Northern Arizona University

Our faculty are committed to providing you with a quality academic experience and an opportunity to engage in integrated and focused scholarship. You can choose from a wide range of graduate and research programs encompassing biotechnology and health, sustainability, teaching, global learning, and the diversity of human experiences.

We at the Graduate College are here to serve you, your faculty, and your departments. You are invited to read more about our mission and goals for graduate education at NAU below and to explore Graduate College directions and accomplishments in Reflections: A Year in Review.

Ramona Mellott, Ph.D., Dean & Professor

Goals:

1. To serve as an advocate for graduate education and to promote a supportive learning and research environment related to our distinctive graduate programs.

2. To enhance the visibility of our graduate programs and increase and diversify our pool of applicants locally, nationally and internationally.

3. To serve as a leader in shaping policy related to graduate education.

4. To assess, nurture and strengthen the high-quality graduate and professional programs, and provide assistance and guidance in the development of new academic programs.

5. To provide quality services to assist with the success of our graduate students and academic programs related to admissions, implementing regulations and policies, retention and graduation.

6. To enhance the integration of research with graduate and undergraduate education.

7. To build on our strengths which include location and historical mission and our commitment to basic and applied research in the areas of biotechnology and health, environment and sustainable systems, learning and teaching, and human connections and diversity of human experiences.

Reviewed and approved by the University Graduate Committee - April 2008