January 27, 2021

Graduate Council Meeting

January 27, 2021 - 1-3pm

Agenda

• • Welcome 

    • Graduate Council Chair - Dr. Alyssa Crittenden 

    • Grad Coordinators new to Council: Drs. Miguel Gonzales, Katrina Liu, Chris Wood, Bill Bernatis, Glenn Nowak, Donna Costa, Kathleen Thimsen, Antony Chen, Billy Bai. Welcome aboard!

    • Congratulations to the Department of History, the 2020 recipient of the Institutional Equity Award from the Committee of Minority Historians of the American Historical Association (AHA) 

    • Grad Committee Proxy form  

  • Committee Composition (Reminder to Chairs: Submit minutes to Leslie Hunter & Emily)

  • Committee Reports 

    • Course Review Committee - Dr. James Navalta, Chair 

    • Programs Committee - Dr. Greg Moody, Chair

    • Program Review Committee - Dr. Kelly Mays, Chair

    • Awards Committees 1 & 2 - Sara Jordan & Janet Dufek, Co-Chairs (1) & Dr. Steen Madsen, Chair (2)

    • Appeals & Legal Issues Committee - Sean Clark, Chair

    • Top Tier Leadership & Professional Development Academy Advisory Board - Dr. Valarie Burke & Dr. Sara Jordan, Chairs 

    • Top Tier Postdoctoral Affairs Advisory Board - Dr. Barbara St. Pierre Schneider & Dr. Valarie Burke, Chairs

    • Top Tier GEM Working Group - Dr. Emily Lin & Kara Wada, Chairs

    • Top Tier Graduate Faculty & Student Success Working Group - Dr. Peter Gray, Chair

      • LVCVA Collaboration

      • Graduate Student Emails

    • Top Tier Innovative Graduate Programs Working Group - Dr. Kate Korgan & Dr. Emily Lin, Chairs

    • Top Tier Graduate Pivot Planning Working Group - Dr. Doug Unger, Chair

  • Document shared by Doug

  • New this AY: Graduate College DEIJ Advisory Board

    • Spring semester mural project

  • New this AY: Graduate Student Advisory Board 

    • GSA Support Initiative

  • Faculty Senate Updates - Dr. Vicki Rosser, Chair

  • GPSA Updates: Sid Kapukotuwa, VP

  • GEM updates & R2PC data: Kara

    • App/Admit/Enroll and Graduation Data Updates

    • Thank you for your patience 💜 - Jan. 15 was a big admissions deadline and we promise that we are working as quickly as we can to get through all the evaluations. 

    • Plan of Study form update from December meeting - for departments who opt in to using the Appointment of Faculty Advisor form, students must have a faculty advisor on file before they will be allowed to initiate their Plan of Study form. They can always submit a new Plan of Study Form after establishing their full graduate advisory committee if the committee recommends changes to the Plan of Study. We will send out information on how programs can opt into this soon. We anticipate Systems will begin work on this mid-semester.

    • Compliance Information from Leeann Fields, Executive Director, Office of Educational Compliance (OEC), regarding licensure/certification compliance

      • Graduate Advising: Compliance Update Document

      • Disclosure email that will be sent to students in professional licensure and professional certification programs

  • Dean’s Report & Requests for Guidance

    • Please attend President Whitfield’s State of the University address on 1/28

    • Shout out to US News & World Report highly ranked online grad programs: Master’s in Nursing (7th) & Master’s in Education (35th)

    • COVID-19 Updates: See GC COVID webpage, GC COVID Decision Tracking & Actions spreadsheet & GC COVID webpage

      • Governor’s Budget & Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) and NV Indy analysis of proposed budget

      • GTW & Grad Commons reopening

      • Immunization POD plans

      • Spring Commencement

      • Fall plans

      • Pivots & mode of delivery preferences

    • Student Life & Climate Survey results at next Council meeting

    • Top Tier 2.0 and GC Top Tier Engagement Overview

    • GA Proposal

    • GPSA Research Forum

      • Research Forum on April 2 & 3

      • Students can pre-register for this event using this Forum Registration form. Research Forum Registration Deadline is Monday, February 15

      • Faculty Judges can sign up to be a judge using this Faculty Judge Sign up form. Research Forum Registration Deadline is Monday, February 15

    • Coming Soon

      • Strategic Plan Roll-out

        1. Executive Summary DRAFT

        2. Soon: Strat Plan doc & webpage with key metrics

        3. Spring SPOP goals

      • Grad Coordinator Reports & Campuswide GEM Plan

      • Knowledge Center; Live Chat; Texting

      • Grad Viewbook for Recruitment Support

      • Your 5 Handbook set :)

  • GC Academic Affairs: Emily

    • Reminder: Mandatory Individual Development Plan (IDP) [Formerly known as the Student Annual Review Review form] Due March 1, 2021 & concerns

      • Next year: Personalize for programs, as needed w/ questions due date of 10/1 each year

    • Updating Catalog Unit faculty lists/descriptions, Program handbooks, GFS department lists--Due April 1st, 2021

  • Graduate College Student Services: Valarie

    • Introduce Nevena Cvijetic, Exec Director of Leadership. Professional, and Career Development

    • New name, same great programming - The Grad Academy: Innovative Leadership, Professional, and Career Development

    • Planning workshops for Spring 2021 

      • Need facilitators and panelists

    • Weekly Grad Academy newsletter each Sunday: all students & grad coordinators

      • Sign-up here

    • Graduate College Medallion Program (Apps due March 3rd)

  • New Business