Minutes of the Meeting

September 21, 2001
 

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

Minutes

The minutes of the August 24, 2001 meeting were approved.
 

Nominations to the Graduate Faculty

Council reviewed the recommendations of the following nominees to the Graduate Faculty:

Marilyn Heldman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Art History
Marc Spingola, Assistant Professor, Biology
Alexei Demchenko, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Betty LaFrance, Assistant Professor, Communication
Donald Gouwens, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
David Kimball, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Nancy T. Kinney, Assistant Professor, Political Science/Public Policy
Jennifer Siciliani Pride, Instructor, Psychology
 

When asked about Dr. Gouwens credentials, Dr. Brown mentioned that Dr. Gouwens was hired to run the newly created school psychologist program which will be accredited. 

Dr. Arshadi mentioned that there is an action item for Graduate Faculty this fall that recommends all tenure-track faculty, regardless of rank, be approved automatically for Graduate Faculty.

Council reviewed the nominees on the tenure-track faculty above (Spingola, Demchenko, LaFrance, Gouwens, Kimball, Kinney) and unanimously recommended approval of Graduate Faculty status.

Council reviewed the nominees on the non-tenure track faculty (Heldman and Pride) and unanimously recommended approval of their Graduate Faculty status.

Council reviewed three additional nominees to Graduate Faculty which were distributed at the meeting. They are non-tenure track faculty from Educational Leadership:

Margaret Dolan, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Daniel Natale, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Kenneth Owen, Affiliate Associate Professor

Dr. Dolan is a non-regular, non-tenure track faculty member but is a full time faculty member who will teach graduate level courses, help with recruiting and community partnership work. Dr. Natale is working on partnerships with Parkway School District. Each has research interests and specialities and would like to serve on doctoral committees. Council unanimously approved Dolan, Natale and Owen for membership in the Graduate Faculty.

Dr. Cecil Abrahams, distinguished professor in the department of Educational Leadership, was unanimously approved for Graduate Faculty membership.
 

Committee Reports

Curriculum and Instruction - Peggy Ellis

The C&I committee recommends approving the following proposals to add courses to the curriculum. These courses are foundational to the graduate majors.

Bio 382 Biogeography
Bio 384 Evolutionary Ecology
Bio 482 Advanced Biogeography
Bio 484 Advanced Evolutionary Ecology - replaces 2 courses
His 310 The American West: Gateways and Corridors

The C&I committee recommends approving the following proposals to drop courses from the curriculum.

Bio 310 Cell Physiology - not taught
Bio 359 Evolutionary Ecology of Animals - developed new course
Bio 381 Theoretical Systematics and Evolution
Bio 458 Evolutionary Ecology of Plants -developed new course
Bio 459 Advanced Evolutionary Ecology of Animals - developed new course
Bio 481 Advanced Theoretical Systematics and Evolution - replaced by another course

The C&I committee recommends approving the following proposals for changing courses. The committee feels these changes are educationally sound.

Bio 335 Molecular Cell Biology - change in prerequisites
Art Hst 334 Contemporary Art Education: Craft and Theory - increase in credit hours from 1-2 to 3 credit hours
Bio 435 Advanced Molecular Cell Biology - change in prerequisites
Phys 343 Selected Topics in Physics I - change in prerequisites
Nrsg 427 Theory and Practice in Nursing Leadership - change in course number to 428
SE 386 Teaching Reading in Secondary School Content - change in prerequisites
Psy 380 Psychology of Death and Dying - change in course title, prerequisites; move from undergraduate to graduate level course.

Council approved the committee=s report.
 

Rules and Regulations - Thad Metz

Dr. Metz presented the current regulations of section 3.4 course loads to Council along with requested revisions from the department of Psychology and the College of Nursing. The courses deal with eligibility for equivalency hours. The Rules and Regulations are supposed to be general in nature but the current regulations on equivalency courses are very specific. The regulations would be changed to delete the sections referring to Psychology courses and inert the following:

2 equivalency hours upon enrollment in Psychology Clinical Practice or Clinical Supervision (applicable courses and number of times a given course can be repeated are listed on the Graduate Equivalency Credit Form, G-14)

2 equivalency hours upon enrollment in Advanced Practice Nursing (applicable courses and number of times a given course can be repeated are listed on the Graduate Equivalency Credit Form, G-14)

Dr. Terry Jones moved to approve the recommendation of the committee and recommend that the Graduate School ask other appropriate departments if they would be interested in a similar course equivalency. The motion was approved unanimously.

There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 2:32 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
 

David Rose
Secretary and Vice-Chairperson

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