1. GradUATE COUNCIL
September 20, 2017

2. Call to Order Welcome, Steven Lonergan, Chair Introductions
Seating of Substitute Council Members

3. Consent Agenda Minutes of April 19, 2017 meeting
Agenda for current meeting

4. Announcements and Remarks
Graduate Council Chair, Steven Lonergan
Reports from GCCC will require review in coming months.
Dean of Graduate College, Comments from William Graves
Assistant Dean of Graduate College, Craig Ogilvie
Graduate College Office- Judy Strand

5. Old Business Chapter 9 status: Report from Dean Graves
Campaign of Welcome update: Marquart

6. New Business Nominations for Vice Chair of Graduate Council
Pam Riney-Kehrberg . History
Thank you for the nomination to be Vice Chair of the Graduate Council. I am currently in my second year on the council. I have had a high level of involvement in graduate education at Iowa State University. Since coming to ISU in 2000, I have graduated 16 PhD students and currently have three working toward their degrees. I have graduated 16 MA students, with another finishing this academic year. In all, I have served on 77 graduate committees at Iowa State, in various departments in three colleges. In 2015, I received the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Mentorship Award. Between 2000 and the current academic year, I have served seven years as DOGE. Additionally, while I was History Department chair, I worked actively on graduate issues, helping the department to revise its graduate programs, consolidating two doctoral programs into a single, multi-faceted program. I consider graduate education to be the most important part of my teaching duties at Iowa State University.

7. New Business Nominations for Vice Chair of Graduate Council
Any from the floor?

8. New Business
Request from the Dean to form a subcommittee to survey and study the policies of outside members of POS committees.
Issues include role in directing student, examining student, how is ”outside” defined?
Subcommittee will be asked to meet with Dean Graves ASAP.
Action items for next meeting will include report and defining committee objectives

9. New Business Request to review double degree programs
Two master’s programs one POSC, one thesis
Typically for 30 credit programs, each program does 22 credits and shares 8
Inconsistencies exist when one program has a much greater number of credits
Subcommittee appointment:
Over-age Course policy – Robinson, Speer
Committee to address unintended consequences of new policy
Admission policy
Review and discuss proposed change in admission policy
Lonergan will ask Executive Committee to review and report
Discussion will occur and vote may occur in October meeting

10. Committee Reports
English Proficiency requirement- Marquart, Shrotriya, Bothell

11. Meeting Schedule
All meetings will be in 3150 Beardshear Hall from 4:15-5:30.
Wednesday, Oct. 18
Wednesday, Nov 15
Wednesday, Dec. 6
Wednesday, Jan 17
Wednesday, Feb 21
Wednesday, Mar 21
Wednesday, April 18