USF 1996-97 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 59 - 61

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE RELATIONS

The Dean of Undergraduate Education is has overall responsibility to enhance the quality of the learning experience in undergraduate programs across all colleges and campuses of the Univeristy. The Dean is committed to providing vision and leadership in undergraduate education and to serving the needs of all undergraduate students including those with non-traditional and diverse backgrounds. The Dean serves as the Director of Community College Relations and as such is charged with promoting collaborative relationships and enhancing the articulation between USF and Florida's community colleges. The Dean is responsible for negotiating articulation agreements with community colleges and area school boards.

The Dean of Undergraduate Education also is the University Student Ombudsman. The function of the Student Ombudsman is to handle student appeals concerning access to courses and credit granted toward the student's degree. Students who wish to make an appeal should contact the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education. Dr. Stuart Silverman, Interim Dean of Undergraduate Education is the Student Ombudsman at the time this Bulletin was written. A permanent dean is to be appointed prior to Fall Semester, 1996. Please contact the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education at SVC 2002, 974-4051 for further information.

The Dean supervises several units and undergraduate academic programs that are not the purview of a single school or college; administers undergraduate student academic appeal processes and waiver policies; acts on recommendations from the Undergraduate Council, the Academic Regulations Committee, the Council on Academic Advising, and the Faculty Committee on Student Admissions; and handles articulation agreements with the community colleges and the area high schools.

The offices of Evaluation and Testing, International Student Exchange Program, Off-Campus Term Program, University Honors Program, Air Force ROTC Program, and Army ROTC Program are part of Undergraduate Education and Community College Relations.

USF 1996-97 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 234

Undergraduate Education & Community College Relations Administration

Dean - TBA
Associate Dean - TBA
Assistant Dean for Special Programs - STUART SILVERMAN
Director, Evaluation and Testing - TERESA FLATEBY
Air Force ROTC - LT COL JAN T. KINNER
Army ROTC - MAJ DEBBIE NYKYFORCHYN

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Karen M. Hall - webCat@ugs.usf.edu
Effective Date: Semester I, 1996