[VPAAEtal] Graduate Council Minutes

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GRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES

December 13, 2011

 

The Graduate Council met Tuesday, December 13, 2011, in the Alumni
Center Conference Room at 3:00 p.m. with Dean Allan D. Headley
presiding.  Present were:  Dr. Linda Ball, Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom, Dr.
JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz, Dr. John Greenhut, Dr. Kishor Guru-Gharana, Ms.
Jamie Snider for Ms. Nance' Headley, Dr. Jeff Kopachena, Ms. Tamara Lane
for Ms. Kim Laird, Dr. Joyce Miller, Dr. Randy Odom, Dr. Tara
Tietjen-Smith, and Dr. Bob Williams.  Dr. Ben Cranor and Mr. Michael
Miller were absent.  Dr. Mary Beth Sampson, Vice Chair, was also in
attendance.

 

Action Items

            The minutes from the last Graduate Council meeting, November
8, 2011, were approved.

 

Committee Reports

Committee on Administration

Dr. DiGeorgio-Lutz presented two committee reports.  The Council
unanimously approved a revision to the Procedure 11.04.99.R0.20
Examinations for Graduate Degrees in regard to retaking the examination
if a student has failed the first attempt.

            

The Council also made revisions to Procedure 11.04.99.R0.18 Time
Limitations for Graduate Programs to include a time limitation on
coursework used toward a graduate certificate.

            

Committee on Graduate Faculty, Research and Instruction

Dr. Dunbar-Odom presented the committee report on applications for
Graduate Faculty membership.  The Council unanimously approved the
following graduate faculty membership for:

Lloyd Basham (Marketing & Management)

Robert Rodriguez (Political Science)

Visiting Graduate Scholar membership was approved for:

            Dr. John Hamilton (Texas A&M University-Texarkana)

 

Committee on Curriculum

Dr. Williams presented a request to make changes to two graduate
certificate-Film Studies and Studies in Children's and Adolescent
Literature and Culture.  The Council unanimously approved these changes.

 

Three new graduate certificates were presented and unanimously approved
by Council

           Holocaust Studies

           Administering School Programs that Serve Special Populations

           Administering University Interscholastic League (UIL) School
Programs

 

Dr. Williams presented a committee report recommending course and
curriculum changes.  The Council unanimously approved the
recommendations.

 

Discussion

The Graduate Council discussed workload equivalencies for advising
theses students.  There was concern that the university does not have
the infrastructure to support the current procedure.  The Committee on
Administration was charged to continue to review the issue associated
with workload equivalencies and to investigate how other institutions
handle it.  

            

 

Announcements/Updates

                  Report on Pathways Symposium 

65 students (undergraduate & graduate) and 9 faculty members attended
the 9th Annual TAMU System Pathways Student Research Symposium at Texas
A&M University, College Station on November 11th.  A&M-Commerce took the
traveling trophy for the most awards.  

Distinguished Poster - Undergraduate

Dani Leugers & Nizia Tubb (Biology)

Laura Garland & Henry Patrick MacKnight (Biology)

 

Distinguished Poster - Master's

Kali Gates (Agriculture)

Jamie Snider (Psychology)

Jerrod Tynes (Biology)

Kritanjali Dhungana (Chemistry)

 

Superior Oral Presentation - Undergraduate

Victoria Walters (Biology)

            Report on NSF Day at A&M-Commerce November 14, 2011

            Graduate Research Assistant Symposium 

                        Scheduled for late spring (to be announced)

            Information on New GRE scores and Webinar

            Update on Apply Texas

            Update on Proquest-processing thesis and dissertations

            Graduate Expo scheduled for March 22, 2012 at Mesquite
Metroplex Center

 

ADJOURNMENT

The Council adjourned at 4:07 p.m.

 

Louise Skinner

Secretary to the Graduate Council

 

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