Thank you to all those who helped make our 50th anniverary celebration a success. We look forward to the next 50 years with the newly established College of Graduate and Professional Studies.

Please click here to view a complete agenda for the event.
Please click here to view brief speaker biographies for the event.

View the resolution document for the newly created College of Graduate and Professional Studies.

The Pespectives on the Future of Graduate Education Symposium featured presentations from Drs. Debra Stewart and Karen DePauw. Please click below to see the power point of their presentations:

Dr. Karen DePauw  -  Building a Vibrant Graduate Community for the Future

Dr. Debra Stewart  -  Future of Graduate Education in the U.S. : A National Perspective

The Distinguished Graduate Fellows Fund is an endowed fund supported by faculty, alumni, and friends of Millersville University's graduate program. Initiated by the Dean of Graduate & Professional Studies, the annual spendable income from the fund will be awarded to a Pennsylvania resident in a full time graduate program. Recipients shall be chosen based on merit as demonstrated by undergraduate GPA and the successful completion of an internship. Financial need may be considered. The fellowship may be renewed for a second year providing the student remains a graduate student in good academic standing. Additional support will strengthen this fund and better enable talented graduate students to advance their education.

Click here to make a donation to this fund! Be sure to select "Graduate Studies Scholarship" as your designation!

With a longstanding tradition of professional training and development for educators, Millersville University officially became a graduate-level institution in 1959.  Dedicated to the pursuit of higher learning, the first graduate curricula were offered in the areas of Elementary and Industrial Arts Education, with the addition of Secondary English Education, Social Studies Education, and Guidance Counseling by the time of the first graduate catalog publication in 1962. Through out the 60’s and 70’s, Millersville led the way in course offerings, with a rapid growth to over sixteen courses of study.  Now, as we celebrate our fiftieth year of graduate education, we offer over fifty graduate degree and certification programs to serve the Commonwealth.  Millersville University is dedicated to pioneering the next fifty years of graduate study to serve the needs of adult learners in our community and beyond.

In 1959 both the Middle States Association, as well as the State Council of Education approved the founding of Graduate Studies at Millersville University, with Eugene K. Robb, Ed. D, serving as the first official dean.  Graduate curricula were limited to two courses of study:  Elementary Education and Industrial Arts Education (focused around a two-year completion schedule).  Two years later, the board of trustees approved the expansion of Graduate Studies to include English, School Guidance and Social Studies.  Ten years after its conception, Graduate Studies at Millersville encompassed 16 degrees at the Masters of Education, Masters of Arts, and Masters of Science levels.

For years prior to the founding of Graduate Studies, the education department had been sponsoring summer institutes and workshops for elementary and secondary school teachers. In 2009, Millersville has created Graduate & Professional Studies to encompass all post-baccalaureate learning.

The Early Years of Graduate Studies at Millersville University (Programs offered according to the Graduate Catalog as first published in 1962):

1962:  Elementary Education, Secondary English Education, Guidance, Industrial Arts Education and Secondary Social Studies Education.

1964:  The original five programs plus:  Special Education, Biology and Mathematics.

1967:  The addition of:  Earth and Space, Foreign Languages, Physical Science and School Psychology.

1970:  Programs began to indicate whether a program of study was an MA vs. M.Ed in the Graduate Catalog.

1973:  The Graduate Catalog clearly indicated Clinical Psychology as its own course of study.