculum changes.
AY 2018-2019 Graduate Group Chairs
- Boaz Ilan, Applied Mathematics
- Courtenay Conrad, Political Science
- Erik Menke, Chemistry & Chemical Biology
- Gerardo Diaz, Mechanical Engineering
- Sayantani Ghosh, Physics
- Irenee Beattie, Sociology
- Jan Wallander, Psychological Sciences
- Kevin Dawson, Interdisciplinary Humanities
- Kara McCloskey, Biological Engineering & Small-Scale Technologies
- Marc Beutel, Environmental Systems
- Marcelo Kallmann, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
- Miriam Barlow, Quantitative & Systems Biology
- Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Cognitive & Information Sciences
- Paul Brown, Public Health
- Paul Maglio, Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Meeting Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Location | Agenda | Minutes |
| Thursday | August 30 | 11:00 - 2:00 PM | SSB 250 | Agenda | Minutes |
| Wednesday | September 12 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM | COB2 392 | Agenda | Minutes |
| Wednesday | October 17 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM | COB2 392 | Agenda | Minutes |
| Wednesday | November 28 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM | SSB 250 | Agenda | Minutes |
| Wednesday | December 12 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM | SSB 250 | Agenda | Minutes |
| TBD | January | TBD | TBD | Agenda | Minutes |
| TBD | February | TBD | TBD | Agenda | Minutes |
| TBD | March | TBD | TBD | Agenda | Minutes |
| TBD | April | TBD | TBD | Agenda | Minutes |
| TBD | May | TBD | TBD | Agenda |
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Resources
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Admissions:
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Admissions Review Tool- Pending
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Admissions Review Tool Guide- Pending
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Graduate Council:
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Website: https://senate.ucmerced.edu/GC
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Graduate Division:
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Mentoring: