Minutes of the 2nd meeting of
The Graduate Council
2011-2012
Date and Time:
Place:
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Room 244, Administration Building
Attendance:
Dr. Donna Davis, Dr. Gary Elbow, Dr. Priyantha Jayawickrama, Dr. Eileen
Johnson, Dr. Susan Myers, Dr. Johnny Sparks, Dr. Michael Stoune, Dr. Betty
Stout, Dr. Carrye Syma
Ex-officio: Dr. Ralph Ferguson, Dr. Carla Myers, Dr. Peggy Miller,
Visitors: Dr. Melanie Hart, Dr. Paul D. Johnson, Dr. Kelly Phelan
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 Betty Stout and seconded by Michael Stoune to approve the minutes
from the 1st meeting of the Graduate Council held on Thursday, September 1, 2011. 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 Gary Elbow and seconded by Johnny Sparks. The
Graduate Council approved these candidates.
Mohammad Alwaawrah .................................................................................................. Physics
Cristina Bailey ..................................................................................... Business Administration
Candra Cade ........................................................................................... Educational Leadership
Vanessa de la Vega ......................................................................................................... Spanish
Zhan Furner .......................................................................................... Business Administration
Le Gao
...................................................................................................... Computer Science
Scott Garrett .................................................................................... Personal Financial Planning
Debalina Goswami ........................................................................................Nutritional Science
Catherine Grissom ............................................... Classical & Modern Language & Literatures
Bynum Hightower .................................................................................. Educational Leadership
Myungmi Kang ....................................................................................................... Musical Arts
Hyungchul Kim .................................................................................... Business Administration
Yong Kim ............................................................................................ Business Administration
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Brian McNerney.......................................................................................................... Chemistry
Kelli Moulton ......................................................................................... Educational Leadership
Barry Mulholland ............................................................................ Personal Financial Planning
Christy Reed..................................................................................... Curriculum and Instruction
Michael Rollin .................................................................................................................History
Avi Sapkota........................................................................................................ Animal Science
Shikha Sharma ............................................................................................................ Chemistry
Ian Shelburne .......................................................................................... Agricultural Education
Ajaya Swain ......................................................................................... Business Administration
Vidura Thalangamaarachchige ................................................................................... Chemistry
Daniel Todd ..................................................................................................................Fine Arts
Lawrence Verzani ........................................................................... Personal Financial Planning
Ashle Wilson...................................................................................................Special Education
Christy Witt............................................................................................. Agricultural Education
V. Academic Requests
A motion was made by Gary Elbow and seconded by Carrye Syma to approve all four of the
following courses. The Graduate Council approved the motion with a vote of 8 in favor and 1
against of the SOC 5101 course. All four courses passed.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
SOC 5101: Professional Socialization (1:1:0) (Addition)
GRADUATE SCHOOL
BTEC 5100: Scientific Communication (1:1:0) (Addition)
COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES
RHIM 5317: Convention & Events Sales and Services (3:3:0) (Addition)
RHIM 5345: Advanced Wine Marketing and Tourism (3:3:0) (Addition)
VI. Other Business
Dr. Miller announced that the Board of Regents is currently working on approving the contract with
the ELS Educational Services.
Dr. Michael Stoune gave a brief presentation regarding the 1st Annual Arts and Humanities
Conference to be held on October 21st and 22nd. The committee received 140 abstract submissions.
The event will be all day on Friday and Saturday with an awards ceremony at the conclusion of the
event on Saturday. Their will cash awards for the winners in each category. We hope to make this
Conference grow each year.
Dr. Miller will be meeting with the all the Deans of the University to see if they can have someone
to review their applications for the requirements within the departments and inform the applicants
of any missing data. Dr. Miller is hoping to have a 30 day turnaround on applications with a (yes,
no, etc.) response to the applications. Since we now lose many students who get faster responses
from other Universities.
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VII. Announcements
The ApplyTexas website is going to be updated with some additional questions that the Graduate
School feels will be of tremendous help.
The Graduate School Graduate 101 Doctoral and 335 Masters for the Summer Graduation Term.
Dr. Miller extended an invitation to everyone for the Arts and Humanities Conference to be held in
the Student Union Building.
The next Graduate Council meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 1, 2011.
The Graduate Council meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.
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