GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING
Minutes for March 29, 2013
325 Graff Main Hall at 10:00 a.m.
GC Members: Melissa Bingham, Rob Dixon, Annalise Doyle (grad student),
John Greany, David Reineke, Anton Sanderfoot, Jorg Vianden (Chair), Gary
Willhite (Recorder)
GC Members Excused: Rachel Beauchene (grad stu),
GC Member Absent: Carol Angell, Gary Gilmore, Mary Love,
GC Consultants: Christine Bakkum (Registrar), Glenn Knowles (CBA), Steve
Simpson (DGS)
GC Consultants Excused: Raymond Abhold (SAH)
GC Consultants Absent: Charles Martin-Stanley (CLS)
1. Approval of minutes from Feb 22, 2013 Meeting (attached)
- M/S/P
2. Appeal for time extension from Graduate Student (documents attached) –
moved into closed session
- Closed session - M/S/P – roll call vote;
- vote to approve extension with a December 2013 date – M/S/P
3. Review of RSEL Recommendations from Sub-Committee
- 9 proposals – all asking for full amount – recommendation to fund each one
for the full amount
– M/S/P
- co-applicants a possibility – only if they stand on their own merits
- move to add a 2nd deadline for RSEL grants and for flexibility with travel
restrictions
- M/S/P
4. Review of Graduate Faculty Applications from Sub-Committee (attached)
- No CBA;
- 6 CLS - M/S/P
- 1 SAH – M/S/P
5. Graduate Student Appeal Process
- google doc review
- discussion only for today
- proposed change to graduate catalog – “Current Standards” (academic)
-- Academic action, e.g. dismissal, may be appealed to the student's
program. If the student’s program finds compelling evidence to warrant an
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GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING
Minutes for March 29, 2013
325 Graff Main Hall at 10:00 a.m.
exception to the policy, one can be granted upon written notification to the
Office of University Graduate Studies and the Office of Dean of the College
that houses the program and the Office of Records and Registration .
Decisions of a program are final, though students should contact the Office
of University Graduate Studies to determine if any further action is
possible. and Graduate Council through the Office of University Graduate
Studies, if compelling evidence is presented to warrant exception to the
policy.
- if this is a gpa dismissal, then there is not need for due process –
- undergraduates have a protocol of due process – graduate students do not - idea is that graduate students should be able to appeal warranted situations
the same as undergraduate students
- in graduate catalog maybe a proposal for non-academic dismissal
(professional behaviors)
- as a grad council please review the google doc and offer suggested revision
process
- suggestion to leave the catalog language as it stands and to work on a
proposal for non-academic dismissal to be included in the catalog
- better to discuss readmission procedure rather than dismissal issue
6. Other business
Informational items:
• Future Meeting Schedule: 4/26, (if needed, 5/10)
• Spring Agenda Items Left to cover:
RSEL Guidelines Revisions (recommendations from sub-committee)
Consent Agenda:
Approval of Graduate Faculty Status as recommended by Graduate Director:
a. Individuals C, D, and E on the Grad Faculty D2L Site
b. (Note individuals A and B were approved at the 2-8-13 meeting)
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