• Manage graduate admissions process with almost 3,000 applicants annually, including corresponding with prospective students, updating admissions manual, meeting with departmental administrators and faculty, creating and maintaining electronic and paper application files, referring Ph.D. applications to M.A. program, notifying applicants about admissions decisions, tracking responses of admitted applicants, managing wait lists, and informing incoming students about deadlines and processes.• Represent the Division to the Admissions Working Group, the Online Application for Graduate Studies Group, the Office of International Affairs, the Office of Graduate Affairs, Career Advising and Planning Services, and the Registrar’s Office.• Oversee internal fellowships competitions: advertise fellowships; answer questions about process; collect and collate applications and letters of recommendation; ensure student eligibility.• Counsel current students about funding, teaching requirements, and housing.• Administer the appointment process for Non-Degree Visiting Students.• Plan and coordinate the new Divisional Diploma and Hooding Ceremony for Spring Convocation.• Serve as Staff Adviser to the Social Sciences Graduate Student Activities Committee.• Supervise one full-time employee and additional temporary help seasonally.

• Manage graduate admissions process with almost 3,000 applicants annually, including corresponding with prospective students, updating admissions manual, meeting with departmental administrators and faculty, creating and maintaining electronic and paper application files, referring Ph.D. applications to M.A. program, notifying applicants about admissions decisions, tracking responses of admitted applicants, managing wait lists, and informing incoming students about deadlines and processes.• Represent the Division to the Admissions Working Group, the Online Application for Graduate Studies Group, the Office of International Affairs, the Office of Graduate Affairs, Career Advising and Planning Services, and the Registrar’s Office.• Oversee internal fellowships competitions: advertise fellowships; answer questions about process; collect and collate applications and letters of recommendation; ensure student eligibility.• Counsel current students about funding, teaching requirements, and housing.• Administer the appointment process for Non-Degree Visiting Students.• Plan and coordinate the new Divisional Diploma and Hooding Ceremony for Spring Convocation.• Serve as Staff Adviser to the Social Sciences Graduate Student Activities Committee.• Supervise one full-time employee and additional temporary help seasonally.

• Coordinated departmental admissions process.• Served as non-voting liaison to faculty committees for Graduate Student Affairs, Placement and Fellowships, Curriculum, and Admissions and Aid, and as Staff Adviser to the History Graduate Students Association.• Advised current graduate students on registration procedures, program requirements, and funding, and tracked current student degree progress.• Redesigned and maintained department web site.• Supervised one full-time clerical employee and additional student employees as needed.

• Tracked graduate and undergraduate student degree progress; assisted in student advising.• Managed administrative functions of small department, including budgeting, course scheduling, and event planning.• Supervised student employees.

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