Graduate Council was called to order by Interim Dean Nasser Arshadi at 2:00 p.m. Members in attendance were: Shirley Bissen, John Blake, Kathleen Sullivan Brown, Peggy Ellis, Yael Even, Tom Eyssel, Clinton Greene, Allison Hoewisch, E. Terrence Jones, Thad Metz, David Rose. Members absent were: Ed Bennett, Ronald Dotzel, Andy Glassberg, Kyungho Oh.

I.      Introductions
        Dr. Arshadi introduced himself to Council and asked the others to introduce themselves to the group.

II.    Minutes
        The minutes of the 4 May 2001 meeting were approved.

III.   Election of a Secretary/Vice Chairperson
        Dr. David Rose was elected unanimously to serve as Secretary/Vice Chairperson.

IV.    Election of Subcommittees
        The following faculty were nominated to serve on this year's subcommittees. The Graduate School staff will verify that        all members are willing to serve.

Admissions and Scholarship

Richard Cook, Humanities
John Blake, Math/Natural Sciences
Eduardo Silva, Social Sciences
Kathy Haywood, Education
Tom Eyssell, Business, CHAIR
Anne Fish, Nursing
Ed Bennett, Otpometry

Curriculum and Instruction
Thad Metz, Humanities
Ron Dotzel, Math/Natural Sciences, CO-CHAIR
Paul Paese, Social Sciences
Kathleen Sullivan Brown, Education
Joseph Martinich, Business
Peggy Ellis, CO-CHAIR
Carl Bassi, Optometry

Program Development
Yael Even, Humanities
Peter Stevens, Math/Natural Science
E. Terrence Jones, Social Sciences, CHAIR
Susan Kushabeck-West, Education
Haim Mano, Business
Mary Jo Stralka, Nursing
Carol Peck, Optometry

Rules and Regulations
Thad Metz, Humanities, CHAIR
Chris Pigge, Math/Natural Sciences
Janet Lauritsen, Social Sciences
Matt Keefer, Education
Ed Laurence, Business
Anna Biggs, Nursing
Vengu Lakshminarayanan, Optometry

IV.    Graduate Faculty Nominations
Council reviewed and unanimously approved the following nominations to the Graduate Faculty:

Alice Hall, Assistant Professor, Communication
Alan Heisel, Assistant Professor, Communication
Norman White, Assistant Professor, Criminology/Criminal Justice
Peter Acsay, Assistant Professor, History
Uday Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Mathematics/Computer Science
Paul Gore, Clinical Adjunct Professor, Barnes College of Nursing

V.    Dean's Report
Graduate Admissions has moved from Woods Hall to the Millenium Student Center. Their offices can be accessed through the main office of undergraduate Admissions.

Preliminary figures indicate that Graduate enrollment has increased by 9%.

Because there was no new mission enhancement money as anticipated, funds will be tight for the upcoming fellowships. Of $1,032,000 available for tuition remission and fellowships, we've already spent about $400,000 on tuition for the Fall semester alone. If we keep at that pace, about $850,000 of the monies available would be used for tuition remission.

VI.    Other business
The Graduate School is in the process of producing a Graduate School Brochure which would be used in a mass mailing and at Graduate Fairs. The Chancellor has agreed to pay for the expenses.

Dr. Arshadi is forming an ad-hoc Graduate School/Office of Research Advisory Committee.

Dr. Jones expressed concerns that an ad-hoc committee would be established when there are already committees in place for that very purpose. The Graduate Council and Senate committees are elected by the faculty and should be used to advise administrators. Dr. Arshadi agreed and said that he will also use Graduate Council as a forum for faculty advice.

There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 2:42 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
 

David Rose
Secretary/Vice Chairperson

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