Graduate Programs Committee
Minutes of September 5, 2006 Meeting
Attendance:
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Members |
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Affiliation |
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Ex-Officio Members |
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Affiliation |
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Khalid Siddiqi (proxy) |
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Cnst Mgt |
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Zvi Szafran |
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VPAA |
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Sandra Vasa-Sideris |
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Bus. Admin. |
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Steve Hamrick |
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Asst. VPAA |
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Juan C. Guzman |
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CS |
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Nikki Palamiotis |
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Dir. Grad Studies |
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Walter Thain (Secretary) |
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ECET |
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Mike Murphy |
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Dean, CSE |
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Michele Shauf |
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ETCMA |
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David Caudill |
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Dean, ETM |
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Rich Halstead-Nussloch |
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IT |
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Dawn Ramsey |
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Dean, EU |
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Mary McShane-Vaughn |
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QA |
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Allan Gabrielli |
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Dean, A&S |
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Russ Hunt (Chair) |
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SE |
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Dir. Library |
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Sheryl Duggins |
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SWE |
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Guests |
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Affiliation |
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Venu Dasigi |
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CSWE |
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Gouranga Banik |
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Cnst Mgt |
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Renee Butler |
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SE |
Actions:
1. The meeting was called to order by Chair Russ Hunt.
2. The committee discussed possible meeting schedules. The committee has three officially scheduled meeting times of September 5, October 3, and November 21. It was decided that more meetings were needed. Russ agreed to create a schedule and send it out to members.
3. The committee discussed results from the Graduate Programs Retreat, including which items should be addressed this semester and who were interested in working on those particular items. The initial arrangements were:
Graduate Faculty Support: Cheryl Duggins, Gouranga Banik, Rich Halstead-Nussloch
Graduate Curriculum: Mary McShane-Vaughn, Renee Butler, Rich Halstead-Nussloch, Mark Nunes
Resources and Services for Grad Students: Sandra Vasa-Sideris, Dawn Ramsey, Nikki Palamiotis, Rich Halstead-Nussloch, Elizabeth Keathley.
Recruitment & Marketing - Web Page: Walt Thain, Michele Shauf, Nikki Palamiotis
International Concerns – Juan Carlos Guzman, Rich Halstead-Nussloch, Dawn Ramsey, Michele Shauf, Keith Hopper
Instructional Technology and Delivery: Keith Hopper, Javier I, Dawn Ramsey
T1-T2 Workload Issues: Rich Halstead-Nussloch, Mark Nunes, Becky Rutherford, Sheryl Duggins
Grants and Fundraising: Gouranga Banik, Omar Zia
4. Alan Gabrielli pointed out the need to revise the Graduate Programs Policy and Procedure document to include the Director of Graduate Studies as an ex-officio member of this committee. The committee agreed to review and revise the P&P.
Discussions:
1. There was a discussion regarding the T1, T2, T3 faculty categories and workload. At the end of Spring semester 2006, the GPC recommended that the issue be submitted to the general faculty for comment. The on-line forum conducted that semester indicated significantly polarized views on the matter. Zvi Szafran reported that the Weekly Blab 1.3 e-mail newsletter contains links to two proposals for resolving the issue. Those links are included here for reference.
Weekly Blab 1.3: http://www.spsu.edu/aa/The Weekly Blab, 1.3.doc
Proposal 1: http://www.spsu.edu/aa/Workload Model 1.doc
Proposal 2: http://www.spsu.edu/aa/Workload Model 2.doc