Denise is responsible for clearing majors, minors and designating honors for student graduation. Her office coordinates all undergraduate student paperwork as it relates to successfully obtaining their degree such as program modification petitions, college "D" grade petitions, independent study applications, overload petitions, and appeals (both academic and financial). Verification responsibility on course selection each term for athletic and veteran certification, as well as for degree completion progress falls within her purview as well. Denise maintains student information for the College Honors Program and coordinates awarding honor/distinction designations for the College. She collaborates with the assistant dean for academic affairs on updating and/or changing the annual undergraduate college catalog copy. 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 College’s undergraduate student advising protocol and the Office for Academic Affairs. In addition, she currently serves on UA Staff Senate.
M.Ed., University of Arkansas, Higher Education, 2012
B.S.E., University of Arkansas, Human Resource Development, 2009
Office of Academic and Student Affairs
The Office of Academic and Student Affairs, on the third floor of the Graduate Education
Building, offers a wide range of services. Associate Dean Kate Mamiseishvili oversees the office. Undergraduates come by for assistance in the following: Academic
standards petitions, assistance with registration, change of major, enrollment overload
requests, grade appeals, academic integrity, graduation checks and clearance, degree
verification and athletic verification. OASIS (Office of Academic Student Initiatives and Services) fulfills these needs. The Office
of Academic and Student Affairs also is responsible for academic program review, accreditation,
community relations, encouraging external funding applications, articulation agreements,
curriculum approval and regulation, and a variety of faculty support programs, including
tenure and promotion, faculty development and off-campus duty assignments. The Office of Teacher Education places student interns at area schools as well as assists in licensure for newly
graduated teachers.
Office for Administration
The Office for Administration — headed by Assistant Dean Lewatis D. McNeal— is responsible for facilities, financial systems, human resources, and technology
services.
Office of Development
The staff of the Office of Development — including Senior Director of Development Jamie Banks and Major Gift Development Officer Bailey Younger — helps arrange for private gift support for the college's academic and research
units and programs.
Office of the Dean
The college's Office of the Dean oversees many executive functions including coordination,
outreach, communications and media.
