College of Graduate Studies
![Dr. Karen McCaleb](assets/images/portraits/kmccaleb.jpg)
Dr. Karen McCaleb
Dean, College of Graduate Studies
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151B
Phone: 361.825.3847
Email: Karen.McCaleb@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
Dean, College of Graduate Studies
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151B
Phone: 361.825.3847
Email: Karen.McCaleb@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
- Administers and supports graduate programs
- Collaborates with faculty and academic deans on all issues related to graduate education
- Oversees all areas of graduate education including compliance, recruitment, retention, policy and procedures
- Represents graduate education internally and externally
![Dr. Marvarene Oliver](assets/images/portraits/oliver.jpg)
Dr. Marvarene Oliver
Professor and Associate Dean
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151C
Phone: 361.825.3216
Email: Marvarene.Oliver@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
Professor and Associate Dean
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151C
Phone: 361.825.3216
Email: Marvarene.Oliver@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
- Directs related graduate program activities and professional development initiatives
- Oversees graduate catalog
- Addresses dissertation/thesis concerns
- Collaborates with other TAMUCC units to ensure a climate of engagement and success for graduate students
- Other duties as needed
![Dr. Steven Seidel](assets/images/portraits/sseidel.jpg)
Dr. Steven Seidel
Interim Associate Dean
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 237
Phone: 361.825.2619
Email: Steven.Seidel@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
Interim Associate Dean
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 237
Phone: 361.825.2619
Email: Steven.Seidel@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
- Facilitates Graduate Council
- Addresses dissertation/thesis concerns
- Collaborates with other TAMUCC units to ensure a climate of engagement and success for graduate students
- Other duties as needed
![Sandra Kureska](assets/images/portraits/skureska.jpg)
Dr. Sandra Kureska
Director
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151E
Phone: 361.825.2711
Email: Sandra.Kureska@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
Director
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151E
Phone: 361.825.2711
Email: Sandra.Kureska@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
- Oversees daily operations of the college
- Serves as liaison to the Office of Admissions
- Oversees graduate college process and policies
- Serves as a liaison to graduate program coordinators and advisors for policy purposes
![Leticia Bazan](assets/images/portraits/lbazan.png)
Ms. Leticia Bazan
Director
Office: Faculty Center, Rm 151D
Phone: 361.825.3302
Email: Leticia.Bazan@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
Director
Office: Faculty Center, Rm 151D
Phone: 361.825.3302
Email: Leticia.Bazan@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
- Works with prospective and new students
- Serves as liaison to the Recruitment Office/Enrollment Management
- Coordinate social media presence; liaison with marketing and communications office
- Coordinates recruitment efforts in conjunction with recruitment office
![Amanda Bocanegra](assets/images/portraits/abocanegra.jpg)
Ms. Amanda Bocanegra
Audit & Compliance Coordinator
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151G
Phone: 361.825.2526
Email: Amanda.Bocanegra@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
Audit & Compliance Coordinator
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151G
Phone: 361.825.2526
Email: Amanda.Bocanegra@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
- Performs all audit and compliance processes including degree plan audits, academic standing, degree plan exceptions
- Processes all information related to doctoral students
- Monitors and updates DegreeWorks and catalog
- Maintains matriculated graduate student records
![Ms. Shay lee](assets/images/portraits/shay-lee.jpg)
Ms. Shay Lee
Executive Administrative Assistant
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151A
Phone: 361.825.3884
Email: Shay.Lee@tamucc.edu
Services provided
Executive Administrative Assistant
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151A
Phone: 361.825.3884
Email: Shay.Lee@tamucc.edu
Services provided
- Assists Dean and Associate Dean with administrative duties
- Organizes and maintains college data and records
- Serves as the logistical liaison, with different units across campus, for all college events and activities
![TAMUCC logo](assets/images/portraits/tamucc_logo_headshot.jpg)
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Business Coordinator
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151F
Phone: 361.825.2803
Services provided:
Business Coordinator
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151F
Phone: 361.825.2803
Services provided:
- Oversee Graduate Assistantship process
- Coordinate Graduate Scholarship process
- Assist with budget development and management
- Generate reports on accounts for the Dean
![Linda Ramon-Barbato](assets/images/portraits/linda.png)
Ms. Linda Ramon-Barbato
Outreach & Compliance Coordinator
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151H
Phone: 361.825.3675
Email: Linda.Ramon-Barbato@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
Outreach & Compliance Coordinator
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 151H
Phone: 361.825.3675
Email: Linda.Ramon-Barbato@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
- Manage day-to-day GROW suite operations
- Assists with the coordination of GROW and College of Graduate Studies events
- Assists with GROW and College of Graduate Studies social media
- Assists with student compliance processing
![Jessica Romero](assets/images/portraits/jromero.jpg)
Mrs. Jessica Romero
Software Application Developer I
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 152
Phone: 361.825.3160
Email: Jessica.Romero@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
Software Application Developer I
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 152
Phone: 361.825.3160
Email: Jessica.Romero@tamucc.edu
Services provided:
- Maintains databases and equipment
- Provides systems/application analyses, design, development and implementation of programming projects to meet strategic plan
- Generates correspondence to graduate applicants/students regarding admission, enrollment and policy information
- Generates reports to program faculty regarding admissions and student progress
Graduate Advising
![Maria Fonseca](assets/images/portraits/mfonseca.jpg)
Ms. Maria Fonseca
College of Education and Human Development
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 235
Phone: 361.825.2968
Email: Maria.Fonseca@tamucc.edu
College of Education and Human Development
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 235
Phone: 361.825.2968
Email: Maria.Fonseca@tamucc.edu
Schedule an Appointment :
![Teri Ruiz](assets/images/portraits/truiz.jpg)
Ms. Theresa Garcia-Ruiz
College of Liberal Arts
School of Arts, Media & Communication
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 233
Phone: 361.825.4932
Email: Teri.Ruiz@tamucc.edu
College of Liberal Arts
School of Arts, Media & Communication
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 233
Phone: 361.825.4932
Email: Teri.Ruiz@tamucc.edu
Schedule an Appointment :
![Shannon Vo](assets/images/portraits/shannon-headshot.jpg)
Ms. Shannon Vo
College of Engineering and Computer Science
College of Science
Schedule an Appointment :
![Sara Malacara](assets/images/portraits/smalacara.jpg)
Ms. Sara Malacara
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 238
Phone: 361.825.2568
Email: Sara.Malacara@tamucc.edu
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Office: Faculty Center, Rm. 238
Phone: 361.825.2568
Email: Sara.Malacara@tamucc.edu
Schedule an Appointment :
LOCATION
Faculty Center, Rm. 151
ADDRESS
College of Graduate Studies
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5843
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Phone: 361.825.2174
Email: gradcollege@tamucc.edu
OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.