Graduate Council Meeting
Minutes
May 10, 2002
Attendance: Joseph Bernt, Mehmet Celenk, Howard Dewald, Katherine Jellison, Marilyn Poeppelmeyer, Edwin Rowland, Arvind Singhal, Scott Sparks, Eddith Dashiell, Glenn Doston, Charles McWeeney, Roger Radcliff, Josep Rota, Maureen Weissenriederm, Derek Bleyle, Doug Green, Louis Wright,
Staff: Raymie McKerrow, Katherine Tadlock, Anne Walker
Excused: Paula Popovich
Absent: Julie Zimmerman, Ed Yost, Harvey Ballard, Walter Dekeseredy, Bhavin Mehta, Averell Overby, Leona Cibrowski, Judith Edinger, Daniel Innis, Roger Radcliff, Daniel Johnson, Holly Rivers
Guests: Michael Mumper, Steve Miner, Scott Hooper, Phil Contino
Convened: 2:11 P.M.
Chairs Report: Motion made and seconded to pass March minutes. March minutes were passed.
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies’s Report
Re: Program Updates
1. Houk – as of now, we have a budget in place for next year; what will happen beyond that is yet to be determined.
2. Grad Faculty status – Faculty Senate will consider a recommendation to pull the 1986 policy from the Policies and Procedures list on the website. If a policy were to be put in place, the Senate and others would have to consider what that would be in the future. We need to confirm the 1989 position and do away with the 1986 position.
3. New degree programs – the audiology and physical therapy programs should go to the Regents in late June. The MSN proposal as well as a CSM proposal should go later this month to RACGS for review.
4. Dr. McKerrow and others are considering ways to create incentives for building graduate programs in terms of sheer numbers, as well as increasing the proportion of fee payers. Advice is welcome on this issue.
5. Professional Development Proposal program for Graduate Teaching/Research Assistants: Dr. McKerrow passed around a draft for enhancing graduate training. He suggested that perhaps PDP could be an optional course, worth one non-graded credit, and also suggested he could teach this, perhaps as a pilot program in the beginning. The proposal is being made at this meeting (please see attachment which was handed out at the meeting), in order to leave time for a check and balance regarding any red flags that may need to be discussed.
6. New Policies//Revisions:
a. The Policies approved at the prior meeting have been forwarded to the university Policies and Procedures Task Force for final action.
b. Degree Equivalency—still working on the issues involved.
c. Catalog copy issues: as these arise, Katie and I will continue to draft suggested changes and bring them forward at the appropriate time.
d. Changes in New Program Procedures—basically, the procedures will remain unchanged from what GC has already worked out re: following the Regent’s PDP. The two primary changes: clarifying the early involvement of the Graduate Studies office in order to review what the Regent’s are asking for, as well as developing a draft budget to assess program viability before going through the entire process of creating a PDP. |
7. New Staff: Jennifer Francone is leaving the office May 15th. Anne Walker will handle Dr. McKerrow’s schedule and the Grad Council minutes. A new employee will share ETD and Graduate Appointment related duties. At this time it has not been determined who that person will be. We are trying to move this process along as quickly as possible. Also, in Graduate Student Services, a new Assistant Director for International Admissions will be hired to replace a retiring staff member.
The first Graduate Student Senate Fair was a great success. Many suggestions were made, among them, perhaps having the fair in the fall quarter. These suggestions, among others will be reviewed.
Named Fellowship Nominations and Alternates
The committee met in April to select thosestudent to receive named fellowships. It was the responsibility of the Committee to rank the top 5 applicants and two alternates, not to select the persons for each names fellowship. The Director of Graduate Student Services assigned specific fellowships. Each fellowship is worth $12,000 and there is no work requirement involved. A department can supplement this amount is they desire to and this is for one year only for FWSp quarters. It was asked if there is going to be any follow-up on the students to be sure they are working on what they should be. The answer was no, however it was added that these students are the “best of the best” and based on this we can safely assume they are.
Moved and APPROVED
Admission Requirements Committee
Ballard, Dashiell, and Rowland reviewed the cases of 5 employees who desire to enroll in graduate programs. The committee agreed with the “no conflict” recommendation of GSS for 4 of the individuals (Legris, Mack, Wiseman, Campbell). No recommendation was made by GSS for one other employee, Bruce Brown in Engineering. After thorough review of his file, committee members determined that there was no conflict of interest in the case. Mr. Brown is basically a technician for a faculty member who teaches in his program. Please see the attached summary sheets for the lists of employee/graduate students.
Moved and APPROVED
Curriculum Committee Report
The program recommends approval of the proposed Ohio Executive Master of Public Administration Program (OEMPA).
The following Self Study Reports were approved:
a. Department of Geological Sciences
b. Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
c. Department of Physics and Astronomy
d. Department of History
e. Department of Biological Sciences
New Business
None was reported at this meeting.
Adjourned 3:30 P.M.
Next meeting Friday, June 14, 2002, Baker Center 334
