ULM Graduate Council Minutes
Hemphill Hall 316
October 15, 2015 at 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m..
Present: Jana Giles(Chair), Patti Calk (Secretary), Amy Dagley, Rhonda Hensley, Amal
Kaddoumi, Carl Kogut, Attapol Kuanliang, Donna Luse, Jack Palmer, Paul Sylvester, Kim Marie
Tolson, Leonard Clark (Director, Graduate School), Debbie Beaver (Graduate School), Donna
Cary (Graduate School)
Absent: N/A
I.
Preliminary, Old Business, and Initial Business:
A. Initial Business:
1) Drs. John Sutherlin and Joshua Stockley provided information to the Council
about the new Masters of Public Administration program. Discussion ensued
by the Council
The importance was stressed that Graduate Faculty status must be approved
by the Council prior to teaching in a graduate program.
2) Approval of Sept. 2015 minutes.
- Approved
- Motion by Carl Kogut; second by Kim Tolson
- Approved by Council
3) Dr. Clark, following consultation with the VPAA, will to report on
clarification on how eULM policies / postings regarding online graduate
programs are related to the Graduate School and to the Council itself.
Dr. Pani would like for the Graduate Council to review and approve eULM
policies and posting regarding online graduate programs.
- Approved
- Motion by Donna Luse; second by Carl Kogut
- Approved by Council
B. Old Business:
1) Policy Items Tabled in Previous Meetings:
A. Appeal for Admission, Readmission, and Continuance:
1. Discussion regarding whether a separate category of “Appeal for
Admission” to be added to the catalog for purpose of clarity. Currently,
the Graduate School website has this distinction, but not the catalog,
presumably because the catalog only addresses current students, while the
Graduate School addresses both current and prospective students.
2. Rewording assigned to Donna Luse in Sept. 2015 meeting, suggesting she
use wording from new checklists as a model.
- Wording approved
- Motion made by Patti Calk; second by Attapol Kuanliang
- Approved by the Council
B. Admission Deadline Policy Adjustment
- Motion to accept wording under Conditional Status (Academic
Deficiencies) with the change of “not more than two courses with a
grade of C”
- Motion made by Carl Kogut, second by Paul Sylvester
- Approved by the Council
- Motion to accept wording under Priority Track with the addition
of the word “OR”
o Having a prior graduate degree from an accredited university;
OR
o Meets minimal admission requirements for the graduate school;
and
o Meets program admission requirements; and
o Has all required documentation/ paperwork completed and
submitted to Graduate School for processing
- Motion by Donna Luse; second Kim Tolson
- Approved by the Council
C. Subcommittee on By-Laws to provide preliminary revision draft to the Council
(Subcommittee Members: Donna Luse, Paul Sylvester, and Kim Tolson)
- Tabled
II.
III.
Student Appeals:
Student appeals were reviewed and voting conducted. The Graduate School
maintains the results of the appeals in the Graduate School office and
provides the results to the program chairs and the students.
Graduate Faculty Recommendations:
A. Dr. Christina Sabliov
- Approved
- Motion by Kim Tolson; second by Donna Luse
- Approved by Council
B. Dr. Amy Weems
- Approved
- Motion by Kim Tolson; second by Amy Dagley
-
Approved by Council
A. Dr. Nikki Nichols for ASSOCIATE membership
- Approved pending receipt of updated CV
- Motion by Patti Calk; second by Paul Sylvester
- Approved by Council
IV.
New Business:
A.
New Checklist for Applying Hours Earned?
- Tabled
Meeting adjourned: 5:02 p.m.
Motion to adjourn by Kim Tolson - Approved by Council