Graduate School

The Graduate Council reviews and recommends to the President, through the Provost Office, and subject to approval of the Graduate Dean, policy matters pertaining to graduate education, such as graduate teaching, graduate program needs, and graduate student and faculty research. The Graduate Council reviews and evaluates proposed and existing graduate programs and recommends priorities to be adopted in graduate education, scholarship, and research. The Graduate Council includes graduate faculty members from each college and school that grants a graduate degree, Faculty Senate, the Graduate Dean, Associate Dean, and the current Graduate Student Association President.

2008-2009 Members

Chair, John Louie

Graduate Dean
Mark Brenner
mbrenner@unr.edu
VPR/0403
327-2363

Associate Dean
Marsha Read
read@unr.edu
Graduate School/0326
784-6106

Agriculture
Jamie Benedict
benedict@unr.nevada.edu
Nutrition/0142
784-6445
Term: 2006 – 2009

College of Liberal Arts - Social Science
Barbara Walker
bbwalker@unr.edu
History/0308
784-4304
Term: 2007 - 2010

College of Liberal Arts - Humanities
Don Hardy
donhardy@unr.edu
English/0086
784-6689
Term: 2007– 2010

College of Science
Roberto Mancini
rcman@physics.unr.edu
Physics/0220
784-6595
Term: 2006 – 2009

College of Liberal Arts - Fine Arts
Duane Karna
karnad@unr.edu
Music/0226
784-4030
Term: 2006- 2009

Business Administration
Dale Rogers
mickey@unr.edu
Managerial Science/0031
784-6814
Term: 2006 - 2009

Education
Kathryn Obenchain
kmo@unr.edu
Educational Specialties/0299
784-4383 x 2018
Term: 2005 - 2008

Engineering
Victor Vasquez
vvasquez@unr.edu
Chemical Engineering/0260
784-6060
Term: 2005 - 2008

Health & Human Sciences
Paul Devereux
devereux@unr.edu
Public Health/0274
682-7084
Term: 2007 - 2010

Journalism
Donica Mensing
dmensing@unr.edu
Journalism/0310
784-4187
Term: 2004 - 2008

Medicine
William Courchesne
wec@med.unr.edu
MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY /0320
784-4113
Term: 2006 – 2009

College of Science - Mines
John Louie - Chair
louie@unr.edu
Seismology Lab/0174
784-4219
Term: 2006 – 2009

Faculty Senate
Sandra Ott
sott@unr.edu
Basque Studies/0322
682-5573
Term: 2007 – 2008

GSA President
Rebecca Bevans
pgsa@unr.edu
GSA/0057
784-1093
Term: 2008 - 2009

Graduate Council Agenda, Graduate Council By-Laws, Graduate Council Minutes, Consent Agenda Items, Graduate Council Archives

Meeting Dates:
Graduate Council meets the last Tuesday of the month. Meetings are from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., JCSU Rita Landen Senate Chambers, Room 356

2008 - 2009 Meeting Dates:
August 26, 2006, September 30, 2008, October 28, 2008, November 25, 2008, No meeting December 2008, January 27, 2009, February 24, 2009, March 31, 2009, April 28, 2009