University of Arkansas

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University of Arkansas

• Graduate School

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• Collis Geren
• Vice Provost for Research
• Dean of the Graduate School
• Ph.D. in Biochemistry
• cgeren_at_uark.edu
• Patricia Koski
• Associate Dean of the Graduate School
• Ph.D. in Sociology
• pkoski_at_uark.edu

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The Graduate School

• http//www.uark.edu/grad
• International and Graduate Admissions Office
• Dickson Street Annex (across from Bell
  Engineering), Unit 8 / 575-6246 
• Graduate School Deans Office
• 119 Ozark Hall / 575-4401
• Office of Graduate Recruitment
• 106 Ozark Hall / 575-5869
• Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Office
• 118 Ozark Hall / 575-3616

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The Graduate School VisionStatement

• The Graduate School at the University of Arkansas
  plays critically supportive roles in student
  advocacy, initiation and development of
  interdisciplinary graduate programs, and stipend
  and research support, to ensure the University of
  Arkansas emerges as a nationally competitive,
  student-centered research university serving
  Arkansas and the world.

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The Graduate School Mission Statement

• The Graduate School assists post-baccalaureate
  students with the opportunity to further their
  educational goals through programs of study,
  teaching, and research in an environment that
  promotes freedom of expression, intellectual
  inquiry, and professional integrity.

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Mission Statement (continued)

• Additionally, the Graduate School assists with
  the development of degree programs that are
  relevant and responsive to the needs of its
  students and the students communities - state,
  nation and world - and the demands of technology,
  while maintaining a high standard of excellence
  in graduate education

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The Graduate School Core Values

• The Graduate School promotes graduate education
  by
• Striving for Excellence
• Advocating for the Graduate Student
• Setting and Enforcing Policies
• Seeking and Celebrating Diversity
• Providing Service to the University

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Core Values (continued)

• The Graduate School is
• Student-centered and Solution Oriented
• Cooperative and Progressive
• We Value
• Integrity and Respect for Others
• Freedom of Expression

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The Graduate School

• Provides information to students, faculty and
  staff
• Involves students in decision making
• Creates and enforces policies
• Monitors student progress
• Advocates for the student
• Ensures quality
• Seeks out and uses benchmarking information

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Rights and Responsibilities

• As a graduate student, you are in a partnership
  with your department/program, the Graduate
  School, and the University. You have both rights
  and responsibilities as part of that team.

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Rights

• As a graduate student, you
• have the right to competent instruction
• are entitled to have access to your instructor at
  hours other than class times (office hours)
• are entitled to know the grading system by which
  you are being judged
• have the right to evaluate each course and
  instructor

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Rights (continued)

• have the right to be treated with respect and
  dignity
• have the right to be free from sexual harassment
• Source Graduate Student Grievance Policy

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• Kay Fairchild, Office of Affirmative Action
• Collis Geren, Dean of the Graduate School
• Patricia Koski, Associate Dean of the Graduate
  School

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Responsibilities

• As a graduate student, you have the
  responsibility to
• Refrain from academic misconduct
• Refrain from research misconduct
• Report instances of academic or research
  misconduct
• Strive for your best

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A SPECIAL CAUTION ABOUT E-MAIL

• Please remember that e-mails are never private.
• If you say something in an e-mail, be comfortable
  with seeing it on the front page of your local
  newspaper or the Chronicle of Higher Education!

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Graduate School Policies

• Graduate School Honor Code
• (Graduate School Catalog, 2005-06, page 22)
• Academic Honesty Policy for Graduate Students
• (Graduate School Catalog, 2005-06, page 32)
• Academic Grievance Procedures for Graduate
  Students
• (Graduate School Catalog, 2005-06, page 24)
• Research Misconduct Policies and Procedures
  (Graduate School Catalog, 2005-06, page 27)

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• Collis Geren
• Vice Provost for Research
• Dean of the Graduate School
• Ph.D. in Biochemistry
• cgeren_at_uark.edu
• Patricia Koski
• Associate Dean of the Graduate School
• Ph.D. in Sociology
• pkoski_at_uark.edu