Graduate Council Meeting
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 11-12:30pm
Agenda
Welcome & check-in: Dr. Toni Repetti, Chair
Council Chair nomination & election
AY20-21: Please let Associate Dean Emily Lin know ASAP about new Department Chairs & Graduate Coordinators
Please let Emily know your Committee preferences ASAP
Leading through crises & leaning in
Social (In)Justice
International issues
Economic displacement & recession
Pandemic
Structural responses:
Pivot Planning Working Group (Today & ongoing)
Doug Unger, Hui Zhao, Sara Jordan, Sean Clark, Joel Snyder, Janet Dufek, Peter Gray, Emily Lin, Kara Wada, Valarie Burke
Diversity, Inclusivity, Equity & Justice Committee (Fall)
Grad Rebel Advisory Council (Fall)
COVID-19 Updates: See GC COVID webpage
Budget update & hiring
Furloughs
GC cuts
Hiring SW, GA, LOA, PD, fee positions
Rebels Return campus reopening plans & guidelines & resources
Bookstore & campus supplies
Grad Rebels Return plan & return to work resources & training with quiz
Restarting faculty & graduate student research
IRB accommodations: full or expedited review/exempt: do we need prospectus change form?
PI restart proposals that include graduate students & postdocs
24-hour labs to de-densify; PPE
Priority to more advanced graduate students
Need to get graduate students back to research asap
Assoc. VPRED Dr. David Hatchett (david.hatchett@unlv.edu)
Fall semester campus/remote instruction
No S/U
Most accommodations continue
On-campus class/lab proposals
Hybrid with only vital hands-on sections in lab
De-densify by approx. 50%
PPE
Shared items & cleaning plan
Remote/hybrid class options
Lab strategies
CARES Act & Emergency COVID Retention Fund information
GA issues
Fall appointments & YOY data
Accommodations process & management
GA online teaching stipend plan
July - October
Online Teaching class (4 weeks online)
2 additional workshops
Teaching statement
Oct/Nov $500 stipend
Need help identifying course facilitators ($500)
GEM updates & R2PC data
Spring graduation
Summer enrollment
Fall admissions & enrollment
VIRTUAL Online Leadership & Professional Development Academy
Graduate College Strategic Plan & final steps
Handbook updates
Faculty
Postdoc
IDGP
Student
Graduate Coordinator Stipends
