Graduate Council Minutes

Meeting Date: 09/02/2022
Meeting Time: 10:00 AM
Meeting Location: ZOOM

Attendance

Name Present Absent
Andre, Dr. Thomas L.
Beach, Dr. Kevin S.
Best, Ms. Allyson M.
Botero, Ms. Cecilia E.
Bourgeois, Mrs. Robin W.
Busby, Dr. Anna K.
Cappozzo, Dr. Valerio
Craze, Ms. Amelia
Davis, Dr. Walter D.
Diven-Brown, Ms. Laura
Doerksen, Dr. Robert J.
Durkin, Dr. Daniel W.
Dyer, Dr. Donald L.
Fiene, Mr. Scott A.
Gilliland, Ms. Kristy L.
Gladden, Dr. Joseph R.
Glasco, Dr. Julie A.
Green, Dr. Christopher R.
Hanson, Ms. Carey B.
Holmes, Dr. Erin R.
Jackson, Dr. Colin R.
Joung, Dr. Hyunwoo
Kelly, Dr. Savannah L.
Klingen, Dr. Anne M.
Kluck, Dr. Annette S.
May, Ms. Cindy L.
Nichols, Dr. Dave L.
Niemeyer, Dr. Stacy R.
Perryman, Dr. Mandy L.
Rimoldi, Dr. John M.
Salvador, Mr. Benjamin
Sayre, Mr. Errol L.
Sellar, Dr. Christian
Smith, Dr. Marquita S.
Soares, Dr. Denise A.
Thomas, Dr. James M.
Van Ness, Dr. Robert A.
Walden, Mrs. Margaret F.
Walker, Dr. Glenn
Wang, Dr. Jianqiang
Yarbrough, Dr. Lance D.

Other Attendance Information

Dr. Vicki Dickinson, Faculty member from the School of Accountancy, was substituting as the voting member from the School of Accountancy.



Additional Minutes Notes
638025300 Cap the number of dissertation hours that can be taken prior to passing comprehensive exams This item was returned to the department. The Council expressed that it is not their responsibility to approve graduate program handbooks. Also, they were concerned that the wording of the item did not clearly specify that the item was specific to the PhD in Social Welfare. Furthermore, concern was mentioned regarding the current limitations on dissertation hours and planned change regarding limits to taking dissertation hours. 638025291 M.P.H. in Public Health This Change Program request was moved to the October agenda. The Council felt that the item was unclear. There was confusion about what exactly the department proposed and also what would be preferable in order to allow students to apply to a particular concentration of interest.

Graduate School

No Department Assigned

Change Program(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638025160 M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies
638025170 M.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies

School of Applied Sciences

Nutrition & Hospitality Management

Delete Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638025281 NHM 525 - Sem-Sci / Nbr Concepts

Social Work

Change Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638025312 SW 719 - Directed Independent Study

School of Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Add Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638024641 Engr 542 - Molecular Modeling of Nano Materials
638024670 Engr 545 - Polymer Nanocomposites

School of Pharmacy

Biomolecular Sciences

Add Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638025200 BMS 608 - Scientific Writing for BioMolecular Scie

No School Assigned

No Department Assigned

Add Other Request(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638025140 continue GRE as optional for Clinical Psychology for fall, 2023 admissions cycle
638025210 continue GRE suspension for Experimental Psychology
638025083 Discussion Regarding time between Prospectus and Defense
638025313 New Unit Proposal: Scholar Support and Data Services
Chancellor's Notes