December 9, 2020

Graduate Council Meeting

December 9, 2020 - 1-3pm

Agenda

- Welcome
  - Graduate Council Chair - Dr. Alyssa Crittenden
  - Grad Coordinators leaving Council: Drs. Richard Miller, Jennifer Pharr, Micah Stohlmann, Josh Vermillion, & Paul Clements,: Thank you for your service!
  - Congrats to Dr. Dufek for appointment as Vice-Provost of Faculty Affairs and thanks for Dr. Sara Jordan for serving as co-chair of GAWC-1
- Committee Composition (Reminder to Chairs: Submit minutes to Leslie Hunter & Emily)
  - Course Review Committee - Dr. James Navalta, Chair
    - Graduate Course cross-listings: GCRC information
  - Programs Committee - Dr. Greg Moody, Chair
  - Program Review Committee - Dr. Kelly Mays, Chair
  - Awards Committees 1 & 2 - Drs. 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, Co-Chairs
  - Top Tier Postdoctoral Affairs Advisory Board - Dr. Barbara St. Pierre Schneider & Dr. Valarie Burke, Co-Chairs
  - Top Tier GEM Working Group - Dr. Emily Lin & Kara Wada, Co-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, Co-Chairs
  - Top Tier Graduate Pivot Planning Working Group - Dr. Doug Unger, Chair
  - Graduate College Advisory Boards
    - Graduate College DEIJ Advisory Board
      - BGSA & LXGSA: space, scholarships, co-sponsorships, promotion
      - GTW murals
      - Action, not statement: student video; action meetings; holistic admissions; pipeline issues
      - Recruitment: BGSA, McNair, Online Recruitment events
    - Graduate Student Advisory Board
    - Philanthropic: Dean’s Leadership Council; Financial Wellness Advisory Board; Entrepreneurship and Leadership Advisory Board; Alumni Ambassadors
  - Faculty Senate Updates - Dr. Vicki Rosser, Chair
  - GPSA Updates
- COVID-19 Updates: See GC COVID webpage: Kate
  - GC COVID Decision Tracking & Actions spreadsheet & GC COVID webpage
  - Winter, Spring & summer plans
  - S/U Grading
    - Up to 6 credits per semester spring, summer, fall of 2020 + spring 2021
    - COVID S/U policy = B- or better is an S, C+ or lower is a U
    - General S/U policy = up to 3 credits of Master’s and up to 6 credits of doctoral coursework may be included in the degree program with B = S and B- and below = U (this excludes culminating experience credits)
  - Commencement for Spring & Summer/Fall
    - Doctoral commencement plans
    - REMO Demo @ Council

- - - 1. Desert Lodge: GC Lobby

- 1. Desert Lodge: Innovation & Inspiration Reception Halls

- - REMO for workshops, bootcamps, events, and meetings in 2021

- Update on international student issues: struck down attempt to curtail or eliminate OPT; DACA; struck down Trump admin changes to F1-B visas
- GC budget updates
  - Fee position: ED Leadership & Professional Development Academy “The Grad Academy”
  - Fee position: Instructional technologist & content developer
  - Doctoral commencement costs
- Graduate College Initiatives & Updates: Kate
  - Graduate Student Life & Climate Survey due Dec. 11, 2020
  - GA Proposal
  - Early Alert to support graduate student mental well-being; CGS Statement of Principles on Graduate Student Mental Health & Well-Being
    - Proposed working group in ‘21 - ‘22
  - Communications updates
    - At the virtual printer: Five Graduate Faculty, Student, GA, Postdoc, IDGP Handbooks
    - January: Text messaging
    - January: Strategic Plan documents & website
    - February: Graduate Viewbook
- GC Academic Affairs: Emily
  - Mandatory Individual Development Plan (IDP) [Formerly known as the Student Annual Review Review form] Feedback Template Routing

Anticipated distribution dates: Dec. 14, 2020 to Feb. 15, 2021

- Annual updates of Catalog Unit faculty lists/descriptions, Program handbooks, GFS department lists--Due April 1st, 2021
- Reminders:
  - Grad Coordinator Agreement: Due Nov. 1st, 2020.
  - Graduate Handbook updates:
    1. Programs - Degree Directory: https://www.unlv.edu/academics/degrees
    2. Faculty forthcoming
    3. Postdoc forthcoming
    4. IDGP forthcoming
    5. Student Handbook https://catalog.unlv.edu/index.php?catoid=31
    6. GA Handbook being updated
- Graduate College Student Services: Valarie
  - Rebel Grad Slam 2020! - Thank you!
  - Planning workshops for Spring 2021 - who wants to facilitate one? Be a panelist?
  - Council of Graduate Schools Annual Conference
  - Writing Bootcamp - breaking records!
- GEM updates & R2PC data: Kara
  - Graduate programs that require an advisory committee can opt-in to using the Graduate Faculty Advisor form to allow students to appoint a faculty advisor prior to appointing their full Graduate Advisory Committee

- - - We need to know: when do you want us to allow students to submit their Plan of Study form? There are two options:
      1. Once the faculty advisor is appointed
      2. Only after the full graduate advisory committee is appointed
    - Please note that students may submit their Plan of Study form again if there are changes that need to be made after their initial form has already been approved.
    - Provide feedback here: https://forms.gle/6DGM7zr7sRqWNZou7

- New Business

PART II - Go to REMO: https://live.remo.co/e/graduate-council-meeting

Grad Coordinator Round Tables on:

- Discussion questions:
  - Any best practices to share?
  - Any ideas or suggestions for advancing this topic/issue?
  - What information, data, or training is needed in this area?
  - Do you have any other thoughts to share?
- Groups should use this feedback form, please.
- Results will be shared out to the Council and we’ll address these topics in the spring semester.