GRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR 12 SEPTEMBER 2012
Present: Michelle Baker, Steve Beck, Jeff Broadbent, Frank Caliendo, Scott
DeBerard, John Elsweiler, David Geller, Sheri Haderlie, Dennis Hassan, Paul
Johnson, Derri Dee Leonard, Shelley Lindauer, Peter McNamara, Mark McLellan,
Gene Schupp
Not Present: Zach Portman
Visitors: Jinni Meehan (subbing for Zach Portman), Lorraine Walker
Minutes for Marchs 2012 approved. (No meeting held in April.)
Report from the Dean:
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Tonight the President is hosting the first cohort of Presidential Doctoral
Research Fellows (PDRFs) for dinner at the President’s residence. Colleges
are anxious to start advertising and recruiting the PDRFs for next year.
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Jeff Broadbent has sent a memo to department heads with information
about the increase of recruiting grants from $1,000 to $1,500. A graduate
student tool kit is available and accessible at
https://research.usu.edu/graduateschool/htm/resources/graduaterecruitment-toolkit.
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Shelley Lindauer has read all of the 5-year plans submitted from the
departments. She has recorded the changes that departments have put
forth. The RGS Executive Team each have also reviewed five or more
departmental plans, and, based on the reviews, have selected ten
departments to submit applications for the final 2012-2014 PDRF.
Old Business:
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None.
New Business:
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R401 Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation MFP
Professional Degree. The proposal to add a Master of Fitness Promotion
degree was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation MHP
Professional Degree. The proposal to add a Master of Health
Promotion degree was approved by the Council.
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R401 Department of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
HHM Plan B. The proposal to add a Plan B option to the Health
Education Specialization in Health and Human Movement degree
was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education.
The proposal to drop the Audiology specialization in all degrees was
approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Wildland Resources. The proposal to drop four
specializations in Range Science was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Wildland Resources. The proposal to drop two
specializations in Wildlife Biology was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Wildland Resources. The proposal to drop both
specializations in Forestry was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Environment and Society. The proposal to
eliminate the MA degree in Geography and six specializations in the
MS degree was approved by the Council.
Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education. The
proposal to drop the EdS degree was approved by the Council.
Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education. The
proposal to drop the Plan C option in the MS degree was approved
by the Council.
R401 Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. The
proposal to drop the Plan C option in Corporate Wellness was
approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. The
proposal to drop the Plan C option in Health Education was
approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Wildland Resources. The proposal for a PhD
degree credit reduction in Forestry was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Wildland Resources. The proposal for a PhD
degree credit reduction in Range Science was approved by the
Council.
R401 Department of Applied Economics. The proposal for a PhD
degree credit reduction was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences. The
proposal for a PhD degree credit reduction was approved by the
Council.
R401 Department of Biological Engineering. The proposal for a PhD
degree credit reduction was initially not approved by the Council.
Consequently, the department resubmitted the R401, and the
Council voted electronically to approve the proposal (September
13, 2012).
R401 Department of Environment and Society. The proposal for a
PhD degree credit reduction in Ecology was approved by the
Council.
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R401 Department of Watershed Sciences. The proposal for a PhD
degree credit reduction in Watershed Science was approved by the
Council.
R401 Department of Watershed Sciences. The proposal for a PhD
degree credit reduction in Ecology was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Wildland Resources. The proposal for a PhD
degree credit reduction in Ecology was approved by the Council.
R401 Department of Wildland Resources. The proposal for a PhD
degree credit reduction in Wildlife Biology was approved by the
Council.
Committee of the Whole:
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Fellowship/Fulltime Status
Concurrent Degrees
Advanced Standing
Tuition Awards
Committee Meeting:
A motion that departments use an MOU process, rather than a R401, for
concurrent degrees was brought forward, and the Council approved the
motion.
A motion that the Sociology Department use the R401 process to allow
departments to admit graduate students with Advanced Standing in the MSW
degree was brought forward, and the Council approved the motion.
Adjournment.