2003-2005 Catalog - University of Arkansas at Monticello

school ofFOREST RESOURCESLOCATION: Henry H. Chamberlin Forest Resources ComplexCAMPUS TELEPHONE: (870) 460-1052FAX: (870) 460-1092MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 3468, Monticello, AR 71656Faculty/MissionProfessors Kluender (Dean), Sundell, Thompson, and Zeide; Research Professor D.Patterson; Visiting Emeritus Professor McCoy; Associate Professors Liechty, Pelkki, Tappe,and Weih; Assistant Professors Doruska, Ficklin, Heitzman, Kissell, Mehmood, StephensWilliams, and White; Instructor Warwick; Extension Forester Walkingstick; AdjunctProfessor Guldin; Adjunct Associate Professor Shelton; Adjunct Assistant Professor Bragg;University Forest Manager Webb; Research Specialists Earl, Grell, Hartshorn, Montgomery,Tackett, and Watt; Director of Continuing Education Guffey.The mission of the School of Forest Resources is to educate professional naturalresource managers, to enlarge the body of knowledge in renewable forest resources and todisseminate new ideas and technology. Successful accomplishment of this mission willpromote and enhance management, conservation and appreciation of public and privateforests, thereby providing for continuous production and optimum attainment of a varietyof forest resources for the people of Arkansas, the South and the nation. These resourcebenefits include the production of wood and fiber, wildlife, and clean water, as well asprovision for recreation, aesthetic and other important values.Accordingly, the School’s educational objectives are:1. To educate baccalaureate-level professionals in forestry, spatial informationsystems, and wildlife management, with both the professional competence and diversity ofbackground to assume positions with a variety of resource management organizations,such as private industry, private consulting firms, or public agencies; furthermore, toprovide an educational and professional basis for successful work performance and forassuming increasing administrative and managerial responsibilities to the middlemanagement level and beyond.2. To afford students the option of a two-year degree in land surveying technology.3. To provide graduate-level educational opportunities in natural resources management.4. To provide students the opportunity to acquire the professional and academiccompetence in forestry, spatial information systems, or wildlife necessary to be nationallycompetitive in graduate studies.5. To foster general education, a professional curriculum, and a collegiate environmentthat attracts and retains academically strong and professionally motivated students.6. To promote an educational environment in which a strong orientation towardacademic performance is encouraged, and where a dedication to the profession and itsethics is developed.Forest Resources115