Contacts

Read Jeff's profile

On Twitter @jeffcasello

Responsibilities:

• Represents the interests and policies of Graduate Studies
• Chairs the Graduate Operations Committee
• Co-chairs the Senate Graduate and Research Council and Graduate Student Relations Committee
• Represents Graduate Studies on most University committees and is the University of Waterloo external representative for graduate affairs - Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (OCGS), Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS)

Read Clarence's profile

Read Marianne's profile

Responsibilities:

• Senior management oversight
• Manager of GSPA:
  • Academic Records
  • Admissions
  • Financial aid
  • Convocation
  • Government reporting
  • Marketing and Communications
• Leadership direction, change management and support:
  • Academic programs
  • Student Experience
  • Experiential Education
• Financial and budget oversight
• Human Resource Management
• Space
• Member of Senate Graduate and Research Council
• Member of Graduate Operations Committee
• Resource to Graduate Student Relations Committee, Provost's Advisory Committee on Graduate Student Support

Read Laurie's profile

Read Marta's profile

Responsibilities:

• Planning, coordinating and executing internal and external communications
• Website management 
• Publications
• Marketing
• Recruitment
• Workshops
• Postdoctoral affairs
• Graduate and postdoctoral experience

Read Jacquelene's profile

Responsibilities:

• Assessment, verification and final decision on recommendation for Offer of Admission
• Management of admissions records and communications
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development
• Training and advisement

Read Miranda's profile

Responsibilities:

• SSHRC Master’s (CGS M) and Doctoral Scholarship competitions
• SSHRC Talent Award competition
• CIHR Master’s (CGS M) and Doctoral Scholarships (CGS D/DFSA) competitions
• Bursary programs:
  • Graduate Student Contingency Bursary
  • Graduate Studies Parental Leave Bursary
  • Graduate Student Day Care Bursary
• Emergency Loans
• Medical Leave Award
• Doctoral Thesis Completion Award

Responsibilities:

• Document imaging
• Application support

Read Suzanne's profile

• Government reporting including Provincial Claim, Ontario Education Number

Read Trevor's profile

Responsibilities:

• Graduate calendar management

Responsibilities:

• Faculties: Engineering and Science                                        
  • Student records
  • Theses
  • Graduation and Convocation

Read Stephanie's profile

Responsibilities:

• Managing, Leading and Training Staff
• Admissions and Sponsorships – Policy implementation and decision making
• Directing and ensuring data accuracy and reporting
• Decision Making and Non-standard admissions
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development
• UW International Visiting Graduate Student Program (IVGS)

Read Laura's profile

Responsibilities:

• OGS and QEII-GSST competitions
• Graduate Student Research Dissemination Award
• Graduate Studies Conference Assistantship
• Briarhurst Travel & Research Award
• Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision
• Graduate awards and funding website
• Graduate funding and awards database
• Other external awards:
  • Autism Award
  • Canadian Water Resources Award
  • CAGS Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship
  • CGS Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities
  • Google PhD Fellowship
  • Mackenzie King Scholarship
  • McCall MacBain Scholarship
  • Ontario Women's Health Scholars Award
  • Order of the White Rose Scholarship
  • Rhodes Scholarship
  • SWAAC Award
  • Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence

Read Dylan's profile

Responsibilities:

• Graduate Award payments processing
• Post Tri-Agency competition processing (payment activation forms, progress reports, parental leave, interruptions/deferrals)
• Post OGS/QEII-GSST competition processing (payments)

Read Tara's profile

Responsibilities:

• Assessment, verification and final decision on recommendation for Offer of Admission
• Management of admissions records and communications
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development
• Training and advisement

Responsibilities:

• Digital strategy
• Communications 
• Websites
• Research and best practices
• Project and relationship management

Read Morgan's profile

Awards responsibilities:

• Graduate Award payments processing

Records responsibilities:

• Faculties: Health                                        
  • Student records
  • Theses
  • Graduation and Convocation

Responsibilities:

• Course catalog
• Quest and OnBase Support
• Document management
• Admissions communications

Responsibilities:

• Assessment, verification and final decision on recommendation for Offer of Admission
• Management of admissions records and communications
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development
• Training and advisement

Read Kelly's profile

Responsibilities:

• Faculties: Mathematics and Theology                                    
  • Student records
  • Theses
  • Degree completion
• Academic records: university-wide deadlines, procedures, advisory, academic transcript data, academic decisions, grade revisions, program changes, transfer credit, supervisor data, academic integrity course management.
• Enrolment records: university-wide deadlines, procedures, advisory, authorization for course drop/add, enrolment status changes and withdrawals, program extensions, service indicators.
• Mobility programs: Ontario Visiting Graduate Student program (OVGS), Canadian Universities Graduate transfer Agreement and the Canadian Graduate Student Research Mobility Agreement (CAGS)

Read Sarah's profile

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Read Arriana's profile

Read Craig's profile

Contact Craig for:

• AMTD program
• Provost’s Program for Black and Indigenous Scholars
• Provost’s Program for Interdisciplinary Scholars

Read Elena's profile

Responsibilities:

• NSERC Master’s (CGS M) and Doctoral Scholarship (PGS/CGS D) competitions
• CGS-MSFSS competition
• Donor-funded needs-based awards
• International experience awards
• Davis Memorial Scholarship in Ecology
• J. Alan George Leadership Award
• Convocation medals/awards
  • Governor General Medal/University Finalists
  • Alumni Gold Medals/University Finalists
  • Select departmental convocation medals/awards
• CAGS – UMI

Responsibilities:

• Admissions Management
• Leadership and vision
• Supervision and staff development
• Strategic Planning
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development

Read Heidi's profile

Responsibilities:

• AMTD Waterloo Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellowship competition
• Vanier CGS Doctoral Scholarship competition
• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship competition
• John Charles Polanyi Prize competition
• CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC Postdoctoral Scholarship inquiries
• Establishment of awards funded through endowments & trusts

Responsibilities:

• Awards from endowments, trusts, operating, including planning program budget entitlements, review and approval of all nominations, annual reporting and communications to senior University administrators; *except those requiring collection of application and adjudication from Advisory Committee on Scholarships and Awards
• UW New Faculty Award
• Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women
• Senate Graduate Scholarships
• Government reporting – Ontario Trillium Scholarship, Ontario Graduate Fellowship
• Budget transfer summaries to Finance at year-end (operating accounts)
• University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship allocations and reconciliations

Read Saritha's profile

Responsibilities:

• Electronic application
• Quest and OnBase support
• Document management
• Admissions communications

Read Lisa's profile

• Graduate and postdoc events and programs

Read Jason's profile

Read Katherine's profile

Responsibilities:

• Faculties: Arts and Environment                                       
  • Student records
  • Theses
  • Graduation and Convocation

  • Mobility programs: Ontario Visiting Graduate Student program (OVGS), Canadian Universities Graduate transfer Agreement and the Canadian Graduate Student Research Mobility Agreement (CAGS)

Read Christina's profile

Responsibilities:

• Quest and OnBase development
• Systems security
• Records management
• SISP team member

Responsibilities:

• Assessment, verification and final decision on recommendation for Offer of Admission
• Management of admissions records and communications
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development
• Training and advisement