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GRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES

October 13, 2009

 

The Graduate Council met Tuesday, October 13, 2009, in the Rayburn
Student Center Pride Conference Room (#231) at 3:00 p.m. with Dean Allan
Headley presiding.  Present were: Dr. Ken Alford, Dr. Ben Cranor, Dr.
Donna Dunbar-Odom, Dr. John Hanners, Dr. John Humphreys, Dr. Jeff
Kopachena, Dr. Sharon Kowalsky, Dr. Joyce Miller, Dr. Linda Openshaw,
Dr. Jon Travis, and Dr. Janet Walker.  Dr. Ben Jang and Dr. Steven
Shwiff were absent.  Dr. Mary Beth Sampson, Vice Chair, was also in
attendance.

 

 

Action Items

            The minutes from the last Graduate Council, September 8,
2009, were approved.

 

Committee Reports

 

Committee on Administration

Dr. Travis presented a committee report on workload for faculty chairing
doctoral dissertation committees.  Dr. Alford made the motion to accept
the committee report with a second from Dr. Hanners.  The Council
unanimously approved the recommendation with a few changes for
clarification.  The final report that was approved read as follows:

Given the amount of time that chairs of dissertation committees are
required to devote to the process for each advisee, and given the amount
of income that the university generates with the 718 course sections,
credit for course workload should be given to dissertation advisers at
the time students are actively completing their dissertations, for a
total of two semesters.  Therefore, the Graduate Council proposes that
dissertation advisers be granted the equivalent of one 3-hour course for
every three students registered in their 718 sections, once the students
have completed their proposal defenses.  For faculty with fewer than
three students actively working on dissertations, the existing policy of
one course of reassigned time for every three doctoral graduates will
remain in effect, and the reassigned time must be used within one
academic year.

 

Committee on Curriculum

Dr. Hanners gave a report on curriculum changes approved in May 2009 by
e-vote. 

Courses added or reinstated were:

 

ENG 510

Intro to Film Studies

ENG 530

History of Narrative Film

ENG 585

Forms and Genres

ENG 610

Studies in Film Genres

ENG 620

Adaptations to Film

ENG 710

Film Theory & Criticism

ENG 720

Sp Topics:Film Studies

FDSC 510

Grape & Wine Chemistry

FDSC 519

Natural Products of Wine

FDSC 523

Inst. Anal. Must & Wine

FDSC 525

Wine Microbiology

FDSC 535

Winery Mgmt

FDSC 563

Grape Development

FDSC 589

Independent Study

FDSC 597

Special Topics

 

Agricultural Sciences

MS in Agricultural Sciences, Emphasis in Enology, Option II

Agricultural Sciences

MS in Agricultural Sciences, Emphasis in Enology, Option I

Health & Human Performances

Master of Science and Master of Education Degrees

 

Committee on Faculty, Research, and Instruction

Dr. Openshaw presented a committee report on graduate faculty
applications.  Dr. Travis made the motion to accept the report with a
second from John Hanners.  The Council unanimously approved the
following graduate faculty memberships:

 

Senior Membership:

Joseph Daun

Jason Davis

Gail Johnson

Yvonne Villaneuva-Russell

 

Visiting Senior Membership:

            Rick Balkin

 

 Associate membership: 

James Cain

Curt Carlson

Sherry Colby

Michael Hanna

Benton Pierce

Jennifer Schroeder

 

Associate Visiting Membership:

Ambika Chandria

 

Applications continue to be reviewed by the committee and will be
considered at future Graduate Council meetings.

 

Discussion Items

Dr. Sampson led a discussion on enrollment and recruitment.  She
presented information on Fall 2009 enrollment (unofficial), data from
Institutional Effectiveness comparing 2007, 2008 and 2009 showing the
number of students and number of credit hours by classification and
department, and information from Randy McBroom on enrollment trends and
student profiles.

 

Council members were asked to share recruitment ideas that are working
for their department and where do we go from here.

            Need to discuss graduate programs with seniors in our
classes

We (the university) are still small enough that students know the
faculty.  As we move away from this, are we losing what attracts
students to our university?

Need more on-line courses and we need to get the word out that we offer
on-line courses/degrees.

Do we have faculty to teach more students?  

Need faculty lines

Need to reach and maintain 10,000 (combined undergraduate and graduate)

 

Information Items

            Graduate Council Student Elections 

                        Doctoral Student Representative-Susan Glaeser,
Curriculum & Instruction

                        Master's Student Representative--Tina Clark,
Psychology & Special Education

Pathways Research Symposium (November 13 & 14, 2009, at A&M
International)

 

ADJOURNMENT

The Council adjourned at 4:15

 

Louise Skinner

Secretary to the Graduate Council

 

 

 

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