Bellarmine University
Graduate Affairs Committee
Monday, October 24, 2011
Fireplace Room
3:00 P.M.
Present: Drs. Sherill Cronin, Peri Jacobson, Dave Pariser, Carole Pfeffer, John Stemmer, Julie
Toner, Ruth Wagoner, Ms. Ann Olsen, Mr. Carl Williams
Guests: Dr. Kathy Cooter
Recording: Janice Martin
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Dr. Dave Pariser presided over the meeting.
The following comments were made during discussion of indicated topics:
Minutes: Dr. Pariser moved that the minutes from the September meeting be accepted and it was
seconded. The motion passed.
Graduate student survey results – Dr. Helen Grace Ryan
 Dr. Ryan will report back with results later
SB 1 – Dr. K. Cooter
 Anyone that teaches must take this course
 Impacts college readiness and will be felt in School of Education
 Real impetus that everyone understands what teachers are expected to teach students
 List of all who completes this course will be put on a public website
 By November 1, we will have to have a website to show all training that we have had
 This will have to be done every semester for new faculty
 High school faculty is excited to see that what they teach will be matched in college
Graduate faculty workload issues – Dr. Pariser/Dr. Jacobson
 The problem is that changes have been made with undergrad getting more credit than
graduate
 Will discuss this further at November GEA meeting
Other issues
 Field trip forms
o Forms required when visiting external sites
o Need to develop all-encompassing new emergency form
o Could be added to faculty page of Bellarmine website
o Can have Dr. Wiegand take this matter back to Deans Council to address
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Dr. Stemmer said that Endnote classes start in November and would like to have 25
people for training
Food service in BOB
o After a meeting regarding space, trying to prioritize work to be done
o Results will be discussed at November meeting
Dr. Toner said that she wanted to inform the group that they are exploring a Masters in
Taxation program
Print issues for students
o Dr. Wagoner said that students are exceeding their print budget early in semester and
could use a larger print budget
o Dr. Stemmer said that in the library students can print articles (not word documents)
for no charge
o Dr. Toner mentioned if we are getting environmentally friendly, do we need to print
that much
o Dr. Stemmer said that there are some printers that will print duplex (front & back).
He will check where these printers are and report back to the committee
Dr. Wagoner brought up a topic for the November meeting: Do part-time faculty who
teach graduate class get paid for 4 credit hours for what is a 3 credit hour class for the
student?
The meeting adjourned at 4:10 p.m.