MINUTES OF THE GRADUATE COUNCIL ______________________________
DATE OF MEETING: OCTOBER 17, 2012
The October 17, 2012 meeting of the Graduate Council was called to order at 1:18 p.m. in SH 308 by Dr. Katie Rose, Chair of the Graduate Council.
ATTENDANCE :
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Members: Mary Anderson, Vicki Baker, Valentine Belfiglio, Sneha Bharadwaj,
Connie Briggs, Josephine Chan, Mary Sue Green, Holly Hansen-Thomas, Mark
Kessler, Young-Hoo Kwon, Larry LeFlore (ex-officio), Denise Maricle (substitute for
Linda Rubin), Marilyn Massey-Stokes, Elizabeth McCarroll (substitute for Brigitte
Vittrup), Jyutika Mehta, Katy Mitchell, John Radcliffe, Katie Rose, Alex Schmidt,
Ann Staton, Mary Thompson, Laura Trujillo-Jenks (substitute for Karen Dunlap),
Lynda Uphouse, Genevieve West, Mary Williford-Shade (substitute for Jordan
Fuchs) Jacquelyn Wilson, Anne Young, Vicki Zeigler, Lisa Zottarelli
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Guests: Chandan Prasad
MINUTES APPROVED:
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The minutes of the September 19, 2012 meeting were approved as disseminated.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Dr. LeFlore reported the following: o The Graduate and Professional School Fair was a success with more than 80 recruiters participating from institutions across the country and TWU departments. o Dr. LeFlore is having meetings to better understand the Graduate School at
TWU—its interactions with individuals, collaborative relationships with offices across campus, and how to promote graduate programs more effectively. o The policy on Graduate Faculty Status, specifically with regard to Adjuncts, will be discussed in a meeting next week. Dr. Rose will attend as Chair of the
Graduate Council. Any proposal will be brought to the Graduate Council. o Dr. LeFlore will champion the following initiatives:
Re-establishing a Graduate Student Senate or Council
Electronic filing of theses/dissertations
Electronic filing of degree plans and promotion of a paperless process and environment in the Graduate School
Improving graduate scholarship o He also hopes to produce a document, possibly titled The State of the Graduate
School , to better understand the needs of the Graduate School, to use for benchmarking and planning, and to enhance communication about the Graduate
School.
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MINUTES OF THE GRADUATE COUNCIL ______________________________
DATE OF MEETING: OCTOBER 17, 2012 o Dr. LeFlore invited members to make donations to the Friends of the Graduate
School account to support the Graduate Council Award for Exceptional, Original
Scholarship.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS AND OLD BUSINESS
Membership Committee – Dr. Marilyn Massey-Stokes, Chair
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Dr. Massey-Stokes said the Committee recommended approval of the following individuals for graduate faculty membership: o Dr. Agatha Beins, Women’s Studies, Full o Dr. Marie-Anne Demuynck, Mathematics and Computer Science, Associate o Dr. Kathy DeOrnellas, Psychology and Philosophy, Full o Dr. Sara Fanning, History and Government, Full o Dr. Jessica Gullion, Sociology, Full o Dr. Heather Haynes, Teacher Education, Associate o Dr. Gretchen Hoffman, Library and Information Studies, Full o Dr. Joni Jensen, Music and Drama, Full o Dr. Dorothy Kite-Powell, Nursing, Associate o Dr. Eve Layman, Nursing, Associate o Dr. Suh-Jen Lin, Physical Therapy, Full o Dr. Debra Mollen, Psychology and Philosophy, Full o Dr. Rachelle Nurse, Nursing, Associate o Dr. Danielle Phillips, Women’s Studies, Full o Dr. Lisa Rosen, Psychology and Philosophy, Associate o Dr. Shannon Scott, Psychology and Philosophy, Full
Dr. Rose moved that the Council approve the recommendations, and the motion was approved unanimously.
REPORTS:
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Dr. Prasad made the following announcement: o The application deadline for the New Investigator Research Enhancement
Program (NI REP) is Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 5 p.m. Please remind and encourage faculty to apply. ORSP can provide assistance if needed.
ADJOURNMENT:
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The meeting adjourned at 1:40 p.m.
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