Graduate Council

1. Graduate Council September 25, 2013

2. Minutes Introductions Updates and Reports Committees for AY 13-14 TA Training Dissertations for Professional Doctoral Degrees Discussion Imagining Doctoral Education for the Future AGENDA

3. Introductions

4. New Graduate Councilors ARHU Ralph Bauer Janelle Wong BMGT Michael Fu BSOS Michael Paolisso Sally Simpson Kathy Vinokurova CLIS/iSchool Ping Wang CMNS Phil Deshong Sarah Eno Deborah Hemingway Chuan Liu Arthur Popper ENGR Hugh Bruck Yang Tao SPHL David Andrews Council of Deans Dean Patricia Steele, UMD Libraries

5. New Graduate School Staff Shama Akhtar, Senior Research Analyst Anna De Cheke Qualls, Senior Advisor, Hobsons Brian Gharala, IT Advisor Nikkie Kyhse-Andersen, International Intern Katherine McAdams, Ombuds Officer for Graduate Students Ana Perez, Post-Doctoral Research Associate for Diversity

6. Map of Graduate School

7. Updates and Reports

8. Graduate Degrees – Spring 2013

9. Fall Applicants, Admission, Enrollments

10. Implementation in March 2014 • One university-wide application • Simplified application review process • Development of collateral support materials • Review of admissions process and policies • Review of data/statistics needs by university, Graduate School, colleges, departments, programs Hobsons Apply Yourself

11. Preparing URM Students at Universities at Shady Grove for Graduate Studies • Dissertation House in Winter and Summer Sessions • Conference on Fisher v. U of Texas at Austin (April 10, 2014) • NSF AGEP Grant for $1.75M to UMD, UMB, UMBC Diversity Initiatives

12. International Initiatives • UMD/U of Tübingen Joint International Project in Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Bioscience • UMD/U College Cork Joint Graduate Seminar and Research Project on Frederick Douglass • International Graduate Research Fellowships with universities in Israel, South Africa, China, Korea, Japan • Trips to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru in October 2013 and Chile and Argentina in November 2013

13. 10 Flagship Fellowships 4 colleges, 9 departments 6 McNair Fellowships 4 colleges, 5 departments 41 Summer Research Fellowships 8 colleges, 32 departments 4 Kulkarni Summer Research 2 colleges, 3 departments 49 Wylie Dissertation Fellowships 7 colleges, 40 departments 11 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowships 5 colleges, 11 departments 16 All-S.T.A.R. Fellowships 12 colleges, 16 departments 5 International Graduate Research (IGRF) 4 colleges, 4 departments 4 Other Fellowships and Awards 3 colleges, 4 departments Fellowships and Awards

14. Office for Graduate Teaching and Learning • Double focus • Graduate teaching and learning • TA teaching of undergraduates • Pyramidal Structure • Graduate School: coordination, campus programming, training trainers, resources, incentives. • Colleges and Programs: development of programs and initiatives appropriate to disciplines. • Current Initiatives • Graduate Student Writing • Graduate Outcomes Assessment • Masters Degree and Graduate Certificate Inventory • Planned Initiatives • TA Training • Financial literacy • Professional preparation

15. Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee • Established Fall 2011 per USM Policy as part of Meet and Confer to provide forum for graduate assistants to meet with administration • Comprises 12 elected members serving two-year terms, plus the President of GSG as ex-officio • Meets twice annually with Provost, VP for Administrative Affairs, and Dean of Graduate School

16. Fundraising and External Relations Fundraising for GS Fellowships and Awards Programs: 50 prospects, 25 in-person visits, $380k in gifts (AY 12-13) Presentation on graduate fellowships at Board of Trustees and Inaugural Graduate School Alumni Award at Awards Gala (October 2013) GS Office for External Relations: current staff, Communications Director, part-time full-time Development Officer (AY 13-14) Incentive programs for collegiate fund raising for graduate student support Alumni meetings in California, Latin America, Taiwan

17. External Grant Funding • PROMISE: AGEP Maryland Transformation • NSF AGEP Award (Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate) • $1.75M total, $733 to UMD • Increase number of URM doctoral graduates entering professoriate in STEM fields • Recruitment, retention, graduation, and placement programs available to students across USM • Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) • Consortium of 25 research universities • NSF Grant for 3 years at $47,000/year • Connect UM STEM learning communities that seek to prepare future faculty • Programs targeted toward post-doctoral fellows and international graduate students

18. Campus Initiatives and Graduate Education Partnership of UMD and Corcoran Gallery and Corcoran College of Art + Design Campus Teaching and Learning Center/GS Office for Teaching and Learning Initiatives/UG Center for Teaching Excellence

19. Campus and Professional Outreach • GS Representation on Provost’s Commission on Blended/Online Education; President’s Commission on UMD and Big Ten/CIC Integration; President’s Task Force on UMD/UMB Merger President’s Task Force on UMD-Corcoran Partnership. • CIC Graduate Schools, Association of Graduate Schools, Council of Graduate Schools.

20. Ad Hoc Committees Graduate Council 2013-14

21. TA Training • Form and charge GC Task Force on TA Training • Create pyramidal structure for TA Training: GS, colleges, programs • Research best practices and make recommendations • Volunteers?

22. Professional Doctorates—Dissertations • Form and charge GC Task Force on Professional Doctorates • Consult experts at UMD and elsewhere • Research best practices and make recommendations • Volunteers?

23. Discussion Imagining Doctoral Education for the Future