Big, Deep Breath

Let me pause for just a minute to get by bearings and my breath. The University was closed last Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Tuesday through Friday we worked frantically to process PhD applications. The deadline was January 15. Our goal was to have all incoming materials processed (entered into the computer, scanned to our online file system, and matched-documents come in piecemeal and they must all be filed with the corresponding application). We were successful. Before we left the office on Friday, the Departments had been given electronic access to their applications. As the days go by, we continue to receive incoming materials and these are processed and forwarded to the Departments.

The deadline for University fellowships is February 1. Departments will submit their nominations to us and we will process them and deliver them to the Graduate School. First round offers will go out mid-February as will our denies. A short waiting list will be kept for each program. Depending on the responses received from the first round, second round offers will then go out. All PhD programs are admitting this fall except for Information Systems.

Master of Information Systems deadline is February 1. You can find our list of application requirements at http://gsb.uark.edu/admissions.asp. Our focus will turn to MIS as soon as fellowship nominations are delivered to the Graduate School. Next week I will go through the MIS files and notify students of any missing documents. The admissions committee will not meet until mid-February. This gives us a chance to process the first round of PhD offers. MIS offers will then go out mid-late February.

I will also begin traveling next month. My February calendar looks like this:

February 8 - Corporate Visit to Walmart's ISD
February 15 - Corporate Visit to Tyson
February 16 - Open House and Social-Walton College and Powerhouse Seafood and Grill
February 21 - Career Fair-Walton College
February 22 - Career Fair - College of Engineering-UofA
February 23 - Career Fair - Hendrix
February 23 - Corporate Visit - UAMS
February 29 - Career Fair-University of the Ozarks