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Minutes of the Graduate Council
November 19, 2009
GRADUATE COUNCIL
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Minutes of Meeting Held on November 10, 2009
Present:
Dean Vogelsang-Coombs, Professors Appan, Loovis, Sridhar, Holcomb,
Vaughn, Spicer, Delgado, Kosteas, Bathala, Weinstein, Jeffers
Absent/Excused:
Professors Medina-Rivera, Klinger, Ingersoll, Gatica, Doerder, Rudd, ChiehChen Bowen, Jeffres, Thornton
Guests:
Professors Lehfeldt(History), Shelton(History), and Lewis(Law)
Dean Vogelsang-Coombs called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m.
1. Approval of the Agenda. Dean Coombs reviewed the agenda items and the Council adopted it.
2. Approval of October 14, 2009 Minutes. The Council approved the minutes as written.
3. Dean’s Remarks
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Dr. George Walker has been appointed as the Vice President of Research and
Graduate Studies; Research & Graduate Studies will be re-combined
Thank you to the three dozen program directors and staff who attended the October
24th Graduate Admissions Open House; 47 new applications were received as a
result.
The first Graduate Program Director’s meeting was October 13 with 25 attendees; a
second one will be held November 18, (which had 16 attendees).
An informal Graduate Faculty meeting was held on November 2nd to provide
feedback to the Dean on the College of Graduate Studies’ 5-Year Strategic Plan
Draft.
Through discussion with the College of Education, it is necessary to have a “NS”
grade added to all graduate grading schemes that have a “T” grade; the Registrar has
been notified; two “NS” grades can lead to an optional dismissal of a graduate
student.
The Dean has asked the Registrar to add the entire graduate grading scheme to that
web site; only the undergraduate grading scheme is posted.
Graduate Student Life has an upcoming First Friday on December 4th, from 5-8 p.m.,
at Pickwick and Frolic.
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5. Continuing Business
a. CIS 480/580 Computer Architecture – Revised syllabus
The motion to approve CIS 580 passed with one abstention.
b. Draft of Graduate Studies Strategic Plan discussion – Comments included:
i.
Emphasize the “Cleveland” concept throughout the document.
ii.
A dorm dedicated specifically to graduate students was suggested.
iii. Link with the University Research Council to strengthen the reputation of the
College and enhance the profile of CSU’s graduate faculty.
iv.
Mention the Fulbright scholars to enhance international graduate faculty
recognition.
c. Discussion –The College will add a statement to the Graduate Catalog about the recently reaffirmed policy of the maximum of 12 credit hours allowed being double-counted for 4+1
students; the ‘banking’ of 9 credit hours cannot be combined with this 12.
6.
New Business:
a. Nominations from the Fenn College of Engineering to temporarily replace Professor Yu on
the Grade Dispute Committee will be postponed until December.
b. The History Department modified the Master of Arts in History program & the Master of
Arts in History with a specialization in Museum Studies -- the Graduate Council
unanimously approved the following modifications: 1) a required writing sample for
admission, and 2) an increase in total credit hours from 32 to 36 for each program.
c. Health Law Certificate – A first reading of a proposed graduate certificate program in
Health Law in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law was discussed.
d. M.A. in Mathematics/M.S. in Mathematics – The Graduate Council unanimously approved
the motion for both programs to 1) increase total credits from 32 to 36, and 2) require MTH
514 Linear Algebra as an introductory course for the M.S. degree.
e. PHY 660 Electronics – Graduate Council unanimously approved the new course.
7.
Committee Reports:
a. Faculty Senate – Graduate Faculty By-Laws changes were declared nonsubstantive and
approved on November 4, 2009.
b. University Admissions & Standards – No report.
c. College of Graduate Studies Admissions & Standards – No report; a meeting is
scheduled for 11/12/09.
d. University Curriculum Committee –The Autism Certificate is still being discussed.
e. Graduate Faculty Review Committee – No report; a meeting is scheduled for 11/19/09.
f. Petitions Committee – Twenty-four petitions were received for the October 13 meeting;
20 were approved.
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g. Grade Dispute Committee – On October 30 one dispute was heard and denied.
h. Program Review Committee - Faculty names were submitted to Dr. Gitanjali Kaul
i. University Research Council Committee – No report.
Graduate Studies received three submissions for the 2010 MAGS Distinguished Thesis Award.
Three reviewers independently reviewed them and selected the following thesis: “Relationship
Between Foreign Film Exposure and Ethnocentrism,” by Lingli Ying. Congratulations to the
School of Communications.
8.
Applause & Accomplishment:
a. Cleveland State and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland are hosting and co-sponsoring
the third Northeast Ohio Economics Workshop with Professor Kosteas and the Economics
Department.
b. Professor Vaughn is co-organizing a national conference to be held at Texas A & M in
March 2010 on the symbolic image and importance of President Barack Obama.
c. Professor Bathala is program co-chairing an international conference in Switzerland in
March 2010 on wireless applications.
10. Next Meeting: The next Graduate Council meeting is scheduled for December 7, 2009 at
2:00 p.m. in Room 200 of Parker-Hannifin Hall.
11. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m.
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