Graduate College Executive Committee Meeting

Friday, March 12, 2021 from 1 - 3 p.m.

Webex

• Welcome from Dr. Alyssa Crittenden, Chair

• 2020-2021 List of Committees & Committee Membership

• 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 - Janet Dufek & Sara Jordan, 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

• 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

• Land Acknowledgement

• New this AY: Graduate Student Advisory Board 

• Faculty Senate Updates - Dr. Vicki Rosser, Chair

• GPSA Updates: Mathew Varre, VP (not here today)

• Dean’s Report & Requests for Guidance

• #RebelsGive - THANK YOU!

• CIGAs Reminder

• COVID-19 Updates: See GC COVID webpage, GC COVID Decision Tracking & Actions spreadsheet & GC COVID webpage: UNLV status & NV update: Gov. Sisolak’s 75 day plan

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• Reminder: National reports on grad ed during COVID: NORC & NSF and AERA/Spencer

• Governor’s Budget & Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) Update

• HSI CARES funds update

• Position request

• One-time fund projects

• Emergency Relief/Retention Grant Fund Report

• Spring Commencement 

• Return to campus pivot plans

• Faculty Diversity Chronicle Report

• Strategic Plan Roll-out: Exec Summary, Strat Plan doc, & webpage 

• Grad Coordinator Reports & Campuswide GEM/GA/Growth Plan

• Written Statement of Professional Standards

• link to professional orgs & accrediting bodies

• not legal lingo

• objective measures

• must be legal requirements

• don't overreach

• from admissions thru graduation

• Coming Soon:

• SL&CS Report

• The Knowledge Center

• Chat help

• Texting 

• Early Alert

• ICYMI: The HANDBOOKS are here!

• Graduate Faculty Handbook

• Graduate Student Handbook

• Graduate Assistant Handbook

• Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Handbook

• Postdoctoral Scholar Handbook

• COMING NEXT: Graduate Student Guide to Ethical Research & Guide to Accelerated Graduate Programs & Pipelines

• Academic Affairs - Emily

• GC Bylaws with Track Changes and rationale for changes.

• Mandatory Individual Development Plan (IDP) Faculty input by the end of March. 

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

• Important Curricular deadlines for AY2020-21: --April 1st for new proposal submissions to the GC

Grad Course Review Committee Schedule: https://www.unlv.edu/graduatecollege/curriculum-committee

Grad Programs Schedule: Committee:https://www.unlv.edu/graduatecollege/new-programs-committee 

• Graduate R2PC - Kara

• App/Admit/Enroll and Graduation Data Updates

• Updated MyUNLV Access for Graduate Coordinators and Faculty Advisors

• The Chronicle - “Retaining Underserved Students: Strategies for Success in a Post-Pandemic Era”

• Graduation deadlines extended

• Student Services & The Grad Academy - Kara for Val

• Grad Badges coming in AY21-22

• Certificates & Programs: AY21-22 application deadlines

• Application portals are open!

• 6th Inspiration, Innovation, Impact: Celebration of Graduate Student Research & GPSA Research Forum 

• New Business