Graduate Subcommittee Meeting Minutes

Monday, March 24, 2008

2:00 p.m. SB176

Present: L. Hite, P Bingi, S. Sarratore, A. Nitza, L. Lykins, J. Garrison, A. De Venanzi, M. Dixson, C. Erickson

Meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by Judith Garrison, chair.

Minutes from Nov. 27, 2007 were accepted with corrections.

Old Business

Master of Arts in Teaching reinstatement proposal from the Mathematics Dep’t. Purdue has finished deliberations. S. Sarratore will forward final wording to the chair who will submit it to the Senate as a “for information only” item per vote last meeting. (See below)

Graduate Subcommittee supports the proposal for the reinstatement of the Master of Arts in Teaching, and finds that the proposal requires no Senate review.

Approving Not Approving Absent

S. Choi B. Fife

A. De Venanzi E. Thompson

M. Dixson J. Hrehov

L. Hite K. Willock

J. Garrison C. Erickson

S. Sarratore

M. Yager

A. Nitza

L. Lykins

P. Bingi

Y. Zuchovic

S Sarratore and J Garrison reported that the IPFW Graduate Faculty Appointment guidelines were approved as SD 07-13 at the 3/17/08 meeting of the Faculty Senate.

New Business

Graduate Certificate in Addictions Counseling: A Nitza spoke about the need for the program, expected size, support of the program within the community. Members noted the impact the new Graduate Faculty Guidelines will have on this program which depends on limited term lecturers. Discussion identified need to

- seek appropriate course numbers for the required courses, replacing the variable numbers currently listed, per S. Saratorre’s request.

- consult with library regarding programs impact on library services and resources in response to letter from J Violette, Library Director.

With those changes made, the finalized document will be sent to J. Garrison and the proposal will be submitted to the Senate as a “for information only” item, as indicated by the vote below.

[Pending changes requested] The Graduate Subcommittee supports the proposal for the Graduate Certificate in Addictions Counseling, and finds that the proposal requires no Senate review.

Approving Not Approving Absent

L. Hite S. Choi

P. Bingi Y. Zubovic

S. Saratorre B. Fife

A. Nitza E. Thompson

L. Lykins J. Hrehov

J. Garrison M. Yager

A. De Venanzi K. Willock

M. Dixson

C. Erickson

Membership revisions were discussed and clarified. Seated members will fulfill existing terms and the reorganization due to take place July 1, 2008 will be reflected in the membership. The chair will notify Jacqui Peterson (Secretary, Senate Executive Committee) of the following vacancies for next election:

Education

SPEA

Purdue liaison to graduate school

Linda Hite (07-10) will represent ETCS as of July 1, 2008 when OLS becomes a department within ETCS.

Meeting adjourned at 2:27 p.m.

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Graduate Subcommittee Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Present: Sheena Choi, Augusto De Venanzi, Marica Dixson, Linda Hite, Judith Garrison, Steve Sarratore, Mariah Yager, Yvonne Zubovic

Meeting was called to order by Judith Garrison, chair.

Minutes from meeting of September 4, 2007 approved.

Committee members welcomed graduate student member, Mariah Yager.

Committee approved the Master of Arts in Teaching proposal from the Mathematics Department with suggestions for minor clarification. Steve will forward final draft to Judith to be presented to the IPFW Senate as an information item.

Committee approved the IPFW Graduate Faculty Appointment guidelines with minor editorial changes. Steve will make corrections and forward final draft to Judith to be submitted to the IPFW Senate as an action item.

Meeting adjourned at 2:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Judith Garrison, committee chair

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Graduate Subcommittee Meeting Minutes

September 4, 2007

The meeting was called to order by Katherine Willock, chair.

The committee’s charge was reviewed.

Judith Garrison was elected chair for the 2007-2008 term.

Graduate Directors will be asked to submit names of graduate students for election to this committee.

Steve Sarratore gave an update on the graduate programs in active development. He also submitted the guidelines for IPFW Graduate Faculty Appointment for review. It will be sent to committee members and voted on at the next meeting.

With no further business the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted

Katherine M. Willock, committee chair 2006-2007