Contact Us
Please follow the contact instructions below for the best response time. Only email individual staff accounts where indicated.
Graduate Assistant Contracts
Contract originators can track the status of the contracts they submit in the GA contracts system. Students who believe their stipend level, tuition coverage, or work duties are inaccurate should contact their program director/supervisor, not COGS staff, as they do not know what those amounts or duties should be. For other contract issues, please email grad@csuohio.edu and write “GA Contract Question” in the subject line.
Graduate Petitions
Address all correspondence regarding graduate petitions to the grad@csuohio.edu email and write “Graduate Petition” in the subject line.
Graduate Grade Dispute
Address all correspondence regarding graduate grade disputes to the grad@csuohio.edu email and write “Graduate Grade Dispute” in the subject line.
Thesis/Dissertation Forms
This includes the thesis/dissertation proposal form, the committee signature page (a.k.a. final approval form), notice of completion, and the thesis/dissertation document. Address all correspondence to masterthesis@csuohio.edu for master’s thesis or phddissertation@csuohio.edu for doctoral dissertations. Other than the thesis/dissertation document itself, all other forms and documents should be submitted by the department or college, not by the student.
Graduate Student Travel
Administrators should use the Travel Forms channel in the GA Contracts Team to submit graduate student travel forms and check there for updates. Students should never submit forms directly to COGS.
Graduate Student Awards
Address all questions regarding graduate student awards to Shandra O’Dell at s.l.odell@csuohio.edu and Kyle Reynolds at k.p.reynolds@csuohio.edu and write “Graduate Student Awards” in the subject line.
Graduate Faculty Status
Address all questions regarding graduate faculty status to Shandra O’Dell at s.l.odell@csuohio.edu and write “Graduate Faculty Status” in the subject line.
Graduate Admissions
Direct all application/admissions questions to Kaitlyn Carmel at k.carmel@csuohio.edu.
All other inquiries should be directed to the grad@csuohio.edu email.
On Fridays, the College of Graduate Studies Staff will be working remotely.
College of Graduate Studies, Office of the Dean
Contact us by e-mail or by phone, Mon-Fri from 8AM-5PM. Deans office and staff contact information follows.
Bill Kosteas, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Graduate Studies, Professor of Economics
Parker Hannifin Hall, 227
216-687-3595
b.kosteas@csuohio.edu
Shandra O'Dell
Office Coordinator, Dean's Office
Parker Hannifin Hall, 227
216-687-3595
s.l.odell@csuohio.edu
Supports the Dean and Associate Dean—schedules meetings and manages calendars.
Coordinates and assists with Graduate Council, Graduate Faculty renewal, graduate program revisions, Ohio Department of Higher Education program coordination, graduate faculty communication, and the Graduate Student Awards process.
Veronica Hill, M.Ed.
Director, Graduate Student & Faculty Services
Parker Hannifin Hall, 230
216-687-5230
v.berger@csuohio.edu
Responsible for advising faculty and students on policy that governs all graduate programs. Oversees development of new initiatives to enhance the success of graduate and professional students. Manages academic support services regarding academic standing, petitions, and resources to support graduate student success. Supervises processing of assistantship contracts.
Michael S. Hollenbaugh, Ph.D.
Director, Graduate Admissions
Parker Hannifin Hall, 231
216-687-5408
m.hollenbaugh@csuohio.edu
Responsible for strategic enrollment management planning for all graduate programs and academic colleges. Oversees University initiative of recruiting and retaining aan academically talented graduate student population. Oversees recruitment, training, supervision and evaluation of recruitment staff.
Kyle Reynolds, M.Ed.
Graduate Student Success Coordinator
Parker Hannifin Hall, 300
216-687-5013
k.p.reynolds@csuohio.edu
Responsible for graduate student success programming, professional development workshops, retention initiatives, graduate student social engagement, and communications for current graduate students.
Christopher Pokorny, MCIS
Manager, IT Support, Office of Research & Graduate Studies
Parker Hannifin Hall, 303
216-687-9360
c.pokorny@csuohio.edu
Assists faculty and staff members of the College of Graduate Studies & Office of Research with IT-related topics, such as retrieving data from PeopleSoft, developing or maintaining certain aspects of the website, or working on special projects.
Marquita Rodgers, M.Ed.
Graduate Student & Faculty Services Specialist
Parker Hannifin Hall, 237
216-523-7411
m.rodgers@csuohio.edu
Assists with academic regulations and actions including dismissals/warnings; graduate student petitions; grade changes; credit transfers; transient student approvals; thesis/dissertation proposal (committee) forms; master’s thesis form review; and graduation applications.
Kaitlyn Carmel, M.Ed.
Graduate Recruitment Coordinator
Parker Hannifin Hall, 236
216-687-3625
k.carmel@csuohio.edu
Assists the Director of Graduate Recruitment.
College of Graduate Studies
Parker Hannifin Hall
2258 Euclid Avenue, Suite 227
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Phone: 216-687-9370