About My Work

I am the Manager of Student Affairs for the Computer Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. What does a Manager of Student Affairs do? I answer all sorts of questions from prospective and current students. I focus more on the graduate program, with Dr. Ingalls more involved with the undergraduate program, but I am also hapy to help undergraduates. Some of the things I do include:

• Graduate student recruitment: coordinator for department recruitment efforts and department representative for Admissions Office efforts.
• Advise undergraduates about graduate school admissions (applying to RPI or elsewhere)
• Manage student records. Monitor graduate student progress.
• Organize events for graduate students such as orientation and mixers.
• Organize advising fair for undergraduates.
• Assist students with administrative processes. Help incoming and new graduate students find their way.
• Chair department's Graduate Recruiting Committee, serve on department's Undergraduate Curriculum, Graduate Curriculum, and Web Committees, and serve on Admissions Office's Graduate Programs and Services Committee.
• Manage graduate admissions processes.
• Update web pages and print publications.
• Assign advisors, keys, student offices, and graduate TA positions.