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Table of Contents: 2025 MAGS Annual Meeting

Indianapolis, Indiana | April 2–4, 2025 Theme: Restart Your Engines to Renew, Refresh, and Reimagine Graduate Education!

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Preconference: New Graduate Administrators Workshop Plenary I – Issues and Opportunities for Graduate Education: What Is and What Can Be

  • Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Graduate Programs: Supporting Holmes Scholars in Rural Universities
  • My Graduation Checklist: Using Canvas to Improve Graduate Students’ Final Experiences at the University of Kansas
  • Empowering Successful Mentoring Relationships: Success Stories from the Indiana University, Indianapolis Graduate Mentoring Center
  • Moving Past Information Overload: Reimagining a Student-Centered Graduate Orientation
  • Reimagining 3MT for a Regional University: Engaging Professional Pathways and Community Stakeholders

Concurrent Session II

  • Return to UNI Initiative
  • “Rules of the Road” for a Hybrid Team: Developing a Team Operating Agreement
  • Innovations in Conflict Support: Peer-to-Peer Ombudship in the Graduate School
  • Round Table Discussion: Developing a Campus-Wide Events and Development Series for Graduate Students

Thursday, April 3, 2025 Plenary II – Reimagining New Identities and Exploring New Frames of Reference for Graduate Education

  • Best Practices in Mentoring: A Short Orientation Course for Effective Mentoring
  • So Fresh So Zine: Using Artivism and Zine Making in Lo Picante. Spicing Up Your Graduate Research Communication Program
  • Shaping the Future Strategically: Reimagining Graduate Program Review Process Through a Strategic Planning Lens
  • What Does It Mean to Be a First-Gen International Student?
  • Synergy in Decentralization: Partnering with Campus Stakeholders for Success at a Decentralized Institution

Concurrent Session IV

  • Workday Student for Graduate Education at Iowa State University
  • Leading Graduate Education in Challenging Times
  • Canceled: Application fee Waiver for Everyone?
  • Gaining a Seat at the Table and Developing a Campus-Wide Graduate Student Orientation
  • Canceled: Community and Professional Development in Focus: From Isolation to Engagement

Concurrent Session V

  • Reimagining Graduate Student Teaching: Exploring Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation at BIG10 Institutions
  • Graduate Minds Matter: Leading the Way in Mental Health Initiatives
  • Practical Steps for Holistic Admissions: Renewing Our Commitment and Reimagining Our Processes
  • Individual Development Planning for our Students: How We Developed an Interactive IDP Tool for Use at Iowa State University

Friday, April 4, 2025

Plenary III – Four Fallacies: AI and Our Future Deans’ Dialogue – Critical Issues in Graduate Education

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition

Closing Session & Conference Adjournment

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

4-2-2025

Volume

81

First Page

1

Last Page

416

Rights

Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools

Comments

PLENARY SPEAKER: Magdalene Moy, Instructional Technologist, Fort Hays State University

DISTINGUISHED MASTERS THESIS COMMITTEE: Keith Bremer, Fort Hays State University

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, and MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: Angela Pool-Funai, Fort Hays State University, served as the MAGS Treasurer-Elect

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