The Graduate Dean's Student Advisory Board has reconvened for the 2016-17 academic year. The council serves as a forum to enhance communication between graduate students, faculty and administration.

The board is composed of representatives from each of the university's colleges that administer graduate programs, as well as representatives from the university's trans-departmental graduate and international student organizations.

Graduate students on the board are nominated by the dean of the college in which their degree program resides. The board is led by Kim Needy, dean of the Graduate School and International Education, and Patricia Koski, associate dean of the Graduate School and International Education.

Students should contact a board representative if they would like a concern brought to the advisory board. The board members are:

Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

• Jordan Griffin, master's student in human environmental sciences
• Stephen Robertson, doctoral student in entomology

Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

• T.J. Stallbaumer, master's student in journalism 
• Owen Buffington, master's student in art

Walton College of Business

• Saif Mir, doctoral student in supply chain management
• Jacqueline Tilton, doctoral student in management

College of Education and Health Professions

• Haraa al-Zoin, doctoral student in curriculum and instruction
• Nicole R. Green Rowan, doctoral student in higher education

College of Engineering

• Martin Christie, doctoral student in chemical engineering
• Connie Moloney Walden, doctoral student in civil engineering

Interdisciplinary Studies

• Michelle Rathgaber, doctoral student in environmental dynamics
• Larra Rucker, doctoral student in public policy
  • Grant West, doctoral student in public policy, alternate

Black Graduate Student Association

• Joseph W. Daniels, doctoral student in civil engineering
• Rodney Kizito, master's student in industrial engineering, alternate

Liaison for LGBT Issues

• James H. Wesolowski, doctoral student in environmental dynamics

International Students

• Raissa Araujo Borges, master's student in mechanical engineering

Associated Student Government

• Michele "Scout" Johnson, doctoral student in history

Career Development Center

• Shelby Pieper, master's student in higher education