Graduate Council Executive Committee
April 2, 2012
Ragsdale 211
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Agenda
1. Call meeting to order
2. Minutes
a. Approval of 3/5/2012 GCEC minutes
b. Review draft Graduate Council minutes March 19, 2012 (please review these and bring
corrections prior to the meeting)
c. Graduate Curriculum Committee March 21, 2012 and March 28, 2012.
3. Student requests for exceptions (documents to be provided at meeting)
a. Two items for consideration
4. Summer GCEC meeting schedule
5. Election schedules
a. Election of Graduate Council representatives whose terms are expiring
b. Election of GCC chair for next year / appointment of members with expiring terms
c. GCEC elections
6. Plus/Minus Grade Policy - see attached notes and FS resolution #07-03
7. Finalized text for graduate admissions & registration issues
a. Sample drop date calendar @ 45 class days or 64% through Spring 2013 semester
b. Transcript requirements
c. GPA calculations / requirements
d. Admit by exception practices
e. Admission deadlines
8. Draft Graduate Assistantship RFP Fall 2013/2014 – See attached document CONFIDENTIAL
9. Graduate assistantship and remission eligibility standards – full-time enrollment status
a. Master’s students must be registered for 9 credits in order to be eligible to receive a
full-time assistantship with graduate school funds except in their final semester of
enrollment (3 credits of thesis will be sufficient to qualify them as full-time students for
assistantship eligibility purposes in their final semester)
b. PhD students must be registered for 9 credits in order to be eligible to receive a full-time
assistantship with graduate school funds, except?
10. Update on recommendation for Orientation Working Group
11. Change in summer tuition remission disbursement
12. Thesis and dissertation defense announcements on Graduate School home page
13. Report on UG registrations in 5000 level courses
14. Update on first year graduate survey