Graduate Council

The role of the Graduate Council is to serve as an advisory body to the Dean of the Graduate School. The Graduate Council is composed of seven elected faculty from departments offering doctoral degrees, seven elected members from departments offering only masters degrees, and eight ex-officio members.

 

Doctoral	Department	MSC	Phone	Email	Term
Philip Benson	Management	3DJ	646-5695	pbenson@nmsu.edu	2019
Laura Madson	Psychology	3452	646-6207	lmadson@nmsu.edu	2020
Gary Rayson	Chemistry/Biochemistry	3C	646-5839	gdgrayson@nmsu.edu	2020
Eric Schollijegerdes	Animal & Range Sciences	3-l	646-1750	ejs@nmsu.edu	2018
Linda Summers	Nursing	3185	646-3622	lsummers@nmsu.edu	2019

 

Masters	Department	MSC	Phone	Email	Term
Ram Acharya	Ag Econ & Ag Business	3169	646-3215	acharyar@nmsu.edu	2019
Christopher Brown	Geography	MAP	646-1892	brownchr@nmsu.edu	2018
Christopher Plouffe	Mkt/Bus Administration	5280	646-3341	cplouffe@nmsu.edu	2019
Pei Xu	Civil Engineering	3CE	646-5870	pxu@nmsu.edu	2019

 

Ex- Officio Members	Department	MSC	Phone	Email
Luis Cifuentes	VP for Research and Dean of Graduate School	3RES	646-3425	lacifuen@nmsu.edu
Denise Esquibel	Asst. Dean, Grad School	3 - GS	646-1541	desquibe@nmsu.edu
Kim Gianfrancesco	Asst. Prof, Library	3475	646-5769	kgianfra@nmsu.edu
Vandeen McKenzie	Financial Aid	5100	646-6014	vmckenzi@nmsu.edu
Azadeh Osanloo	2017-18 GC Chair	3N	646-4022	azadeh@nmsu.edu
Norma Palomino	Asst. Dean, Grad School	3 - GS	646-2131	norpal@nmsu.edu
Michael Schmelzle	Director, ISSS	3567	646-7041	mschmelz@nmsu.edu
Dacia Sedillo	Registrar's Office	3-EM	646-5089	dapachec@nmsu.edu
Luis Vazquez	Assc VP for Research & Graduate Studies	3RES	646-5459	lvazquez@nmsu.edu

 

Student Rep.	Department	MSC	Phone	Email
Kevin Prieto	ASNMSU President	7110	646-4415	kprieto@nmsu.edu
Tara Young	GSC President	3-GS		youngt92@nmsu.edu
Jack McCoy	GSC Vice President	3-GS		jemccoy@nmsu.edu