Minutes of the Sixth Meeting of
The Graduate Council 2001-2002
Date and Time: Thursday, March 7,
2002, at 2:30 p.m.
Place:
Provost's Conference Room, 104 Administration
Attendance:
Anderson (presiding), Conrad, Deahl, Dennis, Hartmeister,
Herring, Hoo, Houck, Maki, Stinespring, Watts
Ex-officio:
Aycock, Ferguson, Hall, Headley, Imamura, Toyama
Guests:
Elizabeth Louden (attending for Michael Peters)
The Graduate Council Minutes are mailed and e-mailed to all Council members,
deans, chairs, and graduate advisors. The minutes will be posted to the
Graduate School website www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool
1. Minutes of the fifth meeting, held on February
7, 2002, were approved with one correction:
New Graduate Faculty member Vernon Lansford was approved. His name was
misspelled in the minutes of the February 7, 2002 Graduate Council meeting.
2. The following students were admitted to candidacy
for the doctorate on the recommendation of their departments.
Mark Adams
Marriage and Family Therapy
Christiano Silva de Barros
Spanish
Robert Leon Gee, III
Counselor Education
Gabriela Alejandra Martinez Geoscience
Marianne McInnes Miller
Marriage and Family Therapy
Toby Jay McWilliams
Fine Arts – Music
Brian Samford
Marriage and Family Therapy
Karla Patricia Silveira
Spanish
Samuel A. Spralls, III
Business Administration
Michael Shayne Webber
Human Development and Family Studies
3. Academic Requests
a. Approved Course Additions, Changes, and Deletions
College of Human Sciences
HDFS 5110 Colloquium in Human Development and Family Studies (1:1:0)
(addition)
HDFS 6363 Advanced Topics in Human Development (3:3:0) (addition)
HDFS 6373 Advanced Topics in Family Studies (3:3:0) (addition)
College of Business Administration
ISQS 5240 Business Systems Analysis and Knowledge Management (2:2:0) (addition)
b. Graduate Council approved a 150-Hour MSEE Program Proposal for Electrical
and
Computer Engineering.
4. Graduate Faculty
a. Graduate Council considered and approved 1 applicant for Graduate Faculty.
The new member is:
Ronda L. Eade (Educational Psychology and Leadership)
(Adjunct)
5. The Graduate and Professional Student Government
Association (GPSGA) hosted a thesis/dissertation workshop on Friday, February
15. The workshop was a success with over 100 students attending. The annual
Research/Poster Session will be April 5, 2002, at 1:30 p.m. in the TLTC.
Please see www.gpsga.ttu.edu
or contact Chad Davis at chad.s.davis@ttu.edu
for more information.
6. Announcements
a. Chancellor's Fellowships have been awarded. Below is a record of nominations
received and awarded.
Received Awarded
Agriculture
1
1
Arts & Sciences
88
49
Business Administration
13
7
Education
1
1
Engineering
33
22
Human Sciences
20
9
Total Nominations
156
89
b. Below are the total applications received and the number to be awarded
for other scholarships and fellowships offered by the Graduate School:
Received To be awarded
Cash Family Endowed Fellowship
339
1
Helen DeVitt Jones Graduate Fellowship
345
10
James D. and Mary Hazlewood Memorial fellowship
359
9
Health and Social Services Fellowship
42
15
McNair Graduate Fellowship
11
2
Arthur J. Waterman Scholarship
12
10
7. Other business
a. GTMP status in the Graduate School was discussed. Please see page 29
of the Graduate Catalog for information and procedures. Graduate Advisors
are encouraged to monitor GTMPs in their department so that procedures
are followed in an effort to admit students to degree programs in a timely
manner.
The seventh meeting of the 2001-2002 Graduate Council will be held at
2:30 p.m., Thursday, April 4, 2002, in the Provost Conference Room, 104
Administration.
The meeting adjourned at 3:12 p.m.
