Minutes of the Third Meeting of
The Graduate Council 2002-2003
Date and Time: Thursday, November
7, 2002, at 2:30 p.m.
Place:
Provost’s Conference Room, 104 Administration
Attendance:
Ronald Anderson (presiding), Roger Barnard, Lora Deahl, Phil Dennis,
Tim Dodd, Fred Hartmeister, William Maki, Bill Pasewark, Michael Peters,
Becky Rickly, Thomas Steinmeier, and John Stinespring
Ex-officio:
Wendell Aycock, Ralph Ferguson, and Ann McGlynn
Guests:
Bill Gustafson and Donna Rogers
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.
1. Minutes of the second meeting, held on October 3, 2002, were approved
as distributed.
2. The following students were admitted to candidacy for the doctorate
on the recommendation of
their departments:
Varapong Chamarerk
Agronomy
Nelson Wayne Coulter
Educational Leadership
Velicia Daniels
Fine Arts - Theatre
John N. Davis
Business Administration
Mert Doganli
Mechanical Engineering
Deborah Jean Harding
Experimental Psychology
Nadarajah Kiruparahan
Mathematics
3. Academic Requests:
a. Approved Course Additions and Changes
RAWLS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MGT 5309 HOM IV: Current Aspects in Healthcare (3:3:0) (change
in title from HOM IV: Hospitals and Integrated Delivery Systems; change
in description)
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
EDIT 5322 Authoring Systems for Educational Software (3:3:0) (change
in title from Authoring Systems for Computer-Assisted Instruction)
EDIT 5326 Instructional Software Design (3:3:0) (change in title from
Computer-Assisted Instruction)
EDIT 5342 Authoring Tools for Internet Instruction (3:3:0) (change in
title from Authoring Systems for Network-based Instruction; change in
description)
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
C S 5391 A I Robotics (3:3:0) (addition)
C S 5392 Reinforcement Learning (3:3:0) (addition)
COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES
RHIM 5001 Internship in the Hospitality Industry (V1-6) (change
in course number from 5360, hours, and description)
RHIM 5100 Seminar (1:1:0) (addition)
RHIM 5308 Hotel Management (change in title from Advanced Hotel Management)
RHIM 5332 Hospitality Control (3:3:0) (change in title from Advanced Hospitality
Control)
RHIM 5340 Hospitality Consumer Behavior (3:3:0) (change in title from
Hospitality Consumer)
RHIM 5350 Travel and Tourism (3:3:0) (change in title from Advanced Travel
and Tourism)
RHIM 5370 Food Systems Management (3:3:0) (change in title from Advanced
Food Systems Management)
RHIM 6001 Internship in Hospitality Administration (V1-6) (addition)
RHIM 6300 Perspectives in Hospitality Administration (3:3:0) (addition)
RHIM 6350 Advanced Travel and Tourism (3:3:0) (addition)
RHIM 6370 Advanced Food Systems Management (3:3:0) (addition)
RHIM 8000 Doctor’s Dissertation (V1-12) (addition)
b. The Graduate Council approved the program name change from Family Financial
Planning to Personal Financial Planning. Ten council members voted in
favor of the name change and one member abstained.
4. Graduate Faculty:
a. Graduate Council considered and approved 20 applicants for Graduate
Faculty. The new members are:
David L. Doerfert
(Agricultural Education and Communications)
Clifton Ellis
(Architecture)
Catherine Claude Galley
(Architecture)
Benjamin Keen
(Economics & Geography)
Mark J. Kistler
(Agricultural Education and Communications)
Charles Klein
(Landscape Architecture)
Alvin Larke
(Agricultural Education and Communications)
Shaorong Liu
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Guy Heaton Loneragan
(Animal and Food Sciences) (Adjunct)
Latika Menon
(Physics)
Gary Miracle
(Chemistry and Biochemistry) (Visiting)
Michael Peter Mussotter
(Architecture)
Gad Perry
(Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management)
Randolph (Randy) Reddick (Mass Communications)
Brian T. Rex
(Architecture)
Stanley Andrew Robertson (Architecture)
Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen
(Food and Nutrition) (Adjunct)
5. GPSGA Report: Deidre Parish, President of the Graduate and Professional
Student Government Association is currently attending the national meeting
of Graduate and Professional Student Government Associations. GPSGA has
obtained offices in the Administration Building, Room 233, Mailstop 5016.
The new phone numbers are 742-4338 and 742-4339, and the fax number is
742-4337. GPSGA is in need of computers, which will aid in setting up
a Graduate Student Resource Room.
6. The Development Office is approaching the Cabot Foundation for funding
for the Experimental Sciences Building. Amy Fox is also staying in touch
with donors for stewardship purposes. The Graduate School Newsletter was
circulated on November 8, 2002.
7. Announcements:
a. The second Dissertation/Thesis Symposium will be held on Wednesday,
November 13, 2002, at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., in the Double T Room, Student
Union Building. Thomas Darwin, from the University of Texas will be the
guest speaker.
b. The December Graduate Council meeting will be on Tuesday, December
3, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. in 129 Holden Hall.
c. Beginning in October 2002, the GRE stopped administering the Analytic
section of the GRE and substituted the GRE-AW test. This test is part
of the standard GRE -- it is not a subject test. It consists of two essay
questions. One requires the student's perspective on a given issue. The
second essay has the student analyze an argument. Neither spell check
nor grammar check are available to the students during this test. The
GRE-AW scores range from 0 to 6 and are graded in 0.5 intervals. Because
our current system of entry does not allow us to insert decimal points,
a score of 4 will be entered as 40, while a 4.5 score will be entered
as 45. A full description of the scores and what they mean can be found
at www.gre.com/descriptor.html
It has been brought to the attention of the Graduate School that students
have been told that they need not take this test. This is not so. The
scores on this test will be averaged and reported in department reviews.
If a student does not take the GRE-AW portion of the GRE, a zero will
be entered as the score and will be used to compute the average. Ann McGlynn
in the Graduate School at ann.mcglynn@ttu.edu
can provide additional information.
8. Other Business
a. Graduation Report – 443 students are scheduled to graduate in December
(66 doctoral, 259 masters, and 118 not walking).
b. Personnel changes in the Graduate School include Gloria McNeme as the
Senior Administrative Assistant, working with doctoral students, and Lora
Lopez as the Academic Program Advisor, working with masters’ students.
c. SEVIS is an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) program for
bringing international students into the U.S. The Student and Exchange
Visitor Information System (SEVIS), provides tracking, monitoring, and
access to accurate and current information on non-immigrant students and
exchange visitors. SEVIS enables schools and program sponsors to transmit
electronic information and event notifications via the Internet to the
INS and the Department of State throughout a student or exchange visitor’s
stay in the United States. SEVIS is a source of timely and accurate information
for educational institutions and government agencies, which are tasked
with assisting and overseeing the many international visitors who have
chosen to pursue an education in this country. The Graduate School will
keep Chairs, Deans, and Graduate Advisors informed as more information
becomes available.
d. Enrollment Report – As reflected on the attachment, graduate enrollment
continues to climb as applicants are accepted for Spring 2003.
e. The domestic application fee has changed from $25.00 to $50.00 and
the international application fee has changed from $50.00 to $60.00, beginning
September 1, 2002. Departments are reminded to update their web sites
to reflect these changes.
The meeting adjourned at 3:27 p.m.
The fourth meeting of the 2002-2003 Graduate Council will be held at 2:30
p.m., Tuesday, December 3, 2002, in 129 Holden Hall.
