The meeting was called to order by Dean Douglas Wartzok at 1:30 p.m. Members in attendance were: Shirley Bissen, Ta-Pei Cheng, Richard Cook, Allison Hoewisch, Donald Kummer, Matthew Keefer, Thaddeus Metz, Kyungho Oh, David Rose, Margaret Sherraden, Joachim Stoecker, Anne Winkler. Members absent were Peggy Ellis. Fran Hoffmann and Larry Davis are to be replaced.

I. Minutes of the Meeting

The minutes of the 25 August 2000 meeting were approved.
 

II. Nomination of Replacements for Council Members

Ed Bennett was elected to replace Larry Davis and Adell Patton was elected to replace Fran Hoffmann.
 

III. Replacements for the Curriculum Committee

Ruth Jenkins and Ed Bennett were elected to replace Jean Bachman and Tim Wingert, respectively.
 

IV. Nominations to the Graduate Faculty

Council reviewed the following nominees' vita for membership in the Graduate Faculty:
Mahesh N. Shankarmahesh Assistant Professor Business - Marketing
Debin Ma Assistant Professor Economics
Sylvester K. Butler, Jr. Assistant Professor Education - Counseling
Stephen Sherblom Assistant Professor Education -Ed. Psychology
Joseph L. Polman Assistant Professor Education - Ed. Technology
Brady Baybeck Assistant Professor Political Science
Joel W. Ellwanger Assistant Professor Psychology
Paul Notaro Assistant Professor Psychology
Lia M. Nower Assistant Professor Social Work
Cynthia K. Sanders Assistant Professor Social Work

All were approved for membership.

The Dean distributed some graduate faculty nominees which were received after the Monday deadline. Council agreed to review them ans subsequently approved them. They are:

Wendy Olivas Assistant Professor Biology
Eldredge Bermingham Res. Assoc Professor Biology
Guanghua Zhu Res. Asst. Professor Biology
Kimberly McCue Res. Asst. Professor Biology
Jon McGinnis Assistant Professor Philosophy
Eric Wiland Assistant Professor Philosophy

The nomination of Dr. Ihsan Al-Shehbaz was placed on hold pending receipt of a current vita.
 

V. Dean's Report

The Dean distributed an updated list of Graduate Council subcommittee members. The Admissions and Scholarship committee will be reviewing Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship applications. The deadline is 27 October. The Graduate School will send out a reminder about the upcoming competition to the Graduate Program Directors. The Curriculum committee has 28 proposals pending. The Rules and Regulations committee will be reviewing rule changes from the College of Education. There are 11 proposed changes ready to be forwarded to the Program Development committee.

The Graduate Student Insurance program has not been widely embraced by the students. Of the GTAs/GRAs/Graduate Fellows eligible for the subsidy, only 9 signed up for the program. Of the International GTAs/GRAs/Graduate Fellows, 78 students were eligible for the subsidy. On the Columbia campus, it is projected that 35% of graduate students will enroll in the program. The St. Louis campus' graduate student body is more likely employed full-time and already enrolled in an insurance program.

The Dean attended the St. Louis Plant Life Sciences Coalition on behalf of the Chancellor. One issue raised is the desire to have more degree programs in life sciences. Terry Thiel has been working with Shirley Bissen on developing a Professional Master's Degree program combining science and management. The proposal would be for a master's degree requiring about 40 credit hours.

There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 2:02 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Matthew Keefer
Secretary and Vice-Chairperson