Graduate School Celebrates Its 85th Anniversary

May 07, 2012

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Dean Todd G. Shields and Associate Dean Patricia Koski presented a cake to the Graduate School staff and students in attendance.

This past Saturday marked the 85^th anniversary of the Graduate School. The Graduate School was officially founded on May 5, 1927, when John Clack Jordan was named as the first dean. On Friday, May 4, Dean Todd G. Shields and the Graduate School staff celebrated this milestone event.

Contacts

Cassie Franklin, Assistant to the Dean
Graduate School
575-7762, cfrankli@uark.edu

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