The Department’s main office is located on the 3rd floor of Forbes in room 303. Regular office hours are 8:00 AM Noon and 1:00 - 5:00 P.M. Monday - Friday. Support personnel and their locations are as follows:
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| Donna Rae Marquez, Manager Business and Finance | dmarquez@ag.arizona.edu | Forbes 303B |
| Rachael Mattull, Office Specialist Senior | rmattull@ag.arizona.edu | Forbes 315 |
| Cecelia Quijada, Administrative Assistant | ceciliah@email.arizona.edu | Forbes 303D |
| Joy Rogers, Accountant Associate | rogers@ag.arizona.edu | Forbes 303 |
Student
Offices
The Department will assign office space to each incoming student.
Mail will be delivered to a single location in Forbes 303A. Each student will be assigned an individual mailbox that will be accessible during regular office hours. You should plan to check your mailbox regularly for announcements of seminars, class changes, meetings etc. The office is closed for business during the lunch hour; NOON to 1 P.M.
Go to the URL address below to sign up for an “AG” E-mail address, complete the information required, and submit your request. (CALS net)
Photocopiers are available both in Forbes and the Marley Building. One copier is located in the Forbes lobby and can be used with either coin or a code number from the Department. Departmental copiers are also located on floors four and eight of the Marley Building. Copiers require the use of a code number from the Department. You must make arrangements to use your Major Advisor's code number or use a coin-operated machine.
You must obtain a Key Card from the main office (Forbes 303) before any keys can be issued to you. Each student's key card indicates which keys have been issued.
Entering students will be assigned a 3 member Provisional Advisory Committee (PAC), including a Faculty Chair from among the Plant Sciences faculty until a Major Advisor is selected, and a Graduate Student Mentor from among the current Plant Sciences graduate students. Students should meet with their PAC and Graduate Student Mentor as soon as possible to receive advice on selecting and registering for courses, and also for guidance in all aspects required to begin their graduate education at the University of Arizona. Students are strongly encouraged to consult regularly with their PAC during their first semester, or until a Major Advisor is selected, concerning progress with coursework, rotations, etc. At this time, with the help of their PAC, students will complete their Departmental Provisional Work Plan. It is not necessarily intended for students to carry out rotations with the members of their PAC.
In the Plant Pathology Master’s and Ph.D. Degree Programs, the PAC will administer a Qualifying Examination. This examination will be held as soon as possible after the student arrives on campus and before classes begin. This examination is designed to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the student's subject matter competence, to evaluate their writing ability, to advise the student on course selection including the options on minor fields of study, and to orient the student to graduate education at the University of Arizona. This is not an "exam" in the sense that a student will pass or fail but rather a formal process to ensure that students receive guidance from their PAC. As part of the examination, the student will be given a research article (usually related to the laboratory of their first rotation) and asked to write a mini-review on the subject area of the article (3 to 4 pages). This should be entirely the student’s own effort and will be used by the PAC to evaluate whether the student needs to receive supplemental instruction on writing.
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