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Graduate Council Minutes

November 8, 2005

 

The Graduate Council met Tuesday, November 8, 2005, in the MSC Boardroom at
3:00 p.m. with Dean Allan D. Headley presiding.  Members present were:  Mr.
Gagandeep Bhatia, Dr. Hasan Coskun, Dr. Wendell Edwards, Dr. Sue Espinoza,
Mr. Alan Francis, Dr. Dick Fulkerson, Dr. Ray Green, Dr. John Hanners, Dr.
Cynthia Harr, Dr. Ben Jang, Dr. Jeff Kopachena, Dr. Chris Myers, Dr. Chester
Robinson, and Dr. Mary Beth Sampson.  Members absent were:  Dr. Steven
Shwiff, Dr. Janet Walker, and Dr. Dayle Yeager.  Dr. Jon Travis, Assistant
Dean of Graduate Studies & Research was also in attendance.  

 

Dean Headley called the meeting to order. 

 

Action Items

 

The minutes from the last Graduate Council, October 11, 2005, were approved.

 

Dean Headley lead a discussion on how the Graduate Council could better
assist in the admissions process for graduate  programs.  After a lengthy
discussion, the motion was made by Dr. Green and seconded by Dr. Robinson to
have Graduate Council review the admission and pre-admission advising
processes for the doctoral programs.  The information collected will be
reviewed by committee and feedback provided to each program.  The Graduate
Council unanimously approved.

 

Dr. Travis presented a request from a student displaced by Hurricane Katrina
to transfer to A&M-Commerce twenty-one hours of a 48-hour degree program.
The Department also requested approval.  The motion to approve the request
was made by Dr. Robinson and seconded by Dr. Fulkerson.  The Graduate
Council approved the request.

 

Report from Committee on Faculty, Research & Instruction

Dr. Fulkerson presented the committee report on graduate faculty
applications.  The following faculty were approved by the Council for
graduate faculty membership:

 

Associate Status (Three-Year)

Dr. Susan Stewart                Ph.D.              Literature & Languages

Dr. Susan Szabo                   Ed.D.              Elementary Education

Dr. Lee Waller                       Ph.D.              Secondary & Higher
Education

 

Associate Status

Dr. John Humphreys           D.B.A.            Business Administration

Dr. Sandra Kimbrough       Ph.D.              Health & Human Performance

Dr. Karen Roggenkamp      Ph.D.              Literature & Languages

Dr. Nikolay Sirakov             Ph.D.              Mathematics and Computer
Science

Dr. William Witwer              D.M.A.           Music

 

Senior Status

Dr. Ray Green                       Ph.D.              Psychology & Special
Education

 

Dr. Fulkerson requested that a change be made to the application to request
the applicant to submit a copy of at least one publication. 

 

Dr. Fulkerson presented a committee report on the request from Literature
and Languages to change their foreign language requirement for the doctoral
degree.  The motion to change the requirement from 18 to 12 hours was made
by Dr. Fulkerson, seconded by Dr. Green, and unanimously approved by the
Council.

 

Information Items

An audio presentation (prepared by Joe Shipman) on the new electronic
Curriculum Change Process was presented to the Council.  Lisa Robinson and
Reno Alex were available for questions.

Dean Headley presented the web application for System Graduate Faculty
Membership and asked Graduate Council members to encourage their colleagues
to apply.

Dean Headley reported on four successful activities involving A&M-Commerce
students, and/or faculty:

Dr. Linda Morales in collaboration with the Office of Graduate Studies &
Research sponsored the On-Campus Student Research Symposium Poster Session,
October 26th.  Research posters by eighteen graduate and undergraduate
students were presented.  The student posters represented research from
Physics, Chemistry, Secondary & Higher Education, Agricultural Sciences,
Computer Science, Literature & Languages, and Psychology & Special
Education.

Eleven graduate and undergraduate students participated in the A&M System
Pathways Student Research Symposium in Kingsville on November 5-6.
Disciplines represented by student research were Agricultural Sciences,
Psychology, Computer Science and Secondary & Higher Education.  Ms. Fedora
Galasso, undergraduate student from Psychology & Special Education, won
third place in the Social Sciences and Humanities category.

Junior Faculty Workshop, sponsored by the A&M University System brought
together faculty from system institutions to learn more about research and
educational partnerships among system institutions.

Graduate Advisor Roundtables were conducted on-campus and at the Metroplex
Center in Mesquite.  Some of the items discussed were recruitment, holistic
admission requirements, the use of GRE scores, and the implementation of
BANNER.  Faculty advisors offered suggestions on how to improve graduate
education at A&M-Commerce.  

Next Meeting:          December 13, 2005 (Since the next scheduled meeting
conflicts with the President's Christmas Reception, it may be moved to an
earlier time.)

 


ADJOURNMENT


The meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m.

 

Louise Skinner

Secretary to the Graduate Council

 

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