Denise Bignar
Administrative Specialist III
Office of Academic Affairs
314 Graduate Education Building
Phone: 479-575-4205
FAX: 479-575-2981
dbignar@uark.edu
Job Duties:
Denise is responsible for clearing majors, minors and designating honors for student graduation. She processes program modification petitions, college "D" grade petitions, and independent study applications for students. She is responsible for the verification of courses each term for athletic and veteran certification, as well as for degree completion progress. Denise maintains and updates databases of student information for the College Honors Program and attends monthly Honors Program Council meetings. She collaborates with the assistant dean for academic affairs on updating and/or changing the annual undergraduate college catalog copy. Denise is responsible for maintaining the change of grades database. She provides secondary support for Nancy Milmon when necessary. Denise assists college faculty and staff with interpretation of college policies relating to student issues and works with various university offices to resolve academic issues for students. Denise is the "link" between the Boyer Center for Student Services and the Office for Academic Affairs. In addition, she currently serves on the College PEP Committee for staff development opportunities.