December 11, 2019

GRADUATE COUNCIL AGENDA

Dec. 11, 2019 @ 2:30-4:30pm, Gateway Gather 1 & 2 (GTW 268-269)

• 1. Welcome and Comments from Council Chair, Dr. Toni Repetti

  2. Shorelight Discussion with guest, Kyle Kaalberg, Executive Director, Strategy and Strategic Initiatives

  3. Executive Committee Reports

     1. Course Review Committee

     2. Program Committee

     3. Program Review

     4. Awards Committees 1 & 2

     5. Appeals & Legal Issues

     6. Professional Development Academy Advisory Board

     7. Top Tier Postdoctoral Committee & Advisory Board

     8. Top Tier R2PC

     9. Top Tier Faculty & Student Support

     10. Top Tier Innovative Programs

  4. Associate Dean, Emily Lin

• • 1. Mandatory Graduate Student Annual Evaluation

    2. Updating Graduate Catalog basic department/school information

    3. 2020-2021 Program Handbook Updates

    4. Coordinator Stipend Agreements

    5. TTDGRAs

• 5. Kate Korgan’s Dean’s Report

• • 1. Finishing Fellows & IGAs updates

    2. Update on the newly approved Grad Professional & Career Development fee

    3. GPSA Updates & Research Forum

    4. GTW Updates: PDAC and P&GF Commons are open 

    5. Docusign (with Kara Wada)

       1. Signing order & protocol

       2. Chair as last person to sign before moving forward

       3. Departmental milestone forms

    6. Strategic planning: coming soon!

    7. Handbooks (Grad Faculty & Postdocs) are coming!

    8. GC data & reports website: coming soon!

    9. GC survey result plans: coming soon!

• 6. Upcoming Events

• • 1. Doctoral Hooding - Dec. 16, 2019, 1pm to 2:30pm SU Ballroom

    2. Winter Commencement 2019 - Dec. 17, 2019, 4pm to 7pm Thomas & Mack

    3. GPSA & Graduate College Research Forum - Sat. Feb 29th 8:30am SU

    4. Graduate Showcase in April