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
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.