Staff

Steve Fetter is Interim Dean of the Graduate School, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, and Acting Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Language.  He has been a professor in the School of Public Policy since 1988, serving as dean from 2005 to 2009. 

• Oversees GS administration, finance, and strategic planning; graduate admissions and enrollment; and student and faculty services
• Coordinates student initiatives and programs and special projects
• Implements policy directives of the dean and Graduate Council

• Manages Graduate Programs, Curricula and Courses Committee (PCC)
• Enforces Graduate School academic policies
• Oversees Graduate Faculty appointments and service

• Provides executive administrative support to the dean and the assistant dean
• Coordinates GS events and functions

• Manage Graduate School communications and media relations
• Serve as content manager for Graduate School website.

• Provides strategic support in areas of graduate education – admissions, enrollment, diversity and programming.

• Collects, manages, and analyzes internal and external data on graduate education and graduate students.
• Fulfills data requests from campus stakeholders.
• Serves as GS liaison with Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment.

• Leads fundraising and graduate alumni relations efforts
• Serves as GS liaison with University Relations

• Manages recruitment, retention, and support initiatives for underrepresented and underserved graduate student populations
• Develops and implements initiatives on diversity in graduate education
• Serves as UMD coordinator for the tri-campus (UMB and UMBC) PROMISE grant

• Develops and implements campus-wide writing initiatives and programs for graduate students and faculty
• Oversees the Graduate School Writing Center

• Develops and implements campus-wide career and professional development programs for graduate students.

• Oversees competitive GS fellowship and award programs and review processes
• Manages the Graduate Catalog program editing procedures
• Liaison for matters relating to Graduate Faculty Membership Nominations

• Coordinates programs and outreach to serve postdoctoral scholars.

• Serves as impartial, independent, and confidential resource for graduate students
• Ombuds Office

• Oversees graduate admissions, especially international admissions
• Serves as GS liaison with Maryland English Institute regarding English proficiency standards and remediation

• Serves as applications reviewer

• Provides IT support and training for admissions software system

• Provides IT support for admissions software applications.

• Serves as applications reviewer

• Serves as applications reviewer.

• Manages academic activities and issues of graduate students from enrollment to graduation

• Updates and maintains Graduate Catalog
• Serves as administrative coordinator for the Graduate Programs, Curricula, and Courses Committee

• Provides primary IT support for admissions software system and GS website

• Provides primary IT support for admissions and other graduate software systems.

• Oversees and manages information and systems technologies
• Manages GS Information Desk and communications systems
• Serves as GS liaison with University Division of Information Technology

• Oversees and manages GS budget, accounts, and personnel
• Administers University/Dean’s/Merit Fellowship program
• Serves as budget officer for the Graduate School and coordinating official for UMD’s NSF GRFP program 

• Manages GS fellowship accounts
• Approves graduate assistant/student  overloads

• Manages human resources and payroll processes
• Reconciles GS accounts and assists in management of Foundation and grant accounts.

• Provides administrative support for GS fellowships and tuition accounting