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GradUATE COUNCIL

This is the agenda for the Graduate Council meeting held on September 20, 2017. The meeting includes updates, reports, and discussions on various topics related to graduate education at Iowa State University.

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GradUATE COUNCIL

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  1. GradUATE COUNCIL September 20, 2017

  2. Call to Order • Welcome, Steven Lonergan, Chair • Introductions • Seating of Substitute Council Members

  3. Consent Agenda • Minutes of April 19, 2017 meeting • Agenda for current meeting

  4. Announcements and Remarks • Graduate Council Chair, Steven Lonergan • Reports from GCCC will require review in coming months. • Dean of Graduate College, Comments from William Graves • Assistant Dean of Graduate College, Craig Ogilvie • Graduate College Office- Judy Strand

  5. Old Business • Chapter 9 status: Report from Dean Graves • Campaign of Welcome update: Marquart

  6. New Business • Nominations for Vice Chair of Graduate Council • Pam Riney-Kehrberg . History • Thank you for the nomination to be Vice Chair of the Graduate Council. I am currently in my second year on the council. I have had a high level of involvement in graduate education at Iowa State University. Since coming to ISU in 2000, I have graduated 16 PhD students and currently have three working toward their degrees. I have graduated 16 MA students, with another finishing this academic year. In all, I have served on 77 graduate committees at Iowa State, in various departments in three colleges. In 2015, I received the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Mentorship Award. Between 2000 and the current academic year, I have served seven years as DOGE. Additionally, while I was History Department chair, I worked actively on graduate issues, helping the department to revise its graduate programs, consolidating two doctoral programs into a single, multi-faceted program. I consider graduate education to be the most important part of my teaching duties at Iowa State University.

  7. New Business • Nominations for Vice Chair of Graduate Council • Any from the floor?

  8. New Business • Request from the Dean to form a subcommittee to survey and study the policies of outside members of POS committees. • Issues include role in directing student, examining student, how is ”outside” defined? • Subcommittee will be asked to meet with Dean Graves ASAP. • Action items for next meeting will include report and defining committee objectives

  9. New Business • Request to review double degree programs • Two master’s programs one POSC, one thesis • Typically for 30 credit programs, each program does 22 credits and shares 8 • Inconsistencies exist when one program has a much greater number of credits • Subcommittee appointment: • Over-age Course policy – Robinson, Speer • Committee to address unintended consequences of new policy • Subcommittee appointment: • Admission policy • Review and discuss proposed change in admission policy • Lonergan will ask Executive Committee to review and report • Discussion will occur and vote may occur in October meeting

  10. Committee Reports • English Proficiency requirement- Marquart, Shrotriya, Bothell

  11. Meeting Schedule • All meetings will be in 3150 Beardshear Hall from 4:15-5:30. • Wednesday, Oct. 18 • Wednesday, Nov 15 • Wednesday, Dec. 6 • Wednesday, Jan 17 • Wednesday, Feb 21 • Wednesday, Mar 21 • Wednesday, April 18

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