Graduate Affairs Committee
Agenda / Date: February 27, 2018
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: UL 1126
Meeting called by: Dr. Janice Blum
Attendees:
Janice Blum (Chair), Margaret Adamek, Jeremy Carter, Gabriel Chu, Cristine Czachowski, Fred DiCamilla, Jerome DuMortier, David Farber, Margie Ferguson, Jan Fulton, Richard Gregory, Miki Hamstra, Tabitha Hardy, Monica Henry, Brittney-Shea Herbert, Youngbok Hong, Marjorie Hovde, Thomas Hurley, Josette Jones, Matthew Lawson, Kim Lewis, Karl MacDorman, Jennifer Mahoney, Brendan Maxcy, Kevin McCracken, James Mohler, Miriam Murphy, Mary Beth Myers, Jacquelynn O’Palka, Kristi Palmer, Zachary Riley, Patrick Rooney, Randall Roper, Paul Salama, David Skalnik, Jeff Wilson, James Wimbush, Constantin Yiannoutsos; Staff: Dezra Despain
Agenda
Approval of the Minutes for January 23, 2018 / Blum
IU Dean's Report / Wimbush
Purdue University Report / Mohler
Associate Dean's Report / Blum
Assistant Dean's Report / Hardy
Graduate and Professional Student Government / Lawson
Graduate Office Reports / Henry
Committee Reports
Curriculum Subcommittee Report / O’Palka
Fellowship Subcommittee Report / Henry
Graduate Recruitment Council Report / Mahoney
Discussion: Intercampus Transfer, Kim Lewis, Office of the Registrar
Program Review
·  New Professional Doctorate in Dietetics degree, IU School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
·  New doctoral minor in Population Health Analytics
·  Changes to the Anesthesiologist Assistant Program, Department of Anesthesiology, IU School of Medicine
·  Changes to the Education Track in the PhD Program in Anatomy & Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, IU School of Medicine
·  Master of Library Science name change to Master of Library and Information Science, Department of Library and Information Science, IU School of Informatics and Computing
·  Graduate Certificate in Design Thinking for Collaborative Innovation name change to Design Thinking, Herron School of Art & Design
·  Informational item: IU Online Graduate Programs in English, MA and certificates collaboration:
o  MA in English
o  Graduate Certificate in Literature
o  Graduate Certificate in Language and Literature
o  Graduate Certificate in Composition Studies
·  Department of English wishes to join the online collaboration with four degree/certificate programs.
·  Changes to the Graduate Certificate in Teaching Literature, Department of English, IU School of Liberal Arts / Blum
Next Meeting and Adjournment (March 27, 2018, 1:30 pm, UL 1126)