Minutes of the Graduate Council
October 7, 2003
As approved by the Graduate Council, November 4, 2003
Members present: L. Bergen, P. Burden, D. Carroll (proxy D. McGrath), R. Clark, M. DeLuccie, T. Donavan, G.
Eiselein, J. Fliter, W.R. Goe, D. Griffin, D. Higgins, C. Holcomb, V. Houser, W. Hsu, T. Keane, G. Marchin, D.
McGrath, G. Owens-Wilson, A. Pahwa, D. Presley, G. Ramaswamy, S. Siepl-Coates, J. Stevenson, R. Trewyn, Y.
Wang, C. Wyatt
Members absent: R. Burckel, A. Featherstone, M. Hossain, G. Kluitenberg, P. Mudrack, T. Musch, K. Tilley, D.
Troyer
Graduate School staff present: J. Guikema, C. Shanklin, B. McGaughey, D. Woydziak
The meeting was called to order by Dean R.W. Trewyn at 3:35 p.m. in Room 213, Student Union.
1) Opening remarks.
The open forum on targeted excellence held Friday, October 3, 2003 that was recommended by the Graduate
Council was a success. Approximately 120 faculty attended to share ideas for interdepartmental research
projects.
A registration form is available for the NCR workshop to be hosted by KU on October 27th. All K-State
departments are encouraged to send a representative.
2) Minutes. The minutes of the September 2, 2003 meeting were approved as corrected.
3) Graduate School Actions and Announcements
a) Appointments for Graduate Faculty Membership
Name
Fred M. Duer
LeAnn M. Brazeal
Teresa N. Miller
Department/Program
Speech, Communication, Theatre and Dance
Speech, Communication, Theatre and Dance
Educational Administration and Leadership
4) Academic Affairs Committee
a) It was moved and seconded that the following faculty members be approved for Graduate Faculty
Membership. The motion passed.
i) for MEMBERSHIP ONLY
Name
Elizabeth G. Davis
Sara Schumacher
Position
Asst. Professor
Asst. Professor
Department/Program
Clinical Sciences
Agricultural Economics
ii) for MEMBERSHIP AND CERTIFICATION
Name
Position
Torben Amtoft
Assistant Professor
Anindya Banerjee
Associate Professor
Silvia Mora
Assistant Professor
Mark Ungerer
Assistant Professor
Samantha Wisely
Assistant Professor
Department/Program
Computing & Information Sciences
Computing & Information Sciences
Biology
Biology
Biology
iii) for CERTIFICATION ONLY
Name
Position
Jeff Peterson
Assistant Professor
Department/Program
Agricultural Economics
5) Graduate Student Affairs Committee
Greg Eiselein (chair) reported that the committee has formed a group to look into how the Graduate Council
can help the Graduate Student Council with the issue of graduate student travel grant funds. The new
Student Governing Association funding guidelines no longer allow GSC to provide travel grants as they have
in the past.
The committee has also resumed its work on the graduate student honor code. A draft should be available at
the next meeting. The plan is for the honor code to cover academics and research. The issue was
discussed.
6) Graduate School Committee on Planning
Gita Ramaswamy (chair) reported that the committee has been looking at creating student learning outcomes
for graduate students campuswide. The committee has been contacting departments for feedback and hopes
to have a draft for the next council meeting.
7) Graduate Student Council Information
DeAnn Presley (president) reported that the fall Ice Cream Social was attended by more than 300 graduate
students. A representative from Science-New Wave attend to answer questions and demonstrate this
resource website to which the university subscribes.
The GSC Travel Grant Committee has received approximately 45 applications for travel assistance. The
committee will review and make recommendations to the SGA budget committee.
DeAnn announced that K-State graduate students have been invited to a poster session at the Capitol
scheduled for January 28th. Graduate students that have posters with a Kansas theme are encouraged to
join the K-State delegation that plans to participate.
9) Other business and announcements
A work group on electronic theses and dissertations has been formed including staff from the library. They
will have their first meeting has been scheduled for October 30th.
Carol Shanklin announced that she has received information regarding Midwestern Association of Graduate
School outstanding thesis awards. Faculty are encourage to contact Carol to nominate their master's
students. Deadline-January.
Council was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.