GRADUATE COUNCIL
Minutes
Thursday, December 5, 2013
3:30 pm, Alderman 215
Council members attending: Drs. Almeida, Barth, Blum, Edgerton, Feng, Hermanson, Lanier, Moallem, Myers, Sweeney,
Taylor and Walser. Also attending: Susan Catapano, Vince Howe, Carol McNulty, Amelia Moody, Rob Morgan, Sarah
Watstein, Jeremy Brown, Wanda Underwood, David Childers and Nancy Holland.
I.
Approval of minutes of October 31, 2013, approved
II.
Announcements
Graduate Faculty Update: The following faculty have been approved since the last Graduate Council meeting.
Cameron School of Business
Department of Economics and Finance - Cetin Ciner, five year appointment
College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Creative Writing – Anna Lena, three year appointment, Dana Sachs, three year
special appointment
Department of History – Nathan Crowe, three year appointment, Venkat Dhulipala, three year
appointment, Thomas Hart, three year appointment
College of Health and Human Services
School of Health and Applied Human Sciences – Randall Cottrell, three year appointment
School of Nursing – Jeanne Kemppainen, five year appointment. Pamela Levesque, three year
appointment, Deborah Varnam, five year appointment
School of Social Work – Kristin Bolton, three year appointment
Watson School of Education
Department of Instructional Technology, Foundations and Secondary Education – Mahnaz Moallem,
five year appointment, Dennis Kubasko, five year appointment
III.
New Business
A. Program and Curriculum Committee
6 Curricula Revisions from items not approved at October meeting, located in WebNow
EDD in Educational Leadership, EDL 583 and EDL 646, approved
EVS, add concentration, approved
MBA/IMB, 3 curricula items, approved
MCERT College Teaching Learning Proposal, approved
MED, Specializations, Leadership, Policy, Advocacy Proposal, EDN 509, EDN 510 and EDN 512;
EDL 597, EDL 558 and EDL 646, approved
MSA School Administration, EDL 514, approved
New curriculum items
PIA 534, New course and syllabus, approved
GGY 552, Deletion, approved
GGY 578, Deletion, approved
MA Criminology and Public Sociology, Name change, approved
IV.
Old Business
V.
Other
VI.
Adjournment, 4:30
2013-2014 Graduate Council Meeting dates
(all meetings are scheduled on Thursday)
January 30, 2014, 3:30 Depaolo Hall Conference Room
February 27, 2014, 3:30, Depaolo Hall Conference Room
March 27, 2014, 3:30, Depaolo Hall Conference Room
April 24, 2014, 3:30, Depaolo Hall Conference Room