April 24, 2019

GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

1-3 pm in TAM Alumni Hall

1. Welcome from Graduate Council Chair, Dr. Donovan Conley: 1pm

2. Graduate Committee Reports: 1:05pm

   1. Course Review: James Navalta

   2. Programs: Glenn Nowak

   3. Program Review: Kaushik Ghosh

   4. Appeals & Legal Issues: Jennifer Rennels

   5. Professional Development: Sarah Tanford & Valarie Burke

   6. Awards: Toni Repetti & Libby Hausrath 

   7. GPSA: Stephanie Molina

   8. Faculty Senate: Doug Unger

      1. Top Tier Committees

      2. R2PC: Janet Dufek & Kara Wada

      3. Postdoc: Valarie Burke

      4. Grad Research: Debra Martin & Emily Lin

      5. Program Innovations: Brian Chrzan

      6. Faculty & Student Support: Peter Gray

   9. Executive Committee: Donovan Conley

3. Graduate College Information & Updates: 1:15pm

• 1. Associate Dean Lin

     1. 1. Curriculog

        2. Catalog & Handbooks

        3. Grad Coordinator Changes

        4. GC Committees for 2019-2020

  2. Dean Korgan

• • • 1. Gateway Buiding Update 

         1. Schedule

         2. Available Space

         3. Parking

      2. Budget Update

• • • • 1. Requests

        2. Tuition Increase

        3. Graduate Student Fee

        4. Access: Dissertation Writing Fellowships

• • 1. GA Allocations

       1. 3-year allocation in fall

       2. Approx. 14 GAs (budget requests) + approx. 9 GAs (tuition increase)

       3. 20 IGAs

       4. TTDGRAs

       5. CIGAs

    2. Grad Faculty & Mailing List

    3. Graduate Program Website Content Proposal

• 3. Docusign

• • • 1. Signing timelines & refusals

      2. DocuSign legal statement

      3. Other policies and practices

• 4. Election of 2019-2020 Council Chair

4. Upcoming Deadlines & Events: 2:30pm

• 1. Saturday, April 27th: Southwest Showdown 3MT @ UNR

  2. May 3: SU 207, 12-1:30pm, Rebel Research & Mentorship Program Celebration

  3. May 6: Culminating Experience Project - Deadline

  4. May 7: BEH 106, 11:30am-1pm,  Top Tier R2PC Committee Hosts: Data Deep-Dive

  5. May 13: TAM Hall and Trent Lounge, 2:30pm-4:30pm: Grad Faculty Club & Awards Ceremony

        5. New Business: 2:45