Mission
Prioritizing graduate education is critical to supporting and advancing the research, teaching and outreach missions of Georgia’s flagship University. We seek to foster excellence in a broad, inclusive, and growing graduate enterprise that prepares intellectual leaders of the State, Nation, and World.
Vision
To empower and enrich global communities through advancements inspired by graduate education.
Strategic Plan 2025
Goal 1: Support graduate student success and well-being.
- Strategy 1.A: Enhance advocacy on behalf of graduate students for University and System-level decisions (health insurance, fees, assistantships, access to mental health care etc.)
- Strategy 1.B: Offer Graduate School programming that is innovative, data-driven, responsive, and accessible
- Strategy 1.C: Facilitate the enhancement, excellence and enrollment growth of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (IGP)
- Strategy 1.D: Develop and implement strategies to ensure effective graduate student mentoring
Goal 2: Endorse equity and justice in graduate education by promoting access and retention, particularly for underserved students.
- Strategy 2.A: Ensure access to graduate education by recruiting historically underrepresented and first-generation graduate students.
- Strategy 2.B: Promote retention of historically underrepresented and first-generation graduate students.
Goal 3: Strengthen and simplify processes to support Graduate School stakeholders.
- Strategy 3.A: Work with Graduate Council to re-engineer its function and structure
- Strategy 3.B: Comprehensively review business practices and core functions
- Strategy 3.C: Optimize graduate student application and enrollment management system and IT resources
- Strategy 3.D: Increase training opportunities for graduate coordinators and graduate coordinator assistants
Goal 4: Strengthen relationships with campus partners.
- Strategy 4.A: Strengthen and formalize relations with Office of Research (OoR)
- Strategy 4.B: Strengthen relations with Office of Student Affairs and other offices to enhance graduate student life
- Strategy 4.C: Strengthen relations with Office of Global Engagement to provide services and resources for international students
- Strategy 4.D: Strengthen relations with partners to identify experiential professional development opportunities for graduate students.
- Strategy 4.E: Increase fund raising for graduate education and graduate student support
- Strategy 4.F: Strengthen relations with Public Service and Outreach
- Strategy 4.G: Enhance partnership with Human Resources to better support stakeholders engaged in graduate education
Goal 5: Enhance communication with stakeholders
- Strategy 5.A: Redesign Graduate School website for improved efficiency and user experience
- Strategy 5.B: Improve effectiveness of Graduate School communication
