March 8, 2017

GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

2 - 4pm in the Student Union Ballroom

1. Welcome from Graduate Council Chair, Dr. Peter Gray: 2pm

2. Graduate Committee Reports: 2:05pm

   1. Curriculum: Travis Olson

   2. New Programs and Program Revisions: Glenn Nowak

   3. Program Review: Kaushik Ghosh

   4. Appeals & Legal Issues: Jennifer Rennels

   5. Professional Development: Carolyn Sabo

   6. Awards: Donovan Conley

   7. Graduate Writing Advisory Committee

   8. Top Tier Committees: Janet Dufek

      1. Graduate Student Funding

      2. Top Tier Systems & Data

      3. Postdoctoral Fellows (Postdoc Social; PDA website; Survey)

      4. Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

      5. Mentorship & Top Tier Processes and Policies

      6. R2PC & GEM

   9. Executive Committee: Peter Gray

3. Graduate College Information & Updates: 2:20pm

• 1. Dean Korgan: 2:20pm

     1. R2PC

        1. R2PC/GEM Reports (Jan 20th); Deans' Radar Goals (2/3/17)

        2. Pipeline programs information

        3. Fall Student Achievement Workshop on RPC

     2. Staffing & Space Updates

• • • 1. Vaneh Darakjian, Director of Communications & Marketing

      2. Liz Kahane, Associate Development Director

      3. Gateway Building Update

• 1. 3. Communications & Website Update

• • • 1. Home page & internal pages

      2. Program websites & RFIs later this semester/summer

      3. Grad Rebel Success Center renaming: Career & Professional Development Institute

• 1. 4. Top Tier GA Support News & Budget Overview

• • • 1. Top Tier GA Goals: Progress!

      2. Campus requests: Postdocs, GAs, GPSA, Stipend Increases, GC Staffing, Recruitment funds

• 1. 5. Quick GC Contact List

  2. Dean Hartley: 2:45pm

• • 1. Reminders from the Office of Research Integrity

    2. Program Assessment

       1. Student Annual Review

       2. Annual Student Life & Climate Survey (with graduation survey embedded for students graduating this spring or summer)

       3. Graduate Coordinator Program Survey

    3. Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority

    4. Multiple Article Dissertation Policy

    5. Bylaw Changes

• • • 1. Search committees

      2. Graduate College Curriculum Committee name change proposal

         1. Graduate Course Review Committee

      3. Graduate College New Programs & Program Revisions name change proposal

• • • • 1. Graduate Programs Committee

• • 6. Student Achievement Initiative Curriculum

• • • 1. Course deletions

      2. Course descriptions

• • 7. OIT Classroom Lecture Capture Solutions

• 3. Kara Wada & Liz Jost, Lauren Orton, Lori Filippo: 3:10pm

• • 1. International Admissions Timeline & Best Practices (Admission Team Presentation)

4. Topical Training & Discussions: Graduate Mentorship - Drs. Elizabeth White Nelson & Peter Gray: 3:30

5. Upcoming Events & Deadlines

• 1. Deadlines

     1. 1. Non-Enrollment Separation - Last day for students to submit LOA requests to Graduate Student Services to prevent separation

        2. Appoint your state funded GAs for Fall 2017-2018 by May 15th. Early submissions are encouraged! 

  2. Events (see flyer)

• • • 1. Postdoctoral and Faculty Social

      2. Major Madness & Beyond

      3. UNLV Writes

• • 1. Meet your Admission and Recruitment Team

    2. Phi Kappa Phi Food Drive

       1. I3 (coming in April)

• 3. Programs (see flyer)

• • • 1. Now accepting applications for: 

         1. Teaching Certification

         2. Mentorship Certification

         3. Research Certification

         4. Communications Certification (first cohort this Fall)

         5. Ambassadors

         6. RAMP

         7. Writing Boot Camp

• • 1. Fall Orientation: SAVE-the-DATE

       1. 1. New Graduate Student Orientation

          2. Friday, August 25, 9am-6pm

          3. Detailed schedule to follow

• • • 1. New Graduate Assistant Orientation

         1. Wednesday, August 23rd, 9:30-11:30am

         2. SU Green Room and Theatre

         3. This is mandatory for all new GAs and recommended for returning GAs

      2. New International Student Orientation: 

• 4. Race for the Cure: Team "Grad Rebels Inspire" - Join Us! 

• • 1. http://southernnevada.info-komen.org/site/TR?team_id=378725&pg=team&fr_id=6728&et=XPS3o_NbRxzDg7rRetJG3A

6. New Business