South Dakota State Univ. Graduate Faculty Annual Meeting 16 October 2014

Agenda  Graduate School Staff  Approval of the Minutes  Fall 2014 Enrollments  Graduate Programs for Approval this AY  Policy Discussion  Policy for Action by Graduate Council  Policy Recently Approved  Policy Currently in Draft  Items from the floor

Graduate School Staff  Dean, Graduate SchoolK. Doerner  Asst. to DeanN. Lounsbery  Grad ServicesM. Ochsner  Admissions ProcessorA. Gerlach  Sen. Sec.R. McDaniel  Grad Admis /RecruiterK. Johnson  Currently on Maternity Leave  Address Admissions Questions to Nicole Lounsbery  130 Admin Bldg  

Fall 2014 Graduate School Enrollment Row LabelsSum of 2012Sum of 2013Sum of 2014 A&S ABS EHS ENG GRAD NUR PHARM21 Grand Total

Fall 2014 Graduate School Enrollment Sum of 2014Column LabelsColumn1Column2Column3Column4 Row LabelsCertificatesMaster's Non- DegreePh.D. Grand Total A&S ABS EHS ENG GRAD51 NUR PHARM21 Grand Total

Change in Graduate School Practice!  Students seeking Certificates should apply for the certificate program  Use the Graduate School online application  No app fee is applied (if in degree program)  Programs will begin to review this applications  Must apply for Certificate ‘graduation’ separately from degree graduation  Goal  Improve student service  Improve accuracy of student records

Graduate Intent to Plan and Program Proposals  M.S. Agricultural Education  EHS, Dr. Scott Smalley  I2P approved Spring 2014  Program review at BOR in December  Fall 2015  M.Ed. Education Leadership & Principal Preparation  EHS and others –BHSU, NSU, USD  Program approved through SDSU  Summer 2015  M.S. Industrial/ Organizational Psychology  A&S  I2P review at BOR in December

Graduate Council Discussion Items  Graduate Assistants and Fellows Graduate Assistants and Fellows  Guidelines developed into Policy  Fair Labor Standards Act  Affordable Care Act  With oversight by BOR Office Staff  Ongoing  Presentation for detailed description Presentation for detailed description  Resolution:  Request for staff member to be in-house Intl Transcript Evaluator  Will be presented to UBOC with GS Annual Report

Graduate School Action Items Publication Delay for Theses and Dissertations  Allows  Student to deposit thesis/dissertation to meet degree requirements with publication  TTO office to request delay of publication to file necessary IP documents  Student, up to 2 years, to self-publish.

Recently Approved  Policy: Change of Grade for -798 and -898 courseChange of Grade for -798 and -898 course  Allows for I, NP, IP, NR to be changed to S without faculty approval provided thesis/dissertation is deposited and all examinations satisfactorily completed.  U ‘unsatisfactory’ grade must be change by standard process  Policy: Graduate FacultyGraduate Faculty  Policy: Graduate Student Advisory CommitteeGraduate Student Advisory Committee

Policy in Development  Graduate Credit Requirements  Dual credit use among degrees and certificates  Added flexibility to option B and C master’s programs.  Establish minimum core course requirements for degrees and certificates  Volunteers  Articulate rules for volunteer activity  What can ‘GAs’ volunteer for?  How does a GRA get ‘teaching experience’?  Approval process established  M. Serrett and T. Greene

 Items from the Floor

 Adjourment