Graduate Academic Council
2001– 2002
Minutes of the Council meeting of September 19, 2001. Approved by the GAC on 10/12/01
In attendance: R. Irving, L. Niu, C. Smith, D. Shub, V. Ng, C. MacDonald (Chair), L. Trubitt, M. Gallant,
J. Mumpower, J. Bartow (staff)
Unable to attend: H. Charalambous, S. Nagy-Zekmi, L. Raffalovich
1.
Minutes of the meeting of 5/4/01 were reviewed & unanimously approved without amendment.
2.
Report of the Dean of Graduate Studies – Jeryl Mumpower
a.
Good news – graduate enrollments are up – data were distributed
b.
Policy changes pertaining to full-time graduate status have experienced some minor
implementation issues, but have generally been received by most students quite
enthusiastically.
3.
Chair’s Report – Carolyn MacDonald
Welcome to Council members.
In addition to the Council’s role as defined by the established committee structure, the charge to
the Council may include program and/or policy review.
4.
Standing Committees
Tentative committee memberships were discussed and approved as follows. The Chair was
empowered to consider the shuffling or augmentation of non-Council members in order to provide
greater balance to the composition of the committees.
Committee on Admissions & Academic Standing
R. Irving, Chair
H. Charalambous
C. Smith
L. Trubitt
L. Gelzheiser
M. Brown
D. Bernnard
C. Wagner
Committee on Curriculum & Instruction
M. Gallant, Chair
V. Ng
L. Niu
L. Raffalovich
K. Quinn
K. Reinhold
C. Ellis
Committee on Educational Policy & Procedures
D. Shub, Chair
S. Nagy-Zekmi
G. Harper
D. Parker
K. Shiller
5.
The Council engaged in a brief discussion of program review as an important issue to the campus
and governance. It was agreed that this topic would be added to the agenda for a future meeting.
6.
Future meeting dates were agreed to by Council members:
Friday, October 12, 2001, 11:00AM
Friday, November 9, 2001, 11:00AM
Friday, December 7, 2001, 11:00AM
END OF 9/19/01 GAC MINUTES
