Minutes of the 8th meeting of
The Graduate Council
2011-2012
Date and Time:
Place:
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Room 244, Administration Building
Attendance:
Dr. Joe Aranha, Dr. Hansel Burley, Dr. Gary Elbow, Dr. Ann Hawkins,
Dr. Ram Iyer, Dr. Eileen Johnson, Dr. Betty Stout
Ex-officio: Mr. Florencio Aranda, Ms. Earnstein Dukes, Dr. Clifford Fedler,
Dr. Ralph Ferguson, Dr. Peggy Miller
Visitors: Dr. Roseanna Davidson, Dr. Melanie Hart
I. The Graduate Council minutes are available in the Graduate School office and on the Graduate
School website at www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool.
II. A motion was made by Gary Elbow and seconded by Eileen Johnson to approve the minutes
from the 7th meeting of the Graduate Council held on Thursday, April 5, 2012. The Graduate
Council approved these minutes.
III. Students admitted to Doctoral Candidacy.
The following students were admitted to candidacy for the doctorate on the recommendation of
their departments. A motion was made by Eileen Johnson and seconded by Betty Stout. The
Graduate Council approved these candidates.
Charles Adamson
James Aday
Jennifer Bard
Sherry Boyd
Ana Cawthon
Jian Chen
Yi-Fang Chen
Joseph Dannemiller
Joseph Derby
Lance Dixon
Teresa A. Gaus
Uzziel Guzman
Nicholar Halder
Zhaomin He
Ryan Johnson
Fine Arts
Hospitality Administration
Higher Education
Fine Arts
Arts & Sciences
Biology
Nutritional Sciences
Wind Science and Engineering
Business Administration
Arts & Sciences
Plant & Soil Science
Music
Fine Arts
Educational Psychology
Fine Arts
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Sridharan Kamalakannan
Sydney Knobel
Wendee Langdon
Autumn Lass
Cody Lass
Jeremy Lewis
Oliver Mulamba
Masaki Ogura
Thomas O'Malley
Xiaoguang Peng
Elias Pirayesh
Justin Redman
Anne A. Reeb
Charles Regan
Ruben Rivera
Teddy Rodriguez
Austin Sims
Omer Topaloglu
Jason Torres
Victoria A. Valenzano
Steven Wood
Wei Xu
Yanhan Zhu
Electrical Engineering
Animal Science
Animal Science
History
History
Music
Mechanical Engineering
Mathematics
Personal Financial Planning
Chemical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Family and Consumer Science Education
Curriculum & Instruction
Electrical Engineering
Classical & Modern Languages
Fine Arts
Mass Communications
Business Administration
Instructional Technology
Fine Arts
Fine Arts
Biology
Electrical Engineering
V. Academic Requests
The following course applications come with a motion of approval and seconded from the
Academic Program Committee. The Graduate Council approved.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
EDSP 6301: Grant Writing for Special Education (3:3:0:0) (change in title and description)
EDSP 6303: Contemporary Issues in Special Education (3:3:0:0) (change in title and description)
EDSP 6304: Preparing Leadership Personnel for Special Populations (3:3:0:0) (change in
description)
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ECE 5322: Random Signals and Systems (3:3:0:0) (Addition)
PETR 5384: Fluid Properties (3:3:0:0) (change in title and description)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
PSY 5318: Introduction to Clinical Psychology (3:3:0:0) (change in credit/contact hours)
PSY 5447: Advanced Correlation Methods and Factor Analysis (4:3:0:2) (change in number and
credit/contact hours)
PSY 5448: Advanced Multivariate Analysis for Psychologist (4:3:0:2) (change in number and
credit/contact hours)
PSY 5480: Experimental Design (4:3:0:2) (change in number and credit/contact hours)
HIST 5363: Women in Early America (3:3:0:0) (Addition)
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RAWLS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
MKT 6350: Theory Building and Testing (3:3:0:0) (Addition)
MKT 6354: Marketing Strategy (3:3:0:0) (Addition)
MKT 6356: Consumer Behavior Seminar (3:3:0:0) (Addition)
FIN 5324: Financial Statement Analysis and Equity Valuation (3:3:0:0) (Addition)
VI. Informational Business
The Graduate Student Advisory Council is going really well and Dr. Miller announced that they
will have a home in the basement of the Administration Building.
VII. Announcements
Dr. Miller announced that the Graduate School still has some housing scholarships for the summer
semester. The room will be free but the students do have to purchase a meal plan. Dr. Miller
requests that you send an email to her attention if you have students who are interested.
Dr. Miller announced that the Graduate School has completed a study of all students who should be
graduating by now. Their advisors will be contacted to see if there are issues the Graduate School
might resolve.
Dr. Miller hopes the Council will attend the Literary Lubbock this evening at 5:30 p.m. in the
Merket Alumni Center. This will be a signature evening with Southwestern Authors.
Ann Hawkins announced that the exhibit of the rare books in the Museum has been extended to
May 20th. She encouraged everyone to go see the exhibit.
The next Graduate Council meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 28, 2012.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:03 p.m.
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