MEETING MINUTES
Date of Meeting:
Time and Location:
Minutes Prepared By:
1.Attendance at Meeting
Dr. Charles Skipper
Dr. James Hutchisson
Dr. John Weinstein
David Goble
Dr. Terry Mays
Dr. Will Johnson
Dr. Tim Hanchon
Dr. David Hurley
Dr. Wes Jones
Dr. Kathryn Richardson-Jones
Dr. Al Lovvorn
Dr. Isaac Metts
Dr. Dena Garner
Dr. Joelle Neulander
Dr. George Williams
January 14, 2014
11:15 AM Bond 295
Sean Arledge
Absent
Dr. Sam Hines
Carla DeMille
Dr. Mary Lou Yeatts
Katie Gibson- CGC
Ex-officio Members & Guests
Dr. Robert McNamara-Dean
Dr. Zane Segle
Michelle Clifton- CGC
Sylvia Nesmith-Registrar
Rebecca Kyzer-Registrar’s office
Donna Parrish – CGC
Dr. Conway Saylor- The Krause Center
Steve Cotter
Dr. Mike Barth
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2. Meeting Minutes
Call to order:
11:15 AM by Dr. McNamara
Old Business:
The motion to approve the minutes from the October meeting was seconded and
approved, with changes mentioned by Drs. Williams, Metts, Hurley, and Mays.
New Business:
Dr. McNamara began the meeting by informing Graduate Council for all meetings
moving forward, no new business would be brought before the council after 12:30.
He added that he would call for a motion to adjourn at 12:45 PM. Following these
two statements, Dr. McNamara gave an update on The Citadel Graduate College.
Dr. McNamara introduced Michelle Clifton as the New Assistant Dean for
Enrollment Management and Technology services. Dr. McNamara introduced Dana
DeFebbo next. He mentioned that she had undergone extensive training and she
would be the Parliamentarian from the January meeting moving forward.
Dr. McNamara moved to the next discussion dealing with future agenda items. He
informed the members that he had created a Citlearn class to use as a discussion
forum for future agenda items. The creation of the class would make future
meetings run more efficiently. He added the proposal for admissions protocol was
included in the Citlearn course for discussion and proposed revisions. He
encouraged the members to participate in the discussion and rule on the matter at a
future meeting.
Lisa Pace, in the Institutional Research Office, had been asked to evaluate the data
for the Graduate College. The new dashboard should be close to functional
however, the data is not in the shape that it should be in. The data as it stands affects
Graduate Council members and their programs. Dr. McNamara mentioned some
data examples that described the various pathways a student and his/her application
might travel. Dr. McNamara added he would prefer that there be only one pathway
e.g., a student applies and there is an outcome. The process in place needs to be
streamlined. The streamlining would make the data more accurate. Following up on
this discussion, Dr. McNamara added he would draft a proposal and place it in the
Citlearn class for discussion. Dr. McNamara also mentioned the acceptance rate as it
applied to the Corps of Cadets.
Dr. Saylor gave a brief presentation on Service Learning and available opportunities
for graduate students. She mentioned that there were still internships available for
graduate students of all disciplines.
The proposal for the creation of the Master of Arts in International Politics and
Military affairs was brought before the Graduate Council. The motion to approve
the creation of this program was seconded by Dr. Hurley. Dr. McNamara called for
further discussion. Donna Parrish mentioned that the admissions requirements were
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missing for the program. Dr. Mays recognized this and agreed to correct the
omission. The motion to create the program was approved unanimously.
The next order of business was the removal of seven mathematics courses from the
Graduate catalog. Dr. Metts cited the following rationale:
The classes have not been offered in 10+ years. The classes were established
as part of a grant for middle school MAT candidates. A joint program now
exists between The Citadel and The College of Charleston for Middle School
MAT certification. These courses will no longer be offered.
The motion, to approve the removal of the courses, was seconded by Dr. Wes Jones.
The call for further discussion went unanswered. The motion was approved
unanimously.
The School of business administration brought two proposals before Graduate
Council. The first proposal was a course renumbering. The proposal called for all of
the foundation courses to be numbered using the 600 level indicator and keep the
MBA courses at the 700 level. The course renumbering would be reflected in the
2014-2015 catalog. This motion was seconded and approved unanimously. The
second motion asked Graduate Council to remove the international portion of the
title of the course BADM 670 Foundations of Marketing and International Business.
Dr. Lovvorn presented the following rationale:
… [T]he Foundation courses are designed to prepare students to enter the
MBA program. Therefore, to maintain consistency in basic requirements for
entrance into the MBA program, CSBA faculty recommends that the
Foundations of Marketing and International Business course be revised to
be solely a Foundations of Marketing course to guarantee that non-business
undergraduate majors seeking to enter the MBA program are not tasked
with acquiring a different or additional knowledge-base than
undergraduate business majors seeking to enter the MBA program.
The motion to approve the removal of international business from BADM 670, was
seconded and approved unanimously.
Other matters as necessary:
Dr. McNamara asked if there were any other matters for Graduate Council. Dr.
Williams mentioned the CACREP accreditation agency had accepted the School of
Education’s School Counseling self-study without requiring an addendum for a
scheduled CACREP team site visit to the Citadel. He added a site visit was
scheduled for the week after the SACS visit concluded.
Dr. Hanchon inquired about the graduate student travel fund. He wanted to know
the status of the fund and the future of the fund. Dr. McNamara answered stating the
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School Deans needed to have more input in evaluating proposals. He added that this
subject would be addressed at the next Deans’ meeting. Dr. McNamara suggested
students visit the Dean of their respective school for funding. Dr. Hanchon cited the
presence of resources available to students as part of the accreditation for the school
psychology program. He added that losses on any funding that had previously been
available to graduate students serves to place on unequal footing with our peer
institutions and that such events pose an obstacle to attracting our best candidates.
Dr. McNamara brought the conversation to a close by stating he could not lend
comment to the future of the fund.
Dr. Neulander inquired about the function of Graduate Council. She also asked if
something needed to be written into the by-laws to help programs make their voice
heard.
Dr. Wes Jones updated Graduate Council on the by-laws being drafted stating the
committee’s first draft was approximately 80% complete. Dr. McNamara asked Dr.
Jones to present a copy to him for the Provost’s approval. Dr. Jones agreed to do so.
Adjournment:
The motion to adjourn was seconded and approved. The meeting was adjourned at
12:03 PM.
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