March 26, 2020

AD-HOC GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING

March 25, 2020 @ 12-1:30pm via Webex

Agenda

• 1. Wellness in the time of Coronavirus

  2. Welcome to our new virtual space 

     1. Webex Resources

        1. Webex General Guides: Guide for the Host and Guide for Attendees.

        2. Guides for Oral Defenses: (Novice Webex Users; Advanced Webex Users)

     2. Grad Council, Council Committees & Grad College Meetings will continue as usual via Webex

• • • 1. Awards Committees 1 & 2-Completed for the academic year; GAC 2 will likely be tapped to adjudicate WAGS awards in Aug. 2020

      2. Curriculum

      3. Catalog and Handbooks due April 1st or please contact gradcurriculum@unlv.edu

• 3. COVID-19 updates, information, and accommodations already in place

• • 1. Uncharted territory, so let our values guide us: our North Star: Support Grad Students & Faculty and provide transparency.

    2. Our GC COVID-19 website & emails

    3. UNLV talking points: March 24 and March 18

    4. Spring commencement & summer semesters

       1. Online 

       2. S/U

       3. Alt Commencement plan

    5. GC priorities

• • • 1. Graduating students

      2. Student support & progression

      3. Emergency student support 

      4. Faculty & staff support

      5. Transparency & over-communicating

      6. Documentation of decisions     

      7. New: S/U -- need guidelines                       

• • 6. Financial Implications

• 4. GC Unit Updates

• • 1. R2PC

       1. Recruitment & Admissions

          1. Welcome Dr. Dave Beasley, new Recruitment & Admissions Specialist: Letter & information from Dave

          2. Online recruitment offerings

          3. English proficiency, foreign credential evaluations, transcripts

          4. Departmental admissions requirements 

          5. ETS online options for GRE and TOEFL

       2. RPC

• • • • 1. Extended graduation-related deadlines for spring 2020

        2. Incomplete grades for spring 2020

        3. S/U grading option for spring 2020

• • 2. Grad Financial Services & Development

• • • 1. Emergency Retention Awards (SOS shout-out)

      2. External newsletter & outreach: Graduate Student Emergency Fund

      3. Loaner laptops, WiFi hotspots, and software

      4. Recruitment awards extended from May 1st to June 1st

      5. Scholarships & Fellowships going out this week, denials next

      6. Discussion & recommendations

         1. Access: Summer Doctoral Research Fellows & Finishing Fellows

         2. GAs: state GAs, TTDGRAs, IGAs

• • 3. Systems & Data & Communications

• • • 1. COVID-19 communications & updates to MC letters & message 

      2. Coronavirus tracking

      3. Exam form 

      4. Forms guide page

• • 4. Student Services 

• • • 1. Join us for virtual Yoga!

      2. Professional Development Workshops on WebEX 

      3. Program and Certification deadlines: April 8th

• 5. What else is on your mind? Worrying you or your students? Needs to be addressed? Great ideas?