Lorena Barker

Biography: 

Lorena is responsible for providing graduate studies administrative support for students in the Rural Planning and Development, Capacity Development and Extension and PhD Rural Studies programs.  She works with the Graduate Coordinators of each program and is the main liaison with Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Services.  Her main responsibilities are RPD, CDE and RST program inquiries, program curriculum, promotion, admissions, awards, scheduling, program completion of graduate students, final grades, course evaluations, program statistics, alumni records, etc.