Graduate Subcommittee Meeting

Meeting Notes

Monday, November 17, 2008

 

Present

S. Carr

P. Bingi

J. Garrison

A. Livschiz

D. Townsend

Y. Zubovic

 

Absent

T. Downy

B. Fife

G. Hickey

L. Hite (sabbatical)

 

1.         Meeting called to order by Judith Garrison at 1:00 p.m.

2.         Graduate Certificate in Human Rights Studies

Questions for Clark Butler regarding were discussed and recorded. Judith will send a written response to proposal asking for a revision that addresses the questions submitted.

Copy attached.

3.         Meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Judith Garrison

Chair, Graduate Subcommittee

 

 

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Graduate Subcommittee Meeting

Meeting Notes

Monday, October 20, 2008

 

                         

 

Present

S. Carr

T. Downy

J. Garrison

A. Livschiz

D. Townsend

Y. Zubovic

S. Walter (guest)


Absent

                    P. Bingi

                    B. Fife

                    G. Hickey

                    L. Hite (sabbatical)

 

 

1.      Meeting called to order by Judith Garrison at 1:05 p.m.

 

2.      Minutes from October 3, 2008 were accepted.

 

3.      Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering

a.      Proposal was reviewed and Steve Walter answered questions regarding the program

b.      S. Carr moved that the Graduate Committee support the proposal and report to the Faculty Senate that no review is required. Motion was seconded and approved.

 

                          Approving              Not Approving                Absent

                          S. Carr                                                            P. Bingi

                          T. Downy                                                        B. Fife

                          J. Garrison                                                     G. Hickey

                          A. Livschiz                                                      L. Hite

                          Y. Zubovic

 

c.      Judith will send the recommendation to the Faculty Senate for the November meeting.

 

4.      Next meeting set for Monday, November 17, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in KT room 178.

 

5.      Meeting adjourned at 2:05 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Judith Garrison

Chair, Graduate Subcommittee

 

 

Graduate Subcommittee Meeting

Meeting Notes

Friday, October 3, 2008

 

                          Present                                                                         Absent

                          Prasad Bingi                                                                   Brian Fife

                          Steven Carr                                                                    Gail Hickey

                          Trish Downy                                                                  Ann Livschiz

                          Judith Garrison                                                                Linda Hite (sabbatical)

                          Doug Townsend                                                            

                          Yvonne Zubovic

 

1.       Meeting called to order by Judith Garrison at 9:05 a.m.

 

2.       Minutes from March. 24, 2008 were accepted.

 

3.      Old Business

a.       Master of Arts in Teaching proposal from the Mathematics – Graduate Subcommittee’s “information only” report will be included in the October 20, 2008 meeting of the IPFW Faculty Senate.

 

b.       Graduate Certificate in Addictions Counseling – Issues regarding this report have been resolved.  Judith Garrison will present Graduate Subcommittee’s “information only” report to be included in the November 10, 2008  meeting of the IPFW Faculty Senate

 

4.      New Business

a.       Membership issues

                                                                           i.      Judith Garrison reported that Cindy Burchell has resigned the committee due to time commitments. Judith Garrison will contact the other Graduate Student nominees to see if one of them is willing to be appointed to complete the term of Ms. Burchell.  Sue Ahrens from the graduate faculty of the School of  Health and Human Services is willing to fill the vacant seat left from Katherine Willock’s departure. Judith will pass all relevant information to the Executive Committee requesting these appointments. 

 

b.       Judith Garrison was elected committee chair for 2008-2009 by unanimous vote.  Discussion that the term of service for the committee chair should be longer than one year.

 

c.       Doug Townsend, Director of Graduate Studies initiated a discussion about the committee’s review process, especially regarding certificate programs.  Some criteria were identified and in order to have some way of evaluating our decision-making process, Doug will collect information (number of certificates awarded, number of students enrolled, etc) regarding the status of all graduate certificate programs for the next meeting.  Committee members asked that the Request for New Certificate Program form be revised to include faculty name(s) and contact information for the program, page numbers, and dates.  In addition, it was suggested when a program is on our agenda for review, it should be standard practice to invite a representative from the program to our meeting

 

d.       Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering was reviewed and some questions were raised. 

                                                                           i.      Committee members will send their questions in writing to Judith Garrison (garrisoj@ipfw.edu) by Wed., October 8, 2008.

                                                                         ii.      Judith will invite Steve Walter to our next meeting, Mon. October 20, 2008, provide him with the questions beforehand, and ask him to address them at the meeting.

 

e.       Graduate Certificate in Human Rights Studies was reviewed and many questions were raised.

                                                                           i.      Committee members will send their questions in writing to Judith Garrison (garrisoj@ipfw.edu) by Fri., October 17, 2008

                                                                         ii.      Judith will submit the questions to Clark Butler with the request for answers to be returned in writing.

 

f.        Master of Science in Education in Special Education – Doug will report back on the status of this program.

 

g.       Graduate Certificate in Special Education Graduate – Doug will post proposal on remonstrance Web site, notify deans and department chairs, and circulate proposal to committee members.

 

h.        Faculty Roster – moved to next meeting.

 

i.         Library involvement in program development process – Committee reviewed correspondence between Jim Burg and the library dean.  Asked Doug to come back with a plan for involving the library much earlier in the program development process.

 

5.      Next meeting date set for Mon., Oct. 20, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in KT 178.  Please send additional agenda items to Judith by Wed., October 8, 2008.

 

6.       Meeting adjourned at 10:35 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Judith Garrison.