May 4, 2021
1-3 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: Webex

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Committee: Greg Moody (Chair), Kara Radzak (Integrated Health Sciences), Neeraj Bhanda (School of Public Health), Christina Demopoulos (Dental), Doris Watson (Education), Henry Selvaraj proxy by Brendan Morris (Engineering), Norma Saldivar (Fine Arts), Christine Bergman (Hospitality), Dan Lee (Liberal Arts), Corrin Sullivan (Nursing), Dong-Chan Lee (Sciences), Benjamin Burroughs (Urban Affairs), Corrin Sullivan (Medicine), Doris Watson (Faculty Senate), Cory Tucker (Library), Lina Chato (GPSA), Scarlett Iglesias Hoyos (GPSA)

Ex-Officio: Elizabeth Barrie (Online Education), Gail Griffin (Provost’s Office), Lindsay Couzens (Provost’s Office), Nora Carroll (Provost’s Office), Ruth Garay (Registrar), Sam Fugazzotto (Grad College), April Fox (Grad College), Tracy Johnson (Grad College), Emily Lin (Grad College)

Invitees: LeAnn Putney (Qualitative Research), Rhone D’Errico (Nursing), Katrina Liu (Elem Ed), Jacob Skousen (Exec Educ Leadership), Pramen Shrestha (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Ken Varner (Education), William Bauer (History), Joel Snyder (Neuroscience), Sam Song (School Psychology), Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology), Miguel Gonzales (Education), Nancy Lough (Education), Jared Lau (Education), Joseph Morgan (Education), Erin Rosenberg (Healthcare Administration), Jay Shen (Public Health), James Navalta (Kinesiology), Alona Angosta (Nursing), Laura Kruskall (Nutrition Sciences), Finley Cotrone – Rhonda McElroy (Experience Design), Daniel Chi (Finance)

Kathleen Thimsen, 

GP Agenda

1. Committee Business
• Form available for assigning proxy members: Grad Committee Proxy form

1. Program Deactivation

• MS Exercise Physiology (Sharon Jalene)
• April, update unit vote – it is in the comments
• No faculty vote
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• MS Transportation (Pramen Shrestha)
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor

1. New Programs

• Adv Grad Cert in Qualitative Research (LeAnn Putney)
• April, update unit vote – it is in the comments
• Question about the nature of the methods and whether this would preclude other certificates
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• MS Experience Design (Finley Cotrone – Rhonda McElroy)
• Why is there no vote in Fine arts?
• Which units voted on this, only one vote is present
• Question was about what core courses are there – noted also that faculty from Fine Arts were not voting on this
• Don’t PTIs need GFS to teach a 600/700 level course? Yes – need a Masters – MFA is really needed
• What is the ratio between full-time and part-time instructors in the program? 4/6 for full-time roughly
• Hospitality faculty are upset that their input was not really given into this process (Christine)
• Same concerns for Fine Arts as with hospitality (Norma)
• Norma – would like to see more investment in support of the program, and depth of support
• Motion to send this back to the colleges to ask for further feedback and vote: 17-0 in favor

1. Program Changes

• Adv Grad Cert in Nursing Education (Alona Angosta)
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• MS Nursing (Alona Angosta)
• Unit vote is faculty vote? Other vote is missing
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• Adv Grad Cert in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Rhone D'Errico)
• Unit vote is missing
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• Adv Grad Cert in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner for the FNP (Rhone D'Errico)
• Unit vote is missing
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• Conditional Licensure Certificate for Elementary Teaching (Katrina Liu – Presented by Ken)
• Faculty vote is missing
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor 
• Doc of Education – Exec Educational Leadership (Jacob D. Skousen) 
• April, update unit vote – it is in the comments
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (Pramen Shrestha)
• Voted entered
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• MS Construction Management (Pramen Shrestha)
• Unit vote is missing
• Is faculty vote evenly split for 16 for and 16 against?
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• MS Construction Mngt Name Change (Pramen Shrestha)
• Unit vote is missing
• Is faculty vote evenly split for 16 for and 16 against?
• Reach out to Provost’s office for a form to complete
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• MS in Engineering – Civil and Environmental Engineering (Pramen Shrestha)
• Faculty vote is missing
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• PhD Curriculum & Instruction (Ken Varner)
• April, update unit vote – it is in the comments
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• PhD Teacher Education (Ken Varner)
• April, update unit vote – it is in the comments
• Motion passes: 17-0 in favor
• PhD History (William Bauer)
• All votes are missing
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• MA History (William Bauer)
• All votes are missing
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• PhD Neuroscience (Joel Snyder)
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• PhD School Psychology (Sam Song)
• April, update unit vote – it is in the comments
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• MA Anthropology (Alyssa Crittenden)
• All votes are missing
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Master of Educ – Educational Policy and Leadership (Miguel Gonzales)
• April, update unit vote, it repeats faculty vote – info is in comments
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Master of Educ – Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Mngt (Nancy Lough – Doris Watson)
• April, update unit vote from the comments
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Master of Educ – School Counseling (Jared Lau)
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Jared Lau)
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Master of Educ – Special Education (Joseph Morgan)
• April, update unit vote from the comments
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Master of Healthcare Administration (Erin Rosenberg)
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Master of Public Health (Jay Shen)
• Grad College will work with online educ to verify ids
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• MS Kinesiology (James Navalta)
• April, update unit vote – it is in the comments
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• MS Nutrition Sciences (Laura Kruskall – Kara Radzak)
• April, update unit vote from the comments
• Faculty vote is missing
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• MS Quant. Finance (Daniel Chi)
• Unit vote is missing
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Master of Educ – Higher Education (Doris Watson)
• April, update unit vote from the comments
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Grad Cert in Social Science Methods (Dan Lee)
• Unit votes are missing
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor
• Doctor of Nursing (Kathleen Thimsen)
• Motion passes: 16-0 in favor

1. Informational Items

• Can committee meet on June 15 @1pm