GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES


November 6, 2003
PRESENT: Paul Adogamhe, Mohammad Ahmadi, Alka Arora (for Robert Gruber), Marshall Anderson, John Aulerich, Scott Bradley, Will Drago, Virginia Hicks (for Dianne Jones), Andrew Kapp, Denton Marks, Pete Mesner,Anene Okocha, Manuel Ossers, Barbara Penington, Tim Reutebuch, Steven Sahyun, Richard Salem, Bambi Statz, and John Zbikowski, and Yushan Zhao.
ABSENT: Kathy Asala, *Wade Dazey, Glen Hayes, *Sharon Kolb, Dan McGuire, *Seth Meisel, Cynthia Mullis, Kerry Nale *John Patterson, Julimar Rivera, Deanna Schollmeyer, Alison Townsend, and Tony Truog.
GUESTS: Don Zahn.


*Previously notified.


Interim Dean John Stone called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.Noting no additions or corrections, the minutes of the October 9, 2003, meeting were approved unanimously on a Manuel Ossers/Mohammad Ahmadi motion.


Announcements

  1. Five graduate student research proposals were submitted prior to the October 15th deadline. Each student who submitted a proposal was awarded $500, which is to be used for expenses incurred while completing what are essentially pre-thesis activities.
  2. A panel, consisting of a faculty representative from each of the four colleges, evaluated the three thesis submissions for the outstanding thesis award.Dan Ritchie, who received his degree in Curriculum and Instruction, was this year’s recipient of the award.His thesis, entitled The Effects of Single and Multiple-Set Upper Body Strength Training in Pre-Menopausal Women, will be forwarded on to MAGS for the regional competition.
  3. During the spring 2004 term, there will be a series of discussions focusing on the issue of the Graduate Experience, similar to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning discussions that were held in the spring of 2003.It is the hope that, at the conclusion of the discussions, a policy statement will be developed and forwarded to the Graduate Council.
  4. Dual-listed courses will be a part of the dialogue on the graduate experience.The need and criteria for dual-listed courses will be discussed.

Information Only Items

  1. Andrew Kapp moved to approve the creation of subject area “SAFETY”.He briefly noted that this would make it simpler and less redundant than having several prefixes listed under Safety.Scott Bradley seconded the motion.Motion carried.

Business

  1. Marshall Anderson moved, with a second from Barbara Penington, to approve items A-D of the agenda.After considerable discussion regarding the number of credits now required for the MS-Communication degree, the motion passed unanimously, noting one correction in the Change in MS Communication Degree Requirements.The word including should replace the word plus on page 2 of the proposal in the degree requirements section.The statement should now read:“Thirty credits of course work including one of the following:”Items A-D included:Creation of New Course from Department of Communication:SPEECH/JOURNLSM 789 Applied Communication Project Credits,Creation of New Course from Department of Communication:SPEECH/JOURNLSM 793 Communication Practicum, Change in MS Communication Degree Requirements, and Course Currency Exercise from Department of Communication:SPEECH 530 Corporate and Industrial Video Production.
  2. John Zbikowski moved to approve, as part of the course currency exercise, a course from the Communicative Disorders Department, COMDIS 624 Organic Speech Disorders. Marshall Anderson seconded the motion.Will Drago noted that there was no graduate requirement distinction.Scott Bradley noted that this was an oversight when the proposal was put together. Manuel Ossers then moved, as an amendment to the original motion, that the course be provisionally approved based on the inclusion of distinction of graduate criteria. Anene Okocha seconded the amendment, which carried. The original motion then carried as well.
  3. Andrew Kapp moved to approve, again as part of the course currency exercise, a course from the Educational Foundations Department, EDFOUND 674 Increasing Student Motivation to Learn. Anene Okocha seconded the motion.The motion was approved.

Other Business

None.



With no other business to attend to, the meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m. on an Anene Okocha/Manuel Ossers motion.

Respectfully submitted,
Sally Lange
Secretary