Robert M. Augustine, Ph.D., Dean
1218 Blair Hall
217-581-2220
rmaugustine@eiu.edu
Linda Barter, Administrative Aide
1215 Blair Hall
217-581-7490
lkbarter@eiu.edu
Lana Beasley,
Chief Clerk
1201 Blair Hall
217-581-2220
libeasley@eiu.edu
Susan Hankenson, Certification Officer
1211 Blair Hall
217-581-5937
sphankenson@eiu.edu
Lori Henderson, Publicity / Promotion Specialist
1213 Blair Hall
217-581-8341
lahenderson@eiu.edu
JoAnn Ingle,
Records Officer II
1212 Blair Hall
217-581-7488
ljingle@eiu.edu
Rodney Ranes, Director Graduate Admissions
1216 Blair Hall
217-581-7489
rsranes@eiu.edu
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The mission of graduate education at Eastern Illinois University is to provide superior graduate degree, certificate, and post-baccalaureate options designed for career specialization and advancement, certification and credentialing, professional and leadership development, and preparation for advanced scholarship. The mission includes:
- strengthening the quality, diversity, and internationalization of the University’s student body by attracting candidates who have the potential for academic and professional achievement;
- fostering advanced scholarship through a depth of content knowledge, critical thinking, problem solving, oral and written communication, application of technology, research/creative activity, and commitment to professional ethics;
- expanding the curriculum with rigorous advanced courses and options offered through lectures, laboratories, seminars, forums, practicum field experiences, internships, and partnerships with education, business, and industry;
- building and enhancing the excellence of the University’s undergraduate majors and options through mutual and reciprocal research/creative activity with graduate students and faculty; and
- developing opportunities for the discovery and application of knowledge with graduate faculty members who reflect the University’s teaching and mentoring priority and who have a record of research/creative activity and professional service.
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