Graduate College

General Information

Welcome to NAU's Graduate College!

Our office is responsible for:

• admitting graduate students
• administering graduate regulations (for transfer questions, standards for retention, requirements for graduation, etc.)
• processing all paperwork for graduate students (including applications for admission and for graduation)
• processing all paperwork for graduate assistantships and graduate scholarship tuition waivers

Our office is in room A107 of the Ashurst Building (building #11 on the north campus map). We're open 8 to 5 weekdays. (During the summer, we're open 7:30 to 4:30) 

The area code for Flagstaff is 928. When calling from out of state, please note that Arizona is on Mountain Standard Time all year; Arizona does not observe daylight savings time.

Graduate College Staff

Admissions

Tracy Botts - (928)523-5316 - greets visitors, application data entry, responds to inquiries about application status, manages student inquiries

Karen Cornelius - (928)523-4348 - greets visitors, application data entry

Victoria Endres - (928)523-8254 - accounting, University Graduate Committee, support for Asst.  Director and Assoc. Dean

Shirley Robinson - (928)523-6902 - oversees main office, evaluates transcripts, international student issues, resolves problems

Gail Westerlund - (928)523-4299 - international credential evaluation

Maria Maresca - (928)523-6905 - oversees file room, tracks applications and  incoming transcripts, responds to inquires, distributes publications

Graduate Assistantships and Tuition Waiver Scholarships

Eva Wells - (928)523-4349

Graduation Applications and Degree Posting

Lucinda Topham - (928)523-9636

Policy Questions, Exceptions to Regulations

Patricia Baron - (928)523-6728

Programs for Graduate Students, including Orientation

Tom Carpenter - (928)523-8927, assisted by Lucinda Topham - (928)523-9636

Residency Reclassification

Eva Wells - (928)523-4349

Surveys, Statistics and Data

Tom Carpenter - (928)523-8927

Gail Westerlund - (928)523-4299

Thesis and Dissertation Format, Dissertation Defenses

Tom Carpenter - (928)523-8927

Transfer Credit

Lucinda Topham - (928)523-9636

Graduate College
PO Box 4125, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4125
Phone: (928) 523-4348  Fax (928) 523-8950

The Graduate College does not administer specific graduate programs or courses; for more information, contact the academic area that offers them.

  Graduate College home page

  NAU home page

We hope our web pages are useful to you. If you have questions about
graduate policies or these pages, please e-mail the Graduate College.