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Graduate College Appoints New Associate Dean

Minnetta Gardinier, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Recruitment and Professional Development

ANNOUNCEMENT
January 23, 2006

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the appointment of Minnetta Gardinier, Ph.D., as the Associate Dean for Recruitment and Professional Development. Minnetta Gardinier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology in the Carver College of Medicine and currently serves as Director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Her appointment will begin February 1, 2006.

As part of her duties, Gardinier will oversee programs and activities designed to enhance the recruitment, retention and degree completion of over 5,000 graduate students in approximately 100 programs offered at the University.

She will work with a dedicated staff in the Office of Graduate Ethnic Inclusion to improve the level of diversity, both within individual graduate programs and across the Graduate College. She will also serve on the dean’s administrative staff to assist in the planning and implementation of the strategic goals of The University of Iowa related to graduate education and research.