The Associate Provost for Graduate and Professional Studies oversees all aspects of the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies and Thesis and Dissertation Services, advocating for continual improvement in graduate education at Texas A&M University.

• serves as an informal, independent, neutral, and confidential resource to help graduate students address concerns.
• can help clarify institutional policies, facilitate conversations with faculty and administrators, guide students through informal grievance processes, and connect students with others who can help. 
• considers all sides of an issue with the goal of achieving fair outcomes.
• is available to faculty and administrators who have questions about policies and practices that effect graduate students. 

• Facilitates document processing relating to graduate students’ progress toward their specific graduate degree.
• Advises faculty, staff and graduate students on university-established policies and procedures for graduate students.

Recruiting and Student Success, ogaps-grad-recruit@tamu.edu

• Performs recruiting activities in coordination with colleges and departments to attract high quality, diverse graduate students to TAMU.
• Facilitates new graduate student orientations.
• Facilitates TAMU Graduate Fellowships and Graduate Student Awards selection process.

G.R.A.D. Aggies Professional Development, grad-aggies@tamu.edu

• Offers professional development workshops, including G.R.A.D. Aggies Day.
• Shares professional development news, events and resources through the weekly G.R.A.D. Aggies eNewsletter and the Professional Development Portal.
• Administers the G.R.A.D. Aggies Professional Development Certificate program.
• Partners with colleges and non-academic units on professional development initiatives.
• Facilitates the Graduate Student Research and Presentation Travel Award (awarded quarterly; ogaps-travel-award@tamu.edu).

• Academic & Programmatic Support area fields all incoming phone, email and walk-in inquiries.
• Manages retention of graduate student records.
• Connects students and other stakeholders with resources and information.

• Reviews each electronic thesis, dissertation and record of study (ETD) for uniformity, consistency and adherence to university guidelines for quality.
• Provides a wide range of preparation support and coordinates release of the ETD for public access.

• Maintains content for OGAPS-managed websites.
• Facilitates OGAPS Blog Ambassador Program and OGAPS social media platforms.
• Supports document and media production for staff.

The Data Services Team provides a variety of external and internal data collection, analysis, and reporting related to graduate and professional students at Texas A&M. The team supports participation in multiple national-level research projects, required reporting to THECB, and many adhoc data needs within the university, unit, and at times in support of the academic colleges.

• Performs recruiting activities in coordination with colleges and departments to attract high quality, diverse graduate students to the AGEP program.
• Facilitates a robust cyber-enabled social and virtual infrastructure.
• Facilitates a multi-level, highly engaged mentoring infrastructure.

• The CIRTL program is part of a national network of Tier-1 research universities.
• Offers professional development for graduate students, faculty, and postdocs in STEM departments.
• Partners with Colleges and CTE to offer local programs such as Teaching-As-Research Fellowship and STEM Learning Community Course.
• National Network offers online resources focused on teaching/career development.