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Office of Graduate Studies: 863-874-8566
Email: ogs@floridapoly.edu
Web: https://floridapoly.edu/degree/graduate/index.php
The Office of Graduate Studies* serves as a front-facing resource for students, faculty, and staff. Located in IST 2037, students may stop by or schedule an appointment for services including secondary advising, assistantship questions, admissions questions, 4+1 guidance, thesis format/timeline clarification, and graduation requirements. If a graduate student is unsure how to proceed, or who to speak to, an appropriate first step is to meet with the Office of Graduate Studies.
The Office of Graduate Studies also assists students in all forms and approvals which require the Graduate Director signature. General email inquiries may be directed to ogs@floridapoly.edu.
Other Support Offices and Personnel
Though the Office of Graduate Studies is the central hub for oversight of the graduate programs, multiple offices work together to manage Graduate Study at Florida Poly. Below are some of the common offices and personnel graduate students may work with.
Academic Departments
A student’s academic department is their primary “home” in the institution; this is the department that sponsors the track or major within the degree. If you are following an interdisciplinary track like mechanical engineering, then you will refer to that academic department. Typically, students start their first semester with the department chair as their advisor. Some departments may assign students a temporary advisor until they go through the department’s process whereby students are paired with their faculty advisor based on a range of factors, primarily alignment of research interests.
Admissions
Admissions is located on the East side of Campus, and contact info is available at the end of this document. Upon the start of their first semester, students are generally past the admissions stage. However, if they have business yet to complete (particularly if they are an international student) Admissions is available to assist.
Registrar’s Office
The Registrar’s Office is located in the IST on the Northeast corner. The Registrar’s Office is critical to your progression as it is the office where all the important forms are stored that you will need along the way and where all your grades, signatures, and final confirmation of completion of all degree requirements are housed.
Provost’s Office
Dr. Brad Thiessen serves as the provost and executive vice president in addition to acting as the Graduate Director. The Graduate Director’s role is to oversee all graduate programs, and channel the university’s vision into actionable policies. The Graduate Director also works closely with the Department Chairs, faculty, and the Graduate Studies Committee on a range of policy, curriculum, and scheduling matters to make sure that the programs run effectively and deliver quality education.
The most common request of the Graduate Director is approval of various graduate forms. If a student needs something signed by the Graduate Director, they must submit those items to the Office of Graduate Studies who will obtain the signatures or approvals upon the student’s behalf.
Office of Graduate Studies
Emily Lowers: Graduate Program Coordinator, elowers@floridapoly.edu, 4-8566
Departmental Administrators
Zaira Medina-Rodriguez: VPAA Units, Graduate Programs, Research & Grants, zmrodriguez@floridapoly.edu, 4-8496
Fabienne Dupervil: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics & Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, fdupervil@floridapoly.edu, 4-8876
Sherri Bougher: Registrar’s Office, sbougher@floridapoly.edu, 4-8501
Tina Thomas: Data Science and Business Analytics, Computer Science, tthomas@floridapoly.edu, 4-8655
Dara Griffis: Engineering Physics, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, dgriffis@floridapoly.edu, 4-8461
Department Chairs
Dr. Mary Vollaro, Department Chair for MS Electrical Engineering and MS Mechanical Engineering, mvollaro@floridapoly.edu, 4-8604 Dr. Shahram Taj, Department Chair for MS Data Science and MS Engineering Management, staj@floridapoly.edu, 4-8521 Academic Affairs Administration & Staff
Brad Thiessen, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, acting Graduate Director bthiessen@floridapoly.edu, 4-8500
Melissa Vazquez, Director of Academic Affairs, mvazquez@floridapoly.edu, 4-8500
Kathryn Miller, Vice Provost of Student Affairs, kmiller@floridapoly.edu, 4-8640
Ryan Sullivan, Associate Director of Transfer and Graduate Admission, rjsullivan@floridapoly.edu.
Andrew Konapelsky, University Registrar, akonapelsky@floridapoly.edu, 4-8526
Kevin Calkins, Director of Institutional Research, kcalkins@floridapoly.edu, 4-8545
Nicole Tardiff, Director of Sponsored Programs, ntardiff@floridapoly.edu, 4-8585
Kelly Morgan, Office of Disability Services, kmorgan@floridapoly.edu, 4-8770
Jon Pawlecki, Associate Vice Provost of Student Success, jpawlecki@floridapoly.edu, 4-8584
Human Resources
Barbara Jones, Administrative Assistant, barbarajones@floridapoly.edu, 863-874-8821
Kelly Hart, Coordinator, rhart@floridapoly.edu, 863-874-8422, LTB-1144
Technology Services
HelpDesk: helpdesk@floridapoly.edu, 863-874-8888 (on campus 4-8888)
International Students: Key Links
*In some cases, referred to as “Graduate Division”
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