General Information
The ALEC Department is housed on UNL East Campus in Filley Hall. The main office is on the first floor of the building (Room 143), graduate faculty are located on the second floor, and our departmental classroom is located on the 3rd floor (Room 302). Graduate Teaching Assistant offices are located in the lower level.
Expectations
Our department places a high level of value on our graduate students. Each student will be paired with an advisor who will be their one of their central resources throughout their time in the program. It is important to invest in this relationship and in relationships with other faculty in the department to create the graduate experience that will help you be successful in graduate school and beyond.
As a student progresses through the graduate program, a number of experiences and opportunities will present themselves. Students in the department are expected to attend respective conferences or local opportunities to present research; encouraged to engage in outreach activities such as working with extension, presenting in other departments or locally in the community, etc, and to hold meetings with their advisors as regularly as decided on by the advisor and advisee. There are many opportunities for recognition of graduate student achievements. They include such things as travel grants to scientific meetings, fellowships, scholarships, honorary societies, and teaching and research awards both on and off campus. Our hope is that students will take advantage of these opportunities during their tenure as a graduate student in the department.
Ultimately, students must take responsibility for their own graduate education. They are responsible for ensuring that they meet departmental and Office of Graduate Studies deadlines and requirements for their degree. Although meeting these requirements is important, it is not all students should gain from their graduate experience. We will provide other opportunities for growth, but the student must be prepared to accept these opportunities and their associated responsibilities and obligations. The professors, staff, and fellow graduate students in the department are willing and eager to work with the student to have as successful a graduate experience as possible. We look to having students entering the department as a student and leaving as colleagues.
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