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The School of Plant Sciences


Director: Dr. Kenneth Feldmann feldmann@cals.arizona.edu Forbes 303C

Associate Director: Dr. Dennis T. Ray dtray@email.arizona.edu Forbes 415C

Associate Director: Dr. Leland Pierson III lsp@u.arizona.edu Marley 341A

 
GRADUATE EDUCATION
The School of Plant Sciences (SPS) offers graduate training at the MS and Ph.D. level in two degree programs: Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology and Microbiology. Graduate education is a very different experience from that of undergraduate education. Merely meeting or satisfying degree requirements should not be the aim of a quality graduate program. Graduate education is an opportunity to increase knowledge, to broaden understanding, and to develop independent thinking and research capabilities. Consequently, the student’s academic program of study and achievement should reflect a commitment to the discipline and to scholarly standards. While members of the faculty and staff will serve as counselors and assistants, accomplishments as a graduate student will be primarily a result of the student’s own personal motivation and dedication. Success in graduate education depends on the ability to define goals, and to organize and execute a program of study and research to meet those goals. Recognizing that science is a cooperative enterprise, the School of Plant Sciences works to create a sense of community, cooperation, and caring among students and between students, faculty and staff. This is facilitated through participation in seminars, colloquia, and special social functions. It is to the student’s advantage to participate fully in all of these activities.
 
Graduate Student Program Committee (GSPC)
The Graduate Student Program Committee (GSPC), a group of faculty appointed by the SPS Director, acts in an oversight role for the Graduate Program. The Committee helps develop policy to govern the Program and works to improve the Program to the benefit of both faculty and students. The role of the GSPC is to advise and help direct students’ academic and research programs while in the SPS. This Committee is responsible for student admissions, recommending candidates to the SPS Director for Assistantships, overseeing student progress, monitoring the results of the Comprehensive Exams, moderating conflicts between advisors and students when requested, and administering other general University and SPS policies regarding graduate student activities. One faculty member, who acts as the Graduate Program Coordinator, chairs the GSPC.
Committee Members ~ 2009/2010
Name
Phone
Email
Room
Dr. Dennis Ray, Chair
Graduate Program Coordinator
 (520) 621-7612

 dtray@email.arizona.edu

 Forbes Bldg, Rm 415
Dr. Betsy Arnold (520) 621-7212 arnold@ag.arizona.edu Herring Hall
Dr. Bentley Fane (520) 626-6634
 bfane@u.arizona.edu Keating Building, Room 219
Dr. Jorge Fonseca (928) 782-3836 jfonseca@ag.arizona.edu Yuma Ag Center
Dr. David Gang (520) 621-7154 gang@ag.arizona.edu Keating Building
Dr. Chieri Kubota (520) 626-8833 ckubota@ag.arizona.edu Forbes 209
Dr. Ravi Palanivelu (520) 626-2229 rpalaniv@ag.arizona.edu Marley Bldg, Rm 441E
Dr. Barry Pryor (520) 626-5312 bmpryor@ag.arizona.edu Marley Bldg, Rm 541E
Dr. Zhongguo Xiong (520) 621-9869 zxiong@ag.arizona.edu Marley Bldg, Rm 741D

 
 
 


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