GRADUATE COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT
2003 2004
Marian
Whitson, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
Martha
Pointer, Ph.D.,
John
M. Taylor, Ph.D.,
William
Scott Champney, Ph.D.,
Patricia
L. Smith, Ed.D.,
Phillip
Scheuerman, Ph.D.,
Mark
Ellis, M.S.L.S., Library
Kimberly
Norris Thompson, Graduate Student, GPSA
Christopher
Ziegler, Graduate Student, GPSA
Lee
Pike, Ph.D., Member at Large
Marie
Tedesco, Ph.D., School of Continuing Studies
James
Bitter, Ed.D., Faculty Senate
Ben
Caton, Ph.D., Member At Large
Don
Hoover, Ph.D.,
Wallace
Dixon, Ph.D., Member At Large
Non-Voting
Members:
Henry
Antkiewicz, Ph.D., International
Programs
Wesley
Brown, Ph. D., Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Roberta
Herrin, Ph.D., Associate Dean,
Mary
Ellen Music, Registrars Office
Michael
Woodruff, Ph.D., Research and Sponsored Programs
Linda
Wyatt, School of Graduate Studies (Recorder)
September
29, 2003
October
27, 2003
November
24, 2003
January
26, 2004
February
16, 2004
March
29, 2004
April
26, 2004
June
7, 2004
Meetings
were held in the East Tennessee Room - D. P. Culp Center at 1:15 p.m.
The Graduate
Council took the following actions:
18 New Graduate Faculty Appointments
(Section 1, page 2)
86 Graduate Faculty Re-appointments
(Section 1, page 2)
123
New Courses Approved (Section 2, page
6)
08 Courses Deleted (Section 3, page 8)
14 Course Changes (Section 4, page 9)
21 Curriculum Changes (Section 5, page
10)
01 Editorial Changes (Section 6, page
11)
20 Miscellaneous Graduate Council
Actions (Section 7, page 12)
New Appointments
to Graduate Faculty:
Dr. Yue Zou Biochemistry - Full Membership
Re-appointments
to Graduate Faculty:
Dr. Faith Akin
Communicative Disorders - Associate Membership Expired Spring 03
Full Membership
Dr.
Jafar Alavi Economics, Finance and Urban Studies - Full Membership Expired
Summer 03
Full
Membership
Dr. Colin F. Baxter History
- Full Membership Expired - Summer 03 - Full Membership
Ms. Teresa Boggs Communicative
Disorders - Interim Membership Expired Spring 03
Interim
Membership
Dr. Jack Branscomb English
Full Membership Expired - Spring 03 - Associate Membership
Dr. Allison P. Deadman
Music - Associate Membership Expired Fall 02 - Associate Membership
Dr. Ronald K. Giles English
- Full Membership Expired Spring 03 - Associate Membership
Dr. Frederick S. Hipple
Economics, Finance and Urban Studies - Full Membership Expired Spring 03
Associate
Membership
Dr. Chu-Ngi Ho Chemistry - Interim
Membership Expired - Spring 03 - Associate Membership
Ms. Christa
Membership
Dr. Don Johnson English -
Full Membership Expired - Fall 02 - Associate Membership
Dr. Mary Langenbrunner
Applied Human Sciences - Full Membership Expired - Spring 03 - Associate
Membership
Dr. Rebecca Pyles Arts
& Sciences - Full Membership Expired Spring 03 -Associate Membership
Dr. Anna Duggins Roberts
Applied Human Sciences - Associate Membership Expired - Spring 03
Associate
Membership
Dr. Rosalee J. Seymour
Professional Roles/Mental Health Nursing - Full Membership Expires - Summer
03 -
Full Membership
Dr Karen Ann Tarnoff
Management and Marketing - Associate Membership Expired - Spring 03
Associate
Membership
Dr. Neil Thomas Computer
and Information Sciences - Associate Membership Expires Summer 03
Associate
Membership
Mr. Primus Tillman
Technology - Associate Membership Expired - Spring 03 - Associate Membership
Ms. Ruth D. Verhegge
Applied Human Sciences - Interim Membership Expired - Spring 03 -Interim
Membership
Dr. Ronal Weir Management
and Marketing - Associate Membership Expired Spring 03 - Associate
Membership
October 27, 2003
New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Jane Broderick - Interim Membership
Bruce Dalton - Full Membership
Kelly Dorgan - Associate
Membership
Patricia Mink -
Associate Membership
Janet Neal - Associate Membership
Re-Appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Tammy Davidson - Associate Membership
Expired -Associate Membership
Karilee Freeberg - Associate
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Tammy Hayes - Interim Membership Expired - Interim Membership
Elizabeth Lowe - Interim Membership Expired - Interim Membership
Diana Mozen - Associate
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Rick Norwood - Full
Membership Expired - Full Membership
Melvin Page - Full Membership
Expired - Full Membership
Martha Pointer - Full
Membership Expired - Full Membership
Dale Schmitt - Associate
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Jon Smith - Associate
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Douglas Thewke - Asociate
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
John Whitehead - Full
Membership Expired - Full Membership
Ramsey McGowen - Associate Membership Expired - Full Membership
November 24, 2003
New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:
None
Re-appointments
to Graduate Faculty:
Stephen Armstrong - Associate Membership Expired -
Full Membership
Martin Barrett - Full
Membership Expired - Full Membership
Paul Bayes - Associate
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Amelia Brown - Full
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Kent Burdick - Interim
Membership Expired - Interim Membership
Anita DeAngelis - Full Membership
Expired - Full Membership
Yousif Elhindi - Associate
Membership Expired - Full Membership
James Fox - Full Membership
Expired - Full Membership
Linda Kerley - Full
Membership Expired - Full Membership
Stephanie Quillen - Associate
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Mitchell Robinson - Full
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Antorio Rusinol - Associate
Membership Expired - Associate Membership
Leonore Simon - Associate Membership
Expired - Full Membership
Pearl Ume-Nwagbo - Interim
Membership Expired - Denied
New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Lindsey
King - Sociology/Anthropology Interim Membership
Joel
Ryman - Management and Marketing - Full Membership
Reappointments to Graduate Faculty:
William D. Burgess, Jr.
History - Associate Membership Expires - Spring, 2004 - Associate Membership
Troy E. Burrow -
Environmental Health - Interim Status Expired - Fall, 2003 - Interim Status
Rhona Cummings - Curriculum
& Instruction - Full Membership Expires - Spring, 2004 - Associate
Membership
Jeff Knisley Mathematics -
Associate Membership Expired - Fall, 2003 - Associate Membership
Hugh LaFollette Philosophy
- Associate Membership Expires - Spring, 2004 - Full Membership
Elizabeth W. Ralston -
Curriculum & Instruction - Associate Membership Expired - Fall, 2003
Associate
Membership
Kenneth Silver -
Environmental Health - Temporary Status Expired - Fall 2003 - Associate
Membership
Haakayoo Zoggyie - Foreign
Languages - Associate Membership Expired - Fall, 2003 - Full Membership
New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:
None
Reappointments to Graduate Faculty:
None
New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Martin Fitzgerald
Technology/Digital Media - Associate Membership
Aimee Govett Curriculum and
Instruction - Associate Membership
Joe Keith Green Philosophy
- Associate Membership
Barbara Grissett Social
Work - Associate
Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Mary Katherine Anderson
Family Community Nursing - Associate Membership
David Close Physics - Full
Membership
Dennis Coffey Technology -
Interim Membership
Michael Gallaher - Health Sciences - Associate Membership
Teresa W. Haynes Mathematics
- Full Membership
Karl H. Joplin Biological
Sciences - Full Membership
Kay Kuczynski Social Work -
Associate Membership
John Laffan Microbiology -
Full Membership
Amy Malkus Human
Development and Learning - Associate Membership
David J. Marx Psychology -
Associate Membership
E. Jane Melendez Curriculum
and Instruction - Associate Membership
Eric Mustain Health
Sciences - Associate Membership
Charles S. (Ted) Olson
Appalachian Studies and Services - Full Membership
Sandra M. Palmer-Lopez
Foreign Languages - Associate Membership
Priscilla Ramsey Adult
Nursing - Full Membership
Kent N. Schneider
Accountancy - Full Membership
Melissa L. Shafer
Communication - Associate Membership
Sharon Trumbley
Family/Community Nursing - Interim Membership
Wilsie Bishop Public and
Allied Health - Full Membership
Benjamin Caton Music -
Associate Membership
Delbert Hall Theatre -
Associate Membership
Edward J. Kelly Legal
Affairs - Associate Membership
J. E. Stone Human
Development and Learning - Associate Membership
Marian H. Whitson Criminal
Justice & Criminology - Associate Membership
New Appointments
to Graduate Faculty:
None
Re-appointments to
Graduate Faculty:
Dr. Hal Knight,
June 7, 2004
New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Ali A. Tarig, Technology and
Geomatics - Associate Membership
Guanghsu A. Chang, Technology
and Geomatics - Full Membership
Scott Kirby, Chemistry - Full
Membership
Leslie A. McCallister,
Sociology & Anthropology - Associate Membership
Fred G. Tudiver, Family
Medicine - Full Membership
Michael Whitelaw, Physics,
Astronomy, and Geology - Associate Membership
Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Amelia
Brown, Family and Consumer Sciences - Full Membership Expired 033 - Associate
Membership
Jamie
B. Kridler, Family and Consumer Sciences - Associate Membership Expired 041 -
Associate
Membership
Donald
B. Sanderson, Computer and Information Sciences - Full Membership Expired041
-Full
Membership
J.
Paul Sims, Technology and Geomatics - Associate Membership Expired 041 -
Associate Membership
David
Tarnoff, Computer and Information Sciences - Interim Membership Expired 033
-Interim
Membership
Harold
Whitmore, Counseling - Associate Membership Expired 041 Associate Membership
SECTION
2: NEW COURSES APPROVED
ALNU 5038 Pharmacology and
Therapeutics for Older Adults, 1 credit
ALNU 4267/5267 Nursing Management of the Critically Ill
Adult, 3 credits
ALNU 6016 Advanced Concepts in Pathophysiology, 3 credits
PMNU 5404 Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Care I, 3 credits
PMNU 5405 Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Care I: Practicum, 3 Credits
PMNU 5408 Advanced Psychiatric
Nursing Care II, 2 Credits
PMNU 5409 Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Care II: Practicum, 2 Credits
PMNU 5410 Theories of Counseling
for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, 3
credits
PMNU 5411 Theories of Counseling
for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner:
Practicum, 3 credits
None
DIGM 5820 New Media Communication and Research
DIGM 5821 Digital Media as an Art Form
DIGM 5910 Experimental Media I
DIGM 5915 Experimental Media II
DIGM 5970 Digital Media Research Project
DIGM 5957 Topics in Digital Media
DIGM 5960 Thesis
DIGM 5970 Digital Media Research
DIGM 5990
DIGM 4617/5617 Advanced Raster-Based Imaging
DIGM 4147/5147 Fundamentals of Character Animation
DIGM 4627/5627 Compositing
DIGM 5148 Character Animation Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5618 Raster-Based Imaging Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5628 Compositing Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5638 Interaction Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5648 Animation Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5658 Web Design Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5668 Product Design Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5818 3D Effects Animation Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5828 Experimental Digital Video Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5878 Modeling & Lighting Graduate Laboratory
DIGM 5888 Technical Direction Graduate Laboratory
SOWK 5266 Gerontological Social Work
SOWK 5306 Advanced Field Practicum I
SOWK 5403 Administrative Practices in Human Services Organizations
CJCR 5500 Topical Seminar
MATH
4027/5027 Introduction to
Applied Mathematics (3 CH)
MATH
4327/5327 Time Series
Analysis (3 CH)
MATH
4357/5357 Introduction to
Topology (3 CH)
MATH
42137/5137 Introduction to
Modern Algebra II (3 CH)
NURS 5000 Theoretical
Foundations of Advance Nursing Practice (3)
NURS 5001 Healthcare
Policy (3)
NURS 5002 Advanced
Nursing Research (3)
NURS 5003 Advanced
Role Development (3)
NURS 5101 Advanced Health Assessment (3)
NURS 5102 Advanced
Health Assessment Clinical (3)
NURS 5103 Advanced
Pathophysiology (3)
NURS 5104 Advanced
Clinical Pharmacology (3)
NURS 5201 Theories
of Nursing Education (3)
NURS 5202 Teaching
Strategies & Evaluation Methods (3)
NURS 5203 Curriculum
Design (3)
NURS 5209 Nursing
Education Practicum (4)
NURS 5301 Nursing
Administration I (3)
NURS 5302 Nursing
Administration II (3)
NURS 5303 Health
Care Finance (3)
NURS 5304 Human
Resources Management (3)
NURS 5305 Quality
Management in Nursing & Health Care (3)
NURS 5309 Nursing
Administration Practicum (4)
NURS 5401 Informatics
and Information Management (2)
NURS 5402 Health
Care Information Systems (3)
NURS 5403 Analysis
& Design of Health Care Information Systems (3)
NURS 5404 Evaluation
of Health Care Information Systems (3)
NURS 5405 Health
Care Data Analysis Techniques (2)
NURS 5407 Informatics
Applications I (2)
NURS 5409 Informatics
Applications II (2)
NURS 5501 Advanced
Adult Health Nursing I (2)
NURS 5502 Advanced
Adult Health Nursing I Clinical (2)
NURS 5503 Advanced
Adult Health Nursing II (2)
NURS 5504 Advanced
Adult Health Nursing II Clinical (2)
NURS 5505 Advanced
Adult Health Nursing III (2)
NURS 5506 Advanced
Adult Health Nursing III Clinical (2)
NURS 5509 Advanced
Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum (4)
NURS 5511 Psychiatric
Nursing Care I (2)
NURS 5513 Psychiatric
Nursing Care II (2)
NURS 5515 Psychiatric
Nursing Care III (2)
NURS 5521 Advanced
Concepts in Critical Care (3)
NURS 5522 Core
Concepts in Critical Care I (2)
NURS 5523 Core
Concepts in Critical Care II (2)
NURS 5524 Core
Concepts in Critical Care III (2)
NURS 5525 Electrocardiography
for Critical Care Nurses (3)
NURS 5529 Advanced
Critical Care CNS Practicum (4)
NURS 5531 Holistic
Nursing Perspectives (3)
NURS 5532 Holistic
Nursing Interventions (3)
NURS 5533 Advanced
Holistic Nursing I (3)
NURS 5534 Advanced
Holistic Nursing II (3)
NURS 5537 Advanced
Holistic Nursing I (2)
NURS 5539 Advanced
Holistic Nursing II Practicum (2)
NURS 5541 Maternal
Child Nursing I (2)
NURS 5543 Maternal
Child Nursing II (2)
NURS 5545 Maternal
Child Nursing III (2)
NURS 5601 Family
Nurse Practitioner I (2)
NURS 5602 Family
Nurse Practitioner I Clinical (2)
NURS 5603 Family
Nurse Practitioner II (2)
NURS 5604 Family
Nurse Practitioner II Clinical (2)
NURS 5605 Family
Nurse Practitioner III (2)
NURS 5606 Family
Nurse Practitioner III Clinical (2)
NURS 5607 Family
Nurse Practitioner IV (2)
NURS 5608 Family
Nurse Practitioner IV Clinical (2)
NURS 5609 Advanced
Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum (4)
NURS 5631 Pediatric
Nursing I (2)
NURS 5633 Pediatric
Nursing II (2)
NURS 5635 Pediatric
Nursing III (2)
NURS 5990 Scholarly
Synthesis (3)
None
CSCI 5011 Internet Technology
I, 3 credit hours
CSCI 5012 Internet Technology
II, 3 credit hours
CSCI 4017/5017 Introduction to Information
Assurance, 3 credit hours
CSCI 4027/5027 Information Management, 3
credit hours.
PUBH 5030 Overview of Public
Health, 3 credit hours
PUBH 5405 Epidemiology II, 3
credit hours
PUBH 5410 Statistical Software for
the Health Professions, 3 credit hours
PUBH 5350 Biostatistics II, 3 CH
PUBH 5420 Epidemiology of Chronic
Disease, 3 CH
PUBH 5430 Epidemiology of
Infectious Disease, 3
PUBH 5450 Environmental/
Occupational Epidemiology, 3 Ch
June 7, 2004
HDAL 5563 Advanced Counseling
Techniques with Children, (3 credit hours)
HDAL 6563 Advanced Social &
Cultural Foundations of Counseling, (3
credit hours)
HDAL 6585 Trauma & Recovery,
(3 credit hours)
HDAL 6593 Advanced Internship
& Supervision, (3 credit hours)
CSCI 4057/5057 Advanced Internet
Technologies, (3 credit hours)
CSCI 4067/5067 Networking Essentials,
(3 credit hours)
CSCI 4097/5097 Emerging Technologies, (3 credit hours)
CSCI 4127/5127 Database Management
Systems I, (3 credit hours)
ACCT 5510 Seminar in Accounting
Regulation, (3 credit hours)
None
None
MGMT 5010 Essentials
of Management
DIGM
5830 Digital
Video
DIGM
5840 Advanced
Modeling & Lighting
DIGM
5841 Character
Animation
DIGM
5842 Digital
Effects Animation
SOWK
5416 Integrated
Field Seminar
IDGE 5000 Advanced IDS SEM
Gerontology
DIGM
4177/5177 Computer Graphics
February 16, 2004
None
None
June 7, 2004
None
BIOC 5600/6600 Molecular
Biology and Genomics Change in credit hours from 4 credits to 3
credit hours.
PMGT 5800 Public Management
Internship Change from 6 credit hours to 3 CH
PMGT 5820 Public Management
Consultantship Change from 6 credit hours to 3 CH
DIGM
4637/5637 Advanced Integration Design
Formerly DIGM 4837/5837 Advanced
multimedia
DIGM
4647/5647 Advanced Animation Formerly
DIGM 4847/5847 Advanced Visualization
DIGM
4657/5657 Advanced Web Design Formerly
DIGM 4657/5657 Advanced Hypermedia
DIGM 4667/5667 Advanced Product Design
Formerly DIGM 4867/5867 Advanced Product
Design
DIGM 4817/5817 3D Effects Animation Formerly
DIGM 5842 Digital Effects Animation
DIGM
4827/5827 Experimental Digital Video
Formerly DIGM 5830 Digital Video
DIGM
4877/5877 Advanced Modeling &
Lighting Formerly DIGM 5840 Advanced Modeling &
Lighting
DIGM
4887/5887 Technical Direction for
Animation Formerly DIGM 5841 Character Animation
SOWK
5208 Advanced
SOWK
5313 Advanced
Practice with Families
SOWK
5323 Advanced
Practice with Groups
None
None
None
June 7, 2004
None
A. Master of Science in Nursing
Degree Program. Propose three changes in
the program: 1) revise
specific course requirements for each of
the current specialties, 2) propose course requirements for a
fourth
specialty, and 3) propose a dual gerontology option for two specialties.
None
November 24, 2003
A.
1.
Non-Substantive Curriculum
Change Proposal in the Gerontology
Certificate Program
2.
Substitute RUBH 5607 - for IDGE
5000
3.
Reduce credit hour requirement
from 22 to 16
B.
1.
Revise admission standard
2. Drop requirement for an undergraduate
course in Abnormal psychology.
2.
Establish new concentration in
Counseling M.A. - Add Higher Education concentration
C.
1. Establish a non-thesis option in the
English M.A.
2.
Add a requirement that graduate assistants who will teach be required
to take the existing course ENGL 5920 Studies in English Education: Writing:
Theory and Teaching
D.
1. Non-Substantive
Curriculum Change Proposal in the Digital Media Concentration of the
Technology M.S.
2.
Eliminate specialization options (Multimedia, Visualization,
Hypermedia, Product Design.
3.
Change the culminating experience requirement for the non-thesis option
4.
Revise the guided electives list in catalog to include only DIGM
options
None
A.
Science in Nursing.
1. RODP MSN Proposal consists of four (4)
concentrations:
1. Nursing Education
2. Nursing Administration
3. Advanced Practice
4. Nursing Informatics
A.
Business with 18 credit hours, and
five planned new courses.
B.
a. Establish a Graduate
Certificate in Epidemiology 15 credit hours, 3 new courses:
1. PUBH 5030 Overview
of Public Health, 3 credit hours
2.
PUBH 5405 Epidemiology
II, 3 credit hours
3. PUBH 5410 Statistical Software for
the Health Professions, 3 credit hours
b. Establish an Epidemiology Concentration in the MPH
degree in Public Health, 45 credit hours,
4
new courses, 5350, 5420, 5430, 5450; plus 2 created for
certificate program, 5405, 5410; Thesis
or
field experience, will fit current accreditation standards.
June 7, 2004
A.
Learning - Establish a new concentration in Counselor
Leadership in existing Education Specialist degree in Educational Leadership
and Policy Analysis program requiring 31 credit hours and the addition of four
new courses.
B.
programs:
1.
Education
Specialist Students admitted to this program have already taken the GRE.
2.
Special
Education Praxis I will be required for students applying to this program.
3.
Early
Childhood Education Traditionally, the GRE has
not been a valid predictor for success in
this program.
None
None
February 16, 2004
None
None
PUBH
5310 Biostatistics I and PUBH 5400 Epidemiology to Epidemiology I
June 7, 2004
None
A. Election of a new Chair
Dr. Brown asked for nominations from the floor for a new Graduate Council
Chair for
FY 03-04. There being none, Dr. Brown
asked Dr. Champney if he would agree to serve this
year as
the Graduate Council Chair. Dr. Champney
accepted.
B. RODP
Update Dr. Brown informed Council Members that this would be an information
item on
the
March, 2004 TBR agenda.
C. Dr. Champney asked Dr. Brown to explain his
new responsibilities as of November 1, 2003.
Dr.
Brown explained that he
would still be doing some assignments as Dean of the
A. Conditional Admission Policy The following was
recommended to replace the current conditional admission policy:
This
category of admission is designed for applicants who are in the process of
completing prerequisite courses or degrees or whose credentials (such as GPA,
letters of recommendation, background in the discipline, or interview) are less
competitive. Conditional admission may
not be granted when significant admission criteria (such as GRE, GMAT, letters
of recommendation, or in the case of international students, proof of an
undergraduate degree) are missing.
Conditions
will be outlined the admission letter and must
Be removed
by the date specified. If no date is
specified, conditions must be removed prior to the completion of 15 graduate
credit hours or one calendar year, whichever is later. The student must then submit a request for
unconditional status. The Dean of the
Admission
cannot be granted to international students without proof of degree.
B. Transfer of Credit Policy The following
was recommended to amend the current Transfer of Credit
Policy:
Students
may petition for the transfer of a maximum of nine semester hours of graduate
credit from ETSU or other regionally accredited U.S. and approved non-U.S.
institutions, if grades of B (or equivalent or higher were received (B-
grades do not transfer.) Students may be
required to submit documentation as to course content and duration of course
prior to transfer credit being approved.
ETSU coursework solely is used to compute the grade point average; non-ETSU
transfer work is not computed in the GPA.
All
non-ETSU transfer credit must be posted to the transcript prior to the term of
graduation. Transfer of credit is not
allowed in the graduation term.
The degree
program time limit (matriculation limit) will begin with the registration date
of the first course applied to the degree requirements, including transferred
courses. Credit earned prior to the
degree time limitations specified in this catalog will not be approved for
transfer and cannot be revalidated for transfer.
Students
cannot transfer credits from a completed degree program into a current degree
program. Extension or continuing
education hours will not be transferred for credit. In general, credit earned at international
institutions cannot be transferred, and petitions to transfer international
credit are reviewed only if accompanied by a professional course-by-course
evaluation.
C. P.E.O. Scholarship
- Dr. Herrin announced that a local chapter of P.E.O. has allocated $8,000 for
a female ETSU graduate student for academically gifted women. She stated that she would send them
additional information on this scholarship and to submit nominations to her at
the
A. Allocation of Tuition Scholarships to Departments - Dr. Dixon discussed problems related to allocation of tuition scholarships to departments due to the guidelines and restrictions placed on filling tuition scholarship positions. He requested additional information on the policy and whether or not it could possibly be changed. The restriction placed on tuition scholarships doesnt allow a graduate assistant to move to a tuition scholarship in the second year of their graduate program as the tuition scholarship positions must be utilized for first-time only graduate students, or tuition scholarship renewals. Dr. Brown explained that funding for these positions was primarily utilized for recruiting new graduate students. There is some flexibility. These positions were never intended to be used for second year graduate students. Dr. Brown further stated that he will take this matter into consideration and determine if it would be possible to alter the policy. Dr. Brown will distribute the policy at a future meeting and see about revising the policy to allow greater flexibility in filling vacant tuition scholarship positions within the various departments.
B. Conditional Admission Policy & Transfer Policy - Dr. Brown reported that after the two policies were submitted to Academic Council the Council recommended that it be reviewed and revised further before approval by Academic Council.
C. P.E.O. Scholarship would not be
administered through the
January
26, 2004
A.
Dr. Brown
introduced the new Assistant Dean for the
B.
Academic Grade Appeal
Dr. Brown
requested volunteers to serve on an upcoming academic grade appeal. Drs. John Taylor, Martha Pointer, and Donald
Hoover agreed to serve.
C.
Dr. Brown
discussed the readings and research, standard topics courses explaining that
these courses have a common rubric number and asked whether it would be
feasible to have administrative review only for these type classes rather than
bringing them before the entire Graduate Council. Dr. Brown further explained that he will
prepare a list of Thesis, Special Topics, and Independent Study courses for the
Graduate Council to review before final approval.
D.
MSN
Dr. Brown informed Council members that he has just received the
electronic file for the new MSN in Nursing and would distribute the link to the
Council for review. He further stated
that the RODP courses need to be on the Board of Regents agenda for the April
18th meeting. The proposal
consists of 350 pages including four concentrations and 63 courses. A special called meeting for February would
be called to address this proposal.
February
16, 2004
None
A.
Graduate Faculty Guidelines
After a discussion regarding
application of the Graduate Faculty Guidelines for Graduate Faculty Appointment
it was agreed the current guidelines would remain unchanged. It was suggested that Dr. Dixon and his
sub-committee review the guidelines and
make further recommendations as to interpretation of the guidelines when
reviewing applications for appointment to the ETSU Graduate Faculty Appointment
and bring their recommendations back to the Council for review.
B.
Tuition Scholarship Allocations to Departments
It was
reported that Dr. Brown and Dr. Dixon met to discuss Dr.
about the
Tuition Scholarship program that were
discussed in an earlier Graduate Council
meeting. Dr.
Brown indicated that Dr. Dixons proposal in would have required changing
eligibility
requirements for tuition scholarships
which would alter the program, requiring a
reevaluation
of the programs fundamental basis and major changes in ETSU policy. They
determined to
not pursue this analysis at the present
time and look for other ways to address
the concerns of Dr. Dixon.
C.
Appointment of
Assistant Dean
Dr. Brown announced that Dr. Cecilia McIntosh of the
Department of Biological Sciences was
selected to be an assistant dean of the
instructional assignment with the National Science Foundation and will begin activities next month and fully join the graduate school in August.
A.
Dr. Brown extended
sincere thanks to the entire Graduate Council membership,
especially those members that served as chair
or members on respective graduate council
Subcommittees.
B.
Dr. Champney asked Dr. Brown about the
specific role of each Assistant Dean in the School of
Graduate
Studies now that the graduate office would have two assistant deans. Dr.
Brown
explained
that he has planned two one-half day retreats with Drs. Herrin, Powers-Beck,
and
McIntosh
in May to look at functions, responsibilities and role each assistant dean would have in the
June 7, 2004
A.
Dr. Brown
explained that three individuals from the Sherrod
Library
developed an "electronic poster session" for the International
Electronic Thesis and
Dissertation
(ETD) Conference. The link to the presentation is http://etd2004.etsu.edu.
Included in the information developed, there is available data on the access to
ETSU students work under results. The University is currently receiving
thousands of hits each month allowing our students work accessible around the
world.
B. Dr. Brown informed the Council that Dr. Lee Pike is leaving the Chair of the Graduate Curriculum Sub-Committee this year. The Council needs to solicit a new Chair/member for this valuable sub-committee and requested nominations from the Council. The Council thanked Dr. Pike for his service to the Graduate Council and this sub-committee.