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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>(pending Graduate Council approval)<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>GRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>September 14, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Graduate Council met
Tuesday, September 14, 2010, in the Alumni Center Conference Room at 3:00 p.m.
with Dean Allan Headley presiding. Present were: Dr. Linda Ball, Dr. Ben Jang,
Dr Robin Reid for Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom, Dr. John Humphreys, Dr. Sharon Kowalsky,
Mr. Michael Miller, and Dr. Jon Travis. Dr. Ben Cranor, Dr. Jeff Kopachena,
Dr. Joyce Miller, Dr. Jennifer Schroeder, Dr. Steven Shwiff, and Dr. Tara
Tietjen-Smith were absent. Dr. Mary Beth Sampson, Vice Chair, was also in
attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dean Headley introduced the
Graduate Studies and Research Staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Provost Larry Lemanski opened
a discussion on topics suggested by Council members. The topics were: 1.
Reorganization of the colleges; 2. Adequacy of faculty lines to meet growth of
university; 3. Research productivity and goals; and 4. How best to balance the
tradition of quality teaching, along with research and service. Dr. Lemanski
distributed the proposed restructuring plan and provided rationales for the
restructuring of the colleges. One aspect of the discussion focused on the
need for additional funds and new faculty lines in the academic departments.
Presently the Deans are looking at ways to facilitate moderate teaching loads
and also to replace adjuncts with full time faculty. He indicated that growing
our research programs would result in more external funding which would provide
more finances in the form of indirect costs across all aspects of the
university.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dean Headley discussed with
the Council his philosophy on the purpose of the Graduate Council. He noted
the Council sets the tone for quality education and that within that context we
will have ongoing discussions on graduate education issues. In addition, the
three Graduate Council committees will be given charges regarding various
issues and will then continue to research the issue and to formulate proposals
to be considered by the Council. Council members represent their college and
are expected to maintain and improve the quality of graduate education at
A&M-Commerce.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dr. Sampson discussed how the
Graduate School is unique in that it is an academic department as well as a
service department. She also updated the Council on the Cash4College
scholarship initiatives and indicated that there may be some funds available
for Winter Mini and Spring initiatives. Council members were encouraged to
discuss this with their respective departments to determine if they had
scholarship proposals that would support recruitment of new graduate students
to their programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Action Items<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> The minutes from
the last Graduate Council, May 4, 2010, were approved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Committee Reports<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Committee on Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dr.
Travis presented a proposal for changes to the procedure on Graduate Academic
Probation, Retention and Suspension (11.04.99.R0.16). The Graduate Council
unanimously approved the proposal with one change. The approved proposal will
be forwarded to Deans Council to indicate that academic suspension of
master’s students will be based on their overall graduate GPA and no
longer on the number of grades below <i>B</i>. However, it was noted that we
will continue to limit the number of courses with grades of <i>C</i> that a
master’s student can use for his/her degree.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Committee on Faculty,
Research & Instruction <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dean
Headley presented information on changes to the Graduate Faculty Membership
procedure (12.04.99.R0.02) that were approved during the 2009-10 academic
year. There will be only two categories of graduate faculty membership-<i>Graduate
Faculty Member</i> and <i>Visiting Member</i>. Temporary graduate faculty
status will still be available for faculty not eligible for <i>Graduate Faculty
membership.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Committee on Curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dr.
Suh informed the Council about the call for 2011-12 Curriculum Changes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2009-10 Accomplishments and
2010-11 Charges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dean
Headley presented a list of 2009-10 Graduate Council Accomplishments. He
specifically mentioned two procedural changes that were approved by the
President’s Advisory Council (PAC) and will be distributed shortly. These
are the Faculty Workload procedure (12.03.99.R0.01) and the Doctoral Research
Tools procedure (11.04.99.R0.22). The Council will consider charges for the
2010-11 academic year at the October meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Announcements/Updates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Update on Graduate Council Election for College of
Business & Technology representative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Graduate School has books on Graduate Education
that are available to check out. A list will be available on the Graduate
Council website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Update
on System Graduate Faculty Membership <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><a
href="http://www.tamus.edu/offices/academic/gradfaculty/"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>http://www.tamus.edu/offices/academic/gradfaculty/</span></a><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Fall
2010 Enrollment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Pathways
Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> October
22-23, 2010, at West Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Federal
Initiatives Workshop <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'> Wednesday, September 15, 1:30 – 3:00
pm in Innovations Room at the Sam Rayburn Student Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Graduate
Research Assistant Symposium <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> April
25, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>ADJOURNMENT<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Council adjourned at 4:20
p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Louise Skinner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Secretary to the Graduate
Council</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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