GRADUATE COUNCILGRADUATE FACULTY
Minutes of the Meeting of April 5, 2011
3:30 p.m., Performance Center, GUC
The Graduate Council and Graduate Faculty met jointly on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 3:30 p.m. in the Performance Center of the Guillot University Center. Dr. Lynn Aquadro, Chairperson, presided.
The meeting was called for the purpose of election by the Graduate Faculty of representatives to the 2011-2012 Graduate Council for vacancies as follows: threeyear term for expired term of Dr. Brett King – Business; Dr. Linda Lewis – Education; Dr. Chizuru Saeki – Arts and Sciences; and one-year term for expired term of Ms. Lauren Givens – A&S student representative; Ms. Pamela Kirby – Business student representative; Ms. Christy Mitchell – Education student representative; and Ms. Donna Romans – Nursing student representative.
The College of Business nominated Dr. Brett King. The College of Education nominated Dr. Lee Renfroe. The College of Arts and Sciences nominated Dr. Lisa Keys-Mathews. For student nominations, the college deans made the following nominations: Zeb Wallace – Arts and Sciences; Haley Brink – Business; Trent Dean – Education; and Stephanie Luman – Nursing. No further nominations were made. These faculty and students were declared elected by acclamation.
Upon motion by Dr. Quinn Pearson and second by Dr. Larry Adams, the meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
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Lynn C. Aquadro, Chairperson
GRADUATE COUNCIL
Minutes of the Meeting of April 5, 2011
3:45 p.m., Performance Center, GUC
The Graduate Council met on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, immediately following the joint Graduate Faculty-Graduate Council meeting in the Performance Center of the Guillot University Center. Dr. Lynn Aquadro, Chairperson, presided. The following members were present: Dr. Birdie Bailey, Dr. Melvin Davis, Dr. Paulette Alexander for Dr. Kerry Gatlin, Dr. Victoria Hulsey, Dr. Lee Hurren for Dr. Donna Jacobs, Dr. Brett King, Dr. Teresa Leonard, Dr. Linda Lewis, Ms. Donna Romans, Dr. Chizuru Saeki, Dr. John G. Thornell, Dr. Yaschica Williams, and Dr. Sue J. Wilson. Attending as guests were: Lisa Keys-Mathews, Toysan Reed, and Russ Darracott.
Approval of the minutes of the meetings of February 24 and March 8, 2011
Ms. Romans moved approval and Dr. King seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously.
Information Item: from the College of Education, (a) addition of SDE administrative code statement to Alternative Fifth Year Program, and (b) correctly identify Alternative A program requirements that are incorrectly listed as admission requirements on pages 88-89 of the Graduate Catalog
This was an information item that required no action from the Council.
Information Item: from the College of Education, approval was granted earlier in the year for a new course, IL 708. The course was never fully developed by the department, so it will not be included in the Graduate Catalog. It was proposed as a cross-listed course with EDS 708 which will appear in the Graduate Catalog
This was an information item that required no action from the Council.
Consideration of the request from the Department of Communications for new course, COM 540
Dr. Hulsey moved approval and Ms. Romans seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously.
Consideration of the request from the Department of Geography for the addition of course fees: GE 554, GE 624, GE 625, GE 684
Dr. Lewis moved approval and Ms. Romans seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. Dr. Thornell posed the reminder that course fee requests must be tied to the instruction of the course.
Consideration of the request from the Department of Geography for revision to the grading mechanism for GE 692,
GE 695
Ms. Romans moved approval and Dr. Williams seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously.
Consideration of the request from the Department of Geography for a new course, GE 699
Dr. King moved approval and Ms. Romans seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously.
Consideration of the request from the Department of Music for new courses: MU 690 (special fee according to topic), MU 622
Dr. Lewis moved approval and Ms. Romans seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously.
Consideration of the request from the Department of Music for revision to course description: MU 675
Ms. Romans moved approval and Dr. King seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
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Lynn C. Aquadro, Chairperson