Cait Mossbrook Schiffhauer

Duties and Responsibilities

General Undergraduate & Graduate Program Coordinating:

• Serve as the first point of contact for the Forensic Science Program
• Coordinate concurrent majors process, change of majors and minors, degree audits, course substitutions and entrance to major forms.
• Build and maintain the schedule of courses for the Forensic Science Program.
• Course scheduling, evening and final exam scheduling, and reserve general-purpose classrooms/conference rooms.
• Organize special program events: graduate student recruitment, graduation receptions, award recognition ceremonies, and special program events.
• Assist with awards: collect and compile student eligibility information for undergraduate/graduate departmental awards; review and verify eligibility requirements.
• Supervise exam proctors, instructional assistants, and work-study students.
• Facilitate the collecting, organizing, and archiving all FRNSC course syllabi and textbook adoptions.
• Assist faculty and staff with maintaining program calendars.
• Coordinate visitor and guest speaker seminars and workshops.
• Prepare and produce the weekly program broadcast and semester newsletter for all program students, staff and faculty.
• Coordinate SEEQs and student surveys.

Undergraduate Program Coordinating:

• Process petition forms for course substitutions, waivers, and prerequisite override requests.
• Assist the Undergraduate Student Handbook Committee

Graduate Program Coordinating:

• Manage the application process for Graduate Student Recruitment
• Monitor all materials received from prospective students; maintain info on the GRADS system.
• Coordinate arrangements for prospective student visits (hotel, itineraries, meals, etc.)
• Send acceptance/rejection letters, and compile information for committee review.
• Event planning of the Forensic Science MPS Open House, Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend, grad student orientation, and research presentation seminars.
• Responsible for the onboarding of incoming graduate students for new grad student orientation.
• Utilize LionPATH to enter and retrieve information for admission, drop/add, instructional information, course scheduling, audits, transcripts, etc.
• Coordinate all grad student documents regarding the final research project, committee members, deadlines, etc. required for graduation.
• Assist the Graduate Student Handbook Committee