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Office of the Provost

The mission of the Office of Academic Affairs is to create and support an environment that advances the institutional mission of providing educational, personal growth, and economic development opportunities. Academic Affairs is committed to:

• Encouraging the development and enhancement of integrity, morally and ethically responsible behavior, respect for diversity, and service learning among students and employees.
• Nurturing basic professional values such as a hard work ethic, basic honesty, self-discipline, perseverance, interpersonal cooperation, and social responsibility among students and employees.
• Providing equal opportunity for students and employees, whatever their age, gender, religious background, ethnic or cultural heritage.
• Providing opportunities for any student with special needs to receive an education equal to that of any other student.
• Offering courses though distance learning at the certificate, undergraduate, and graduate levels.
• Providing opportunities for students, employees, and members of the communities served by the institutions to be engaged intellectually, aesthetically, socially, and physically outside the classroom setting.
• Maintaining a highly motivated and academically qualified faculty dedicated to excellence in teaching, advising, and personal attention.

Academic policies for the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College are formulated by the Academic Affairs Committee and recommended by the Committee to the URG and/or RGCC Board of Trustees for approval. The Committee also serves as the appellate body for exception to academic policy.

Institutional Mission

Rio Grande—putting your future within reach by providing educational, personal growth and economic development opportunities.

The full mission and vision statements can be found here.

Rio Grande is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

AQIP Quality Checkup Information

AQIP Checkup Visit
AQIP Compliance Report

Staff

Kenneth Porada, Ph.D.
Provost
University of Rio Grande

Tamara L. Sheets
Administrative Assistant
Academic Affairs
University of Rio Grande

Contact:

740.245.7215
Allen Hall, B-4
Hours of Operation: M-F, 8-5
e-mail: tsheets@rio.edu