October 30, 2019

GRADUATE COUNCIL AGENDA

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

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

  2. Executive Committee Introductions, Committee Charge, and 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

  3. R1 Metrics Update, Dean Kate Korgan & VPRED Mary Croughan

  4. Kate Korgan’s Dean’s Report

• • 1. Graduate College in the Gateway Building 

    2. Sources of information & Grad Coordinator resources

    3. Overview of staffing changes/open searches in the GC

       1. R2PC 

          1. Recent hire - Tracy Johnson, Assoc Dir of RPC (Celinda Miranda Labella)

          2. Search in progress - RPC Coordinator

          3. Sebern Coleman, Recruitment & CRM Specialist leaving

          4. New search - Recruitment & Admissions Analyst

       2. Student Services

• • • • 1. Recent hire - Nevena Cvijetic, Interim Grant & Program Manager (Katelyn DiBennedetto + Raffi Oganesyan)

        2. Recent hire - AAIII, Marlena Gatlin

• • 3. 3. Grad financials & business operations 

• • • • 1. Recent promotion - Ashlyn Gray Assoc Dir of Grad Financial Services

        2. Recent hire - Leena Lopez, Assistant Business Manager (Adrianna Burnett)

• • 3. 4. Curriculum

• • • • 1. Recent hire - Alexandre Goncalves (Ashley Weckesser)

• • 3. 5. Systems 

• • • • 1. Search opening soon - CRM & Data Analyst

• • 4. Financial Updates

• • • 1. Fringe Pool

      2. GA allocations

      3. TTDGRAs 

      4. IGAs

      5. CIGAs/CGRAs

      6. Fellowships

      7. Finishing Fellows

• • 5. Shorelight for International Recruitment & Admissions

    6. Graduate Data project: invitation for input

    7. Workshop topics for this year: GA best practices and what else?

• 5. Graduate Coordinator Stipend Contracts, Dr. Repetti & Associate Dean Emily Lin

  6. Curriculog Updates, Associate Dean Emily Lin

  7. Updates & Best Practices on R2PC, Kara Wada, Janine Barrett, Liz Jost & Kate

• • 1. Generic emails & Docusign

    2. Recruitment & Admissions Communications

    3. Using KIRA for online admissions interviews

    4. Coordinating Admissions & GA Offers

• 8. Gateway Grand Opening Festivities & #RebelsGive 2019, Kate & Liz Kahane

  9. Student Services Update & Events, Dr. Valarie Burke