GRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES
Friday, November 17, 2006-10:00 a.m.
325 Graff Main Hall
Members Present:
Vijendra Agarwal, Lauren Cikara, Peggy
Denton, Yang Il Park, Kasi Periyasamy, S.N. Rajagopal, David Reineke, William
Schwan, Steve Simpson
Members Excused:
Tim Donahue, Gary Gilmore, Teri
Staloch
Members Absent:
Jonathan Majak
Consultants Present:
Chris Bakkum, Lise Graham, Rob Tyser
Consultants Absent:
Diane Schumacher
1. The meeting was called to order at 10:02
am. by Bill Schwan
2. A motion was made
by David Reineke and seconded by S.N. Rajagopal to approve the minutes for the
November 3, 2006 meeting. (7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstention)
Motion carried.
3. Announcement.
- The Council may
need to meet regarding Academic Appeals from Health Professions students.
The affected program will update Vijendra Agarwal if an appeal or appeals
will need to be heard. A meeting time of 10:00 a.m. on January 4, 2007 has
been tentatively set.
4. The Graduate
Council received recommendations from the RSEL Grant Committee.
- The RSEL Grant
Committee included Steve Simpson, Lauren Cikara, Gary Gilmore, and Teri
Staloch.
- Steve Simpson made
a motion to approve the 12 applications that the Committee recommended to
fund. It was seconded by S.N. Rajagopal. (9 yes, 0 no, 0 abstention)
Motion carried.
- Steve Simpson made
a motion to approve partial funding for one student. The Committee
recommended that the Council not fund payments or incentives paid to
research subjects. It was seconded by Peggy Denton. (9 yes, 0 no, 0
abstention)
Motion carried.
- The Council
discussed the issue of paying of subjects for their participation in
research projects. Good arguments were made on either side of the issue.
Vijendra Agarwal indicated he would come back to the Council with language
that could be included or modified for the 2007-2008 RSEL Grant guidelines.
For now, no funding may be used for this purpose.
- Steve Simpson made
a motion to approve partial funding for another student. The Committee
recommended partial funding because the budget summary did not support the
amount being requested. It was seconded by S.N. Rajagopal. (9 yes, 0 no, 0
abstention)
Motion carried.
- The Council
revisited the issue of the “old” RSEL guidelines and deadlines appearing on
the website. An “orphan document” was available to individuals who had
saved it as a favorite. The document has been removed from the server. S.N.
Rajagopal made a motion to allow those 5 students (3 from Biology, 1 from
Learning Communities, and 1 from Human Performance) who had contacted the
Graduate Studies Office regarding the deadline to be given a deadline of
December 1st to turn in their applications. The same motion
extends the deadline for the 3 applications that the Committee did not feel
they could recommend without getting more information from the students. It
was seconded by David Reineke. (9 yes, 0, no, 0 abstention)
Motion carried.
- Steve Simpson made
a motion to not fund the project of one student. It was seconded by S.N.
Rajagopal. (9 yes, 0 no, 0 abstention)
Motion carried.
- Steve Simpson
provided members of the Council a list of suggestions from the RSEL Grant
Committee for future applications that will be distributed to the graduate
program directors. It will be send out by Vijendra Agarwal with a request
for feedback and suggestions. Also discussed was the need to remind
students of their obligation to make a presentation on campus regarding
their research projects. Vijendra Agarwal advised the Council that a
statement reminding students of this requirement would be included in the
award letters.
5. Bill Schwan
provided the Council a brief outline of the items to be covered at the December
Graduate Council meetings.
- December 1st—GRC
799 policy
- December 15th—remaining
RSEL grant applications and one Graduate Faculty application.
Meeting adjourned:
11:08 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Chandra Hawkins
C: Graduate
Council Members
Department
Chairs
Graduate
Program Directors
Faculty
Senate
Graduate
Council File