News: Announcements

As a new academic year commences, we are delighted to share the Academic Plan Year in Review, which provides a snapshot of the remarkable progress we have made since releasing the plan last fall. Although not comprehensive, this update offers a glimpse into some of the many accomplishments that have been implemented during the past several months. Read more about specific highlights for graduate and professional students in Goal 2: Accelerate Student Success.

See the full Academic Plan

Nominations for the Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA) are open through November 15, 2023. Any Ohio State student, faculty, or staff member may nominate a GTA.  GTAs are also able to nominate themselves for the award.  Nominees should be the criteria outlined in the GATA guidelines. All nominations should be submitted via Qualtrics.

Autumn 2023 graduating students pursuing a minor or interdisciplinary specialization must ensure that their Transcript Designation Request Form is in PendingGS status by Friday, September 29. Additionally, program representatives are responsible for submitting Specialization Forms on behalf of their respective students by this same date.

To meet the Registrar's guidelines for designation postings while providing time for Graduate School review, it's imperative that all forms be submitted by Friday, September 29 for Autumn 2023 graduates. As we move forward, it will be ideal for forms to be submitted before the semester of degree completion to allow for timely review and posting of designations while staying within the best practices requested by the Registrar's office.

Starting in Spring 2023, the deadline to submit the following forms will align with the Application to Graduate deadline. 

• Transcript Designation Request Form (after an approved Minors and Interdisciplinary Specialization Form)
• Specialization Forms

If you have any questions, please direct them to grad-schoolregistrationservices@osu.edu.

Stephen John Quaye, program chair for higher education and student affairs in the College of Education and Human Ecology, will begin his appointment as the Graduate School’s first associate dean for excellence in graduate and postdoctoral training on Aug. 15, 2023.

Quaye brings nearly 10 years of administrative experience to the Graduate School through his leadership as director of graduate studies of the Student Affairs in Higher Education Program at Miami University, chair of the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program at Ohio State, and president of ACPA: College Student Educators International. In these roles, he led strategic planning efforts, completed annual evaluations of students and staff, spearheaded student success initiatives, developed graduate trainee programs, and facilitated Diversity, Equity and Inclusion dialogues. In spring 2023, he was honored with Ohio State’s Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Along with his expertise in student affairs, Dr. Quaye is known for his success in building and leading collaborative, inclusive, and highly effective teams. Time and time again, he has demonstrated a leadership style that encourages innovation, commitment to staff professional development and is an equity-minded leader with national experience in developing solutions for systemic gaps across academic and professional organizations.

The new role of associate dean for excellence in graduate and postdoctoral training will allow the Graduate School to develop and implement strategies to recruit, retain and advance the training and scholarship of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at Ohio State. The associate dean will be responsible for providing leadership and supervision of Graduate School staff associated with the Offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Fellowship Services; Postdoctoral Affairs; and the Strategic Trainee Proposal Development program.

The Graduate School is excited to welcome Dr. Quaye as part of the supportive team for graduate, professional and postdoctoral scholars at Ohio State.        

A record number of graduate students from The Ohio State University have been awarded prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships for 2023-2024.

A record number of graduate students from The Ohio State University have been awarded prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships for 2023-2024. Six students are recipients of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards: Ellen Danford, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Karis Neufeld and Justin Salgado, College of Arts and Sciences, Haley Dunlop and Selina Vickery, College of Medicine, and Nancy Pellegrino, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

Read more about each graduate student at the Office of International Affairs.