Overview

The Graduate Operations Committee serves as an advisory body to the Dean of the Graduate and Professional School. It focuses primarily on operations and procedures regarding the administration of graduate education throughout the University.

The Graduate Operations Committee meets regularly with Associate Deans in each College to discuss issues/concerns of an operational nature and to recommend procedures, which are as uniform as possible across Colleges, to resolve these issues/concerns. The Graduate Operations Committee works very closely with the Graduate Council to coordinate all curriculum and policy issues. It also works closely with the Academic Operations Committee to consider recommendations concerning operations and procedures.

Membership of the Committee includes the Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate and Professional School as chairperson, the associate dean (or other named individual) responsible for graduate administration from each academic college, a representative from the Faculty Senate, a representative from the Graduate Council, a representative from the Academic Operations Committee, the Associate Director of Admissions, the Registrar (or designee) and other ex-officio members as deemed appropriate by the Provost.

The Graduate Operations Committee may consider, for example:

  • Procedures for streamlining admissions processes for international and domestic graduate students.
  • Eligibility criteria for awarding of fellowships and out-of-state tuition waivers.
  • Procedures for English Proficiency Certification of international graduate students as required by the legislature.
  • Guidelines for implementing, monitoring and funding intercollegiate faculties and interdisciplinary programs.
  • Procedures for enforcement of graduate student requirements such as final examination, degree plan, etc.

Graduate Operations Committee Members

GOC Deans Contact List 2025–2026
Department Name E-mail
Chair – Graduate & Professional School Fuhui Tong fuhuitong@tamu.edu
Assistant to Chair – Graduate & Professional School Cory Raney corylynne@tamu.edu
GOC Dean – College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Mary E. Bryk mary.bryk@ag.tamu.edu
Assistant – College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Jamie Norgaard jamie.norgaard@ag.tamu.edu
GOC Dean – School of Architecture Katie Reed katiereed@tamu.edu
Assistant – School of Architecture Ginger White gwhite@arch.tamu.edu
GOC Dean of Arts & Sciences Adam Seipp aseipp@tamu.edu
Assistant to Arts & Sciences Jeannine Scambray jscambray@tamu.edu
GOC Dean – Mays Business School Jerry Strawser jstrawser@tamu.edu
GOC Dean – Mays Business School Michael Alexander malexander_67@tamu.edu
Assistant – Mays Business School Lisa Provines lprovines@mays.tamu.edu
GOC Dean – School of Dentistry Doug Gould dgould@tamu.edu
Program Administrator – School of Dentistry Kimberly Luttman kluttman@tamu.edu
Senior Administrative Coordinator April Norambuena norambuena@tamu.edu
GOC Dean – School of Education & Human Development Beverly Irby beverly.irby@tamu.edu
Assistant – School of Education & Human Development Melyssa Henderson melyssa@tamu.edu
GOC Dean – College of Engineering Hank Walker d-walker@tamu.edu
Assistant – College of Engineering Jennifer Veracruz jveracruz@tamu.edu
GOC Dean – Texas A&M University at Galveston Peter van Hengstrom vanhenp@tamug.edu
Director – TAMUG Holly Richards richardh@tamug.edu
Assistant Director – TAMUG Andrew Reitberger areitberger@tamug.edu
Graduate & Professional School Student Government President Marcus Glass gpsgpresident@tamu.edu