GCEC - 1st Meeting of Fall '17 Semester

GRADUATE COLLEGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA

August 29, 2017 @ 1-3pm, FDH 312

• 1. Committees: Updates & Charges

  2. Chair: Donovan Conley

  3. Faculty Senate: Shannon Sumpter

  4. GPSA: Kanani Espinoza

  5. Curriculum: Travis Olson

  6. New Programs & Program Revisions: Glenn Nowak

  7. Program Review: Kaushik Ghosh

  8. Professional Development: Carolyn Sabo

  9. Awards: David Damore

  10. Appeals & Legal Issues: Jennifer Rennels

  11. Top Tier Committees: Janet Dufek 

  12. Ex-officio: Kendall Hartley, Kate Korgan, Peter Gray, Brian Chrzan, Valarie Burke, Kara Wada, and Rebecca Benfield (Associate Dean representative).

1. Updates

   1. Gateway Building

   2. GA Funding: SDRF; tuition; Masters stipends; H4NV & new positions

   3. Integrating professional students into GC

   4. Office of Postdoctoral Affairs 

   5. Writing Bootcamps & Groups

   6. Certification Programs

   7. Grad Showcase & 3MT

   8. Development: Dean's Advisory Board; Sponsorships; Referrals

   9. Graduate Student Life & Climate Survey (Results; Fall '17)

2. New Issues & Information

• 1. Communications Plan

     1. 1. Re-branding

        2. Website updates

        3. Who to contact for what

        4. 100% Solutions reminder

        5. Email/phone turnaround times: The Rebel Way - Boomerang

        6. Newsletters

        7. Grad Program Brochures: One-sheets

        8. Viewbook & Admissions packets

        9. GC calendar subscription; GC homepage (TD, deadlines, events)

        10. Where information "lives": GC website, Catalog, Handbooks, Degree Directory, Program websites, etc.

        11. GRG Chatter for GCEC and/or GPSA E-board

• • 1. Docusign Forms: Routing Plans & Forms Strategy

• 2. Data & dashboards: Existing & desired 

  3. Graduate Program Roles and Definitions Proposal

  4. Proposed Changes to GFS/GAC 

  5. Final Teaching Qualifications Proposal (background: SACS COS) 

• • 1. Student Success Institute & Grad Student Lifecycle Model in GRG-P2

• 6. New Business

  7. WAGS: March 18-21st

  8. Other Items