Minutes of the 1st meeting of
The Graduate Council
2010-2011
Date and Time:
Place:
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Room 244, Administration Building
Attendance:
Dr. Hansel Burley, Dr. Gary Elbow, Dr. Sean Grass, Dr. Wayne Hudnall,
Dr. Priyantha Jayawickrama, Dr. Bill Pasewark, Dr. Hamed Sari-Sarraf,
Dr. Johnny Sparks, Dr. Michael Stoune, Dr. Betty Stout, Dr. Carrye Syma,
Dr. David Weinberg
Ex-officio: Dr. Wendell Aycock, Deepali Butani, Dr. Duane Crawford,
Dr. Ralph Ferguson
Visitors: Dr. Clifton Ellis, Dr. Aretha Marbley, Dr. Christian Pongratz
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 Michael Stoune and seconded by David Weinberg to approve the minutes
from the 9th meeting of the Graduate Council held on Thursday, June 24, 2010. 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. The Graduate Council approved these candidates.
William Asquith .............................................................................................. Civil Engineering
Mina Hanna Aziz ........................................................................................................ Chemistry
Randy Baiza ...........................................................................................Educational Leadership
Katy Ballard ......................................................................................................... Fine Arts - Art
Charles Crane ....................................................................................... Mechanical Engineering
Lacy Davis ...................................................................................................................... English
Elife Dogan ............................................................................................................. Mathematics
Cory Farley .......................................................................................... Mechanical Engineering
Philip Gibson .................................................................................. Personal Financial Planning
Jonathan Heinen .............................................................................................................. English
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Seongeun Jin ................................................................................................................... English
Greg Johnston ............................................................................................ Counselor Education
Po-Han Lin ............................................................................................... Chemical Engineering
Jason McNeill ............................................................................ Wind Science and Engineering
Marty Middleton ................................................................. Agricultural & Applied Economics
Andrea Evans Riggs ....................................................................................... Fine Arts - Music
Svetlana Rybalko .................................................................................... Mass Communications
Shawn Stacy ......................................................................................... Mechanical Engineering
Jiannan Tan .......................................................................................... Mechanical Engineering
Suresh Veerabomma .......................................................................................................Biology
Kerrie Visconti ............................................................... Technical Communication & Rhetoric
Katie A. Wampler ........................................................................................ Fine Arts – Theatre
John Brian Wayman ........................................................................................ Fine Arts - Music
Samuel Whitehead .................................................Land Use Planning, Management & Design
IV. Faculty members appointed to Graduate Faculty.
The Graduate Council approved the following candidates as new Graduate Faculty.
New
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Depledge, Michael Harold, Ph.D., 1978, University of London
Gao, Zan, Ph.D., 2007, Louisiana State University
Gonzales, Joaquin, Ph.D., 2008, University of Toledo
Omli, Jens, Ph.D., 2008, University of Minnesota
Park, Yoonjung, Ph.D., 2006, Texas A&M University
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Richman, David, Ph.D., 1997, University of Iowa
Su Austin, Dan, Ph.D., 2008, Texas Tech University
COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES
Chaffin, Charles, Ph.D., 2009, University of Illinois
Roszkowski, Michael, Ph.D., 1981, Temple University
COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Ankrum, Quinn, D.M.A., 2010, Eastman School of Music
Conde, Carlos Rafael, D.M.A., 2008, University of New York, Stony Brook
Matzen, Max Otto, D.M.A., 2010, Eastman School of Music
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V. Academic Requests
A motion was made by Gary Elbow and seconded by Michael Stoune to approve the following two
Graduate Certificates and the following course applications.
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES
PSS 5313: Winery Planning, Design and Operations (3:3:0) (Addition)
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
Graduate Certificate in Digital Design and Fabrication
ARCH 5303: Smart Materials (3:3:3) (Addition)
ARCH 5304: Design Process (3:3:30 (Addition)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
PUAD 5310: Practicum in Public Administration (3:3:0) (Addition)
POLS 5395: Practicum in Survey Research (3:0:6) (Addition)
GPH 5303: Seismic Data Analysis (3:3:0) (Addition)
GPH 5305: Velocity Model Building (3:3:0) (Addition)
GPS 5307: Seismic Migration (3:3:0) (Addition)
GPS 5321: Advanced Seismic Exploration Methods (3:2:3) (Change in number, hours, prerequisite
and description)
GPH 5323: Advanced Non-Seismic Exploration Methods (3:2:3) (Change in title, number, hours,
prerequisite, and description)
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Graduate Certificate in College Student Counseling
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ME 5356: Digital Human Modeling for Human-Centric Design (3:3:0) (Addition)
ME 5348: Phase Transformation II (3:3:0) (Deletion)
ECE 5363: Pattern Recognition (3:3:0) (Addition)
ECE 6363: Advanced Pattern Recognition (3:3:0) (Change in title, and description)
COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES
PFP 5389: Professional Development in Personal Financial Planning (3:3:0) (Change in title,
number, hours, and description)
PFP 6377: Research Methods I (3:3:0) (Change in number and prerequisite)
VI. Announcements:
Guidelines have been created for new course applications and will be taken to the Academic
Council for their review.
The Graduate Council adjourned at 3:10 p.m.
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