Self Managed Application Process: Training Manual

Section I: Contacts

Office of Admissions Staff
100 Alumni Hall
Graduate Section Staff

Mary Vannoy
Graduate Section Supervisor
294-0818
mevanno@iastate.edu
Admission and I-20 coding, liaison with graduate department secretaries, Continuing Education, and Registrar’s Office, supervises evaluators, processes off-campus admission

Bonnie Dix
Records Evaluator
294-0819
bjdix@iastate.edu
Application processing, including US and foreign graduate evaluations, corresponding with students regarding incomplete files

Teresa Kahler
Records Evaluator
294-9510
takahler@iastate.edu
Application processing, including US and foreign graduate evaluations, corresponding with students regarding incomplete files

Deb Schoelkoph
Records Evaluator (Part-time January – March)
294-0808
daschoe@iastate.edu
Application processing, including US graduate evaluations, corresponding with students regarding incomplete files

Patricia Parker
Assistant Director of Admissions
294-0812
pjparke@iastate.edu
Oversight of section, Designated School Officer for INS (signs Form I-20s), publications, procedures, reports, liaison to Graduate College, DOGES, and IES

Graduate College Staff
Graduate College
10 Pearson Hall

Char Shaw
Graduate College Admissions Clerk and Receptionist
294-4531
ckshaw@iastate.edu
Processes all graduate admissions for the Graduate College, including file maintenance, admission questions, and walk-through admissions.

Linda Thorson
Graduate College Secretary
294-1170
lthorson@iastate.edu
Backs up Char in Graduate College admissions processing. Processes nondegree and Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (IGS) admissions for the Graduate College.

Shelley Lott
Student Service Specialist
294-1277
slott@iastate.edu
Assists students with registration, insurance, tuition, assistantship and classification issues. Also responsible for the graduate assistantship and postdoctoral electronic payroll each month. Advises students pursuing the non-degree option.

Susan Stolfus
Scholarship Clerk
294-1370
stolfus@iastate.edu
Reviews assistantship appointments for qualifications for scholarship credits and in-