February 20, 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: Travis Olson

   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. Guest: Maggie Farrell, Dean of Libraries

• 1. Dean Lin 1:30

     1. 1. Catalog Updates & Handbooks

           1. Probation / Separation

           2. Updates

           3. Handbooks

        2. Surveys & Evaluations

• • • • 1. Fall 2018 Climate Survey

        2. Grad Student Annual Evaluations

        3. Grad Student Exit Survey - Spring 2019

        4. Grad Coordinator Annual Reports & Stipends

• 2. Dean Korgan 1:35

• • • 1. R1 & Top Tier

         1. What's next

         2. Strategy & Plans for 2021 (attached below)

      2. Spring Schedule

• • 1. Committee Meeting Attendance & SU

    2. Budgets, Positions, Fees

       1. Budget requests

       2. 4% tuition increase

       3. Proposed Professional & Career Development Fee, FY21

       4. Grad Program Common Metrics Project

          1. Programs

          2. Budgets

          3. Reviews

    3. GA Allocations

• • • • 1. 3-year cycle

        2. Distribution to Colleges

        3. Distribution to Departments/Schools

        4. Guidelines

        5. Emergency Pool

        6. New Programs

• • • 1. Interdisciplinary Grad Program Planning (see attached reference)

      2. Grad Certificates as Pathway & Minors

• • 4. Program Roles & Responsibilities

• • • 1. Grad Rebel Gateway

         1. Form routing timeline

      2. Next steps

• 3. Kara Wada, Executive Dir. of Admissions & Enrollment Management: 2:25

• • 1. Grad Rebel Gateway

       1. Docusign:

          1. generic emails

          2. student forms

          3. faculty forms

          4. UG forms

          5. department forms

          6. videos available

       2. Cases

• • • • 1. Appointment of Faculty Advisor Form/Process (Masters/Certs, only)

• • 1. 3. Plan of Study course substitutions

    2. Admissions season reminders

• • • 1. Holistic admissions

         1. Appropriate use of GREs

         2. Rubrics

         3. KIRA

      2. Simultaneous Admissions & GA offers

      3. April 15th Resolution for GAs

• • 3. RPC and Graduation reminders

• • • 1. Last day paper forms will be accepted by the GC - March 1, 2019

      2. Deadline to apply for spring graduation

         1. Deadline to submit final paperwork & final doc

      3. T/D Formatting reminder & opportunities for help

• 4. Katelyn DiBennedetto: 2:45

• • 1. NORC SED requirement for doctoral graduates

    2. NSF-CGS Career Pathways Survey

4. Upcoming Deadlines & Events: 2:44

• 1. Feb. 22: SU Ballroom, 4-6pm, 6th Annual Inspiration, Innovation, Impact: A Celebration of Graduate Student Research

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

        5. New Business: 2:45