Program Aministration
Office of Graduate and
International Programs
Dean of Humanities
Campus Coordinator
MFA Coordinator
As lead campus, CSU, Chico will receive and
process applications, coordinate admissions functions, provide a graduate coordinator,
arrange for multi-campus advising as necessary, and provide admission lists to all
consortium campuses. The Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at Chico will serve as liaison
administrator for the degree program. One faculty member from each consortium campus will
serve as a member of the MFA Advisory Committee to perform functions such as the
following:
Admissions
Course coordination
Student advising
Faculty orientation
Campus liaison
The MFA Graduate Coordinator
will serve as chair of the MFA Advisory Committee. The MFA Advisory Committee will add an
MFA graduate student representative after the program's initial year of operation.

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Office of Graduate and International
Programs
The Office of Graduate and International Programs will process MFA applications according
to its established practices. It will forward applications to the MFA Coordinator, who in
turn will have them copied and sent to faculty members of the Advisory Committee at each
campus. Graduate Programs is responsible for admissions and records for all program
participants. Progress through classified and candidate status, creative project review,
and graduation clearances are also the responsibility of the Office.

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Dean of Humanities
The Interim Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, Chico, Sarah Blackstone
will work with the MFA Coordinator and act as administrative liaison
with the Deans at participating campuses, so that together they may
resolve potential administrative questions especially during the initial
years of the program's operation.
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Campus Coordinator
The rotating Campus Coordinator oversees orientation, housing, and other services
particular to the campus at which the summer session takes place in a given year.
Depending on the campus, the Campus Coordinator may be from Continuing/Extended Education,
Housing, or the academic department.

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MFA Coordinator
The MFA Coordinator will be responsible for planning and executing,
with the other members of the MFA Advisory Committee, the academic program.
Carole Oles, Creative Writing Coordinator for CSU, Chico, will serve
as the MFA Coordinator.
E-mail: coles@csuchico.edu
Phone: 530-898-5240
Address: Carole Oles, English Department, CSU,
Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0830
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