340 N. Campus Drive
Gearhart Hall 213
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Tel: 1-479-575-4401
Fax: 1-479-575-5908
askgsie@uark.edu
Graduate Dean's Student Advisory Board
Purpose
The University of Arkansas Graduate Dean's Student Advisory Board serves as a forum for voicing graduate student ideas and concerns about pertinent university issues and, more fundamentally, exists to enhance communication between graduate students, faculty, and administration throughout the university.
Members
Membership Selection Guidelines
The GDSAB will be composed of representatives, from each of the university's academic colleges, cross-college interdisciplinary graduate programs as well as several trans-departmental graduate and international student organizations and groups including but not limited to Black Graduate Student Association, Graduate and Professional Student Congress, International Students, Lavender Society, and part-time/online students, and the Office of Graduate Student Support
Graduate students who are nominated for the GDSAB should exemplify the following characteristics:
- College of Education and Health Professions (two seats)
- Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences (three seats)
- College of Engineering (two seats)
- Sam M. Walton College of Business (two seats)
- Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences (two seats)
- Cross-college interdisciplinary graduate programs (four seats)
Graduate students who are nominated for the GDSAB should exemplify the following characteristics:
Commitment to the University of Arkansas
Members of the GDSAB are graduate students who have demonstrated a commitment to the long and short-term success of the University of Arkansas.
Responsibility
Members of the GDSAB take seriously the responsibility of representing their classmates and colleagues to the university administration.
Intellectual and Academic Rigor
Members of the GDSAB are excellent students who have performed consistently well in classroom and research activities.
Leadership
Members of the GDSAB are individuals who have demonstrated leadership in their departments and colleges.
Diversity
Members of the GDSAB are graduate students who represent the full spectrum of backgrounds and interests of the university community. The GDSAB values diversity in all its forms and as a body desires to reflect the diversity of graduate students in terms of academic disciplines, degree programs, races, nationalities, disabilities, sexual preferences, and gender.
Creativity
Members of the GDSAB are individuals who are creative problem solvers and enjoy developing novel approaches to complex problems and issues.
Scheduled Meetings
The GDSAB will meet several times each academic semester.
revised: July 15, 2022