Graduate Council Committees

2026-27 Committee Assignments

Curriculum/Bridge to UCC

The purpose of the Curriculum/Bridge committee is to monitor proposed additions or changes to graduate courses and graduate programs that are brought before the University Curriculum Council (UCC). Any proposed changes that the committee feels would affect other graduate programs on campus or that could possibly contradict graduate regulations are to be brought to the attention of the full Graduate Council for discussion so that requests for changes can be made back to UCC if appropriate. The chair of the Curriculum/Bridge committee should be a member of the UCC or at least be invited to their meetings.

Graduate Student Affairs, Fellowships and Compensation Review

The purpose of the Student Affairs and Fellowships committee is to review nominations, recommend recipients, and coordinate on internal award deadlines for Graduate Student Awards and Fellowships, including The Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS)/ProQuest; Distinguished Master's Thesis Awards; The Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Awards; and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards. 

Policies and Regulations

The purpose of the Policies & Regulations Committee is to review and propose to the full Council policies and regulations for graduate education. Its scope includes substantive changes to all academic policies other than those for application and admission (the purview of the Recruitment and Admissions Requirements Committee) or those mandated centrally by the Provost’s Office or Registrar. Policies and regulations proposed by this committee for Council endorsement may require approval from only the Dean of the Graduate College, or they may need to go to the University Curriculum Council and/or Faculty Senate for inclusion in the catalog. 

Program Review

The purpose of the Program Review committee is to review the graduate program reviews conducted by University Curriculum Council (UCC) and make a judgment about program viability for each review. They can also choose to highlight strength or improvement areas from the previous reviews. These reviews are approved by the full Graduate Council and then added to the UCC review packages. 

Recruitment and Admission Requirements

The purpose of the Recruitment and Admission Requirements Committee is to review and advise the Graduate Council on topics, policy, and issues related to the recruitment and admission requirements of Ohio University graduate programs. One of the primary tasks of RARC is to review and make recommendations to Graduate Council on Conflict of Interest (COI) cases for OU employees applying to graduate programs. This is done in concert with the assistance and experience of the Graduate College’s Leadership.