GRADUATE COUNCIL Agenda Thursday, April 23, 2009 3:30 p.m., Westside Hall Conference Room I. Approval of minutes of March 26, 2009 II. Announcements Graduate Faculty Update: The following faculty members have been approved since the last Graduate Council meeting. College of Arts and Sciences • Computer Science-Gur Saran Adhar, 1-year provisional appointment; David R. Berman, five year appointment; Clayton Ferner, five year appointment; Curry Guinn, 1-year provisional appointment; Sridhar Narayan, five year administrative appointment; Karl Ricanek, five year appointment; Devon Simmonds, five year appointment; Gene A. Tagliarini, five year appointment; RonVetter, five year appointment. • English-Cara Cilano, five year appointment; Nicholas Laudadio, five year appointment; Colleen A. Reilly, five year appointment; Kathy Rugoff, five year appointment. • Environmental Studies-Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui, initial three year appointment, Graduate Research Faculty, three year appointment. • Graduate Liberal Studies-Jenny L. Yates, initial three year appointment. • Psychology-Caroline Clements, 5 year administrative appointment; Ruth Hurst, five year appointment; Carol Pilgrim, five year administrative appointment; Kate Bruce, five year administrative appointment; Mark Galizio, five year administrative appointment Cameron School of Business • Accountancy and Business Law-Faramarz Elikai, five year appointment; Pamela S. Evers, five year appointment; Randall Hanson, five year administrative appointment; Daniel M. Ivancevich, five year appointment; Susan H. Ivancevich, five year appointment; William A. Kerler, III, five year appointment; Glenn Walberg, five year appointment. • Economics and Finance-Cetin Ciner, five year appointment. • Information Systems and Operations Management-Douglas M. Kline, five year appointment; • Management and Marketing-Martha Andrews, five year appointment; Tammy G. Hunt, five year administrative appointment. Watson School of Education • Program Director-Hank S. Weddington, five year administrative appointment; • Elementary, Middle Level and Literacy Education-Tracy Hargrove, five year appointment. • Educational Leadership-Joanne E. Nottingham, special-graduate teaching as needed appointment. Internship Agencies Approved: The following internship has been approved. • Habitat for Humanity, 20 N. 4th Street, Suite 200, Wilmington, NC 28401 III. New Business A. Program and Curriculum Committee College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geography and Geology GGY 520, Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, new course GGY 526 (426), Environmental Geographic Information Systems, credit hour and prerequisite change GGY 524 (424), Advanced Geographic Information Systems, credit hour and prerequisite change. B. Other Thanking outgoing members of Council. IV. Adjournment