Meeting Minutes, November 18,
2004
Members
Present:
Scott
Tyler, Chair and COS,
John
Nelson, COS
Eric
Rasmussen, CLA, Humanities
James
Winn, CLA, Fine Arts
James
Sundali, Business
Marlowe
Smaby for Kathryn Obenchain, Education
Andy
Trzynadlowski, Engineering
Jessica
Muehlberg, Graduate Student Association
Members
Absent:
Glenn
Miller, Agriculture
Ron
Phaneuf, Faculty Senate
Matt
Leone, Human and Community Sciences
Tracy
Veach, Medicine
Stacy
Gordon,
Guests:
John
Frederick, Provost
Danny
Taylor, Mining Engineering
Dirk
Van Zyl, Mining Engineering
Keith
Dennett, Civil Engineering
Margaret
Ferrara, Chair, Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning (CTL)
Robert
Quinn, CTL
Tom
Harrison, Counseling and Educational Psychology (CEP)
Gary
Fisher, Center for Substance Abuse and Treatment (CSAT)
Meri Shadley, CSAT
Susan
Henthorne, GSA Advisor
Michael
Peters, Recorder
1. The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:37
and re-ordered the agenda to begin with the discussion with the Provost
regarding the external review and report on Judicial Studies Degree
program. Obenchain submitted her report
indicating that the JSD program is a successful and important asset and should
become a more institutionalized and value program at the university. Discussion ensued in which the Provost
identified as a key issue being a plan to provide continuity and sustainability
of funding for the program.
2. Courses & Curricula:
MINES request for a graduate
certificate program in Risk Management:
Taylor and Van Zyl briefed the council on the
proposed program which would provide a certificate for post-baccalaureate
students who would earn graduate credit and a separate certificate for
non-baccalaureate students who would receive no academic credit but receive a
professional development certificate.
The program would be run through Extended Studies. The council’s subcommittee on C&C
recommended approval of the program and forwarding the proposal to university
C&C. The council concurred.
CE Name Change Request: Keith Dennett briefed the council on the
rationale for changing the Civil Engineering Department’s name to the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. MOTION: (Nelson/Read) To approve name change. Motion approved unanimously.
CTL proposal to remove
pre-requisites from two graduate courses.
CEP proposal to reinstate marriage
and family counseling option in master’s degree.
Old
Business
3. Approval of October minutes: MOTION: (Sundali/Read) To approve the October
2004 meeting minutes. Motion approved
unanimously.
4. Graduate Student Rights and
Responsibilities: Muehlberg presented
the latest revision of the proposed document and expressed the GSA’s hope that
this could become accepted by the entire university. MOTION: (Nelson/Winn) That the Graduate
Council endorse the statement of graduate student rights and responsibilities
as drafted. Motion approved unanimously.
Standing
Reports
5. Graduate Dean: Read addressed ideas to make the C&C
review process by the council’s subcommittee better. For items the need review by the entire
Graduate Council, send materials to all council members one week before the
scheduled meeting (second Thursday of each month). Items that can be reviewed by the council’s
subcommittee should be sent to the subcommittee members two weeks before the
scheduled meeting.
Read also congratulated the Graduate
Student Association as the recipient of a national award for outstanding
contributions to the graduate student body at UNR. MOTION: (Nelson/Read) That the Graduate
Council formally recognize and applaud the outstanding achievement of the
GSA. Motion passed unanimously.
6. GSA:
Muehlberg reported that there would be two new awards included in GSA’s
award program, 1) Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher Award and 2)
Outstanding Graduating Graduate Student.
The awards program will start up in the spring semester. GSA is proposing holding a Research Fair in
which student research submissions could be subsequently published in book form. Finally, the graduate student needs survey
will be out soon and all faculty are asked to encourage their graduate students
to participate.
Other
Business
7. The Chair proposed that the Council recognize
Dr. Linda Brinkley for her contributions to graduate education during her
tenure as Dean of the
The Graduate Council of the
MOTION:
(Nelson/Muehlberg) To approve the
Chair’s proposal. Motion passed
unanimously.
8. There being no further business, the Council
adjourned at 4:25