Committees‎ > ‎Executive Committee‎ > ‎

November 17, 2017

GRADUATE COLLEGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA


November 17, 2017 @ 1-3pm, FDH 312



  1. Committees: Updates & Charges

    1. Chair: Donovan Conley
    2. Faculty Senate: Shannon Sumpter
    3. GPSA: Kanani Espinoza
    4. Curriculum: Travis Olson
    5. Programs: Glenn Nowak
    6. Program Review: Kaushik Ghosh
    7. Professional Development: Carolyn Sabo
    8. Awards: David Damore
    9. Appeals & Legal Issues: Jennifer Rennels
    10. Top Tier Committees: Janet Dufek 
    11. Ex-officio: Kendall Hartley, Kate Korgan, Peter Gray, Brian Chrzan, Valarie Burke, Kara Wada, and Rebecca Benfield (Associate Dean representative)

      2. Updates

    1. Awards Deadline Reminder
    2. Student Annual Review Timeline
    3. Graduate Program Roles and Definitions Proposal
      1. Took to Grad Council
        1. Open discussion - Council agreed we vote next time after vetted through Executive Committee
    4. Proposed Changes to GFS/GAC
      1. Revisit wording on Graduate Advisory Committee Guidelines item 3 about terminal degrees 
    5. Final Teaching Qualifications Proposal (background: SACS COS)
    6. Graduate Coordinator Stipends Proposal
      1. $2,000, $2,500, $3,000 stipend
      2. Expectations: committee participation; Council attendance (or faculty designee); management of recruitment, admissions, GAs and forms in GRG; mentorship of colleagues and students on appropriate policies and procedures; annual updates to Catalog, Handbook, and fliers; completion of up to two surveys per year (fall/spring), and responsiveness to special requests, projects, etc.
    7. Recommendations on IDGPs -- HOLD
    8. GC Dean's Advisory Board & Development Updates

  1. New Issues & Information

    1. GC Bylaws updates
    2. Tax Bill Implications
      1. CGS & ACE info page
      2. CGS scenarios
      3. Typical tax on tuition waivers
      4. Articles and stories:
        1. Inside Higher Ed
        2. Forbes
        3. NAGPS
        4. Chronicle
        5. Vox
    3. Graduate Program Recruitment Fliers
    4. Grad Coordinator Survey: GAs, SSI, and RPC
    5. New Graduate College Medallion Program
    6. Student Success Institute & Grad Student Lifecycle Model in GRG-P2
      1. 3 Stages
      2. RPC + SSI Integration
      3. Docusign Forms
      4. Plan of Study Forms
    7. UG to Grad School Pipelines
      1. LSAMP
      2. Graduate Advantage Program
      3. Graduate Gateway Program

        4. New Business
    1. Writing Bootcamp in January 
    2. Inspiration, Innovation, Impact Reception, Feb. 2nd
    3. 20th-Anniversary Graduate Research Forum, Feb. 3rd
    4. WAGS Conference @ The Palms, March 18-21
                   
   



Comments