GRADUATE COUNCIL
Minutes
Thursday, January 26, 2012
3:30 pm, DePaolo Hall Conference Room
Council members attending: Drs. Blum, Burgh, Gamble, Howe, McNamee, Myers, Taylor, Varadarajan and Walser. Also attending:
Drs. McNulty, Meinhold, Carolina Priester and Nancy Holland. Dean Roer presided.
I.
Approval of minutes of November 3, 2011, approved
II.
Announcements
Ph.D. Psychology update
Membership Changes: David Gessner will replace Clyde Edgerton, approved
Appoint John Fischetti’s replacement
Internship Agency Approvals: The following internship agencies have been approved.
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New Hanover County Government
Affordable Housing Coalition of Southeastern NC
Historic Wilmington Foundation
Graduate Faculty Update: The following faculty have been approved since the last Graduate Council meeting.
Cameron School of Business
 Economics and Finance – Clay Moffett, three-year appointment
 Information Systems and Operations Management – Jonathan Rowe, special one term appointment
College of Arts and Sciences
 Computer Science – Eric Patterson, five-year appointment
 History – Michael Huner, special one-year appointment
 Mathematics and Statistics – Ken Gurganus, special one term appointment
 Public and International Affairs – David Gray, three-year appointment
 Sociology and Criminology – Carrie Buist, three-year appointment
College of Health and Human Services
 School of Health and Human Sciences – Michelle D’Abundo, five-year appointment
Watson School of Education
 Instructional Technology, Foundations & Secondary Education– Raymond Pastore, three-year appointment
III.
New Business
Program and Curriculum Committee
Request Authorization to Establish a MA in Conflict Management and Resolution
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Approved, with review of syllabi and budget
Consolidation of five M.Ed and two M.A.T. degrees into a single M.Ed. and a single M.A.T. proposal
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Approved, with review of additional curriculum change forms
All curriculum change forms (1 EVS, 1MIS and 1 MATH/STT) are located on Sammy at:
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Approved
IV.
Old Business
Program and Curriculum Committee
Sociology and Criminology degree requirement change and CRM/SOC 505, credit hour change, approved by
e-vote in December, 2011. These forms are also located on Sammy at the link above.
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Other
Discussed revising curriculum change form to provide more information to Council
VI.
Adjournment
4:05
Graduate Council Meetings for 2011-12
March 1, 2012, 3:30 pm, DePaolo Conference Room
March 29, 2012, 3:30 pm, DePaolo Conference Room
April 26, 2012, 3:30 pm, DePaolo Conference Room