Graduate Council Meeting Minutes

December 5, 1995 -- 2:30 p.m.
President's Conference Room

Members Present: Dr. Sheila Barnes, Dr. James Britton, James Davidson, Dr. Pat Dunham, Dr. Robert Henderson, Dr. Connie Taylor, Dr. Jack Testerman, Stephen Nolan (student member), Dr. Jack L. Robinson (Chair).

Members absent: Dr. Molly Risso

The first item of business was to consider the Graduate Faculty nominations. The motion was made by James Britton, seconded by Jack Testerman, to approve all the nominations for Temporary Graduate Faculty. The vote to approve the motion was unanimous. A motion by Connie Taylor, seconded by Robert Henderson, was approved unanimously that all Associate Graduate Faculty nominations be approved for Regular Graduate Faculty instead of Associate. A motion by James Britton, seconded by Jack Testerman, was approved unanimously to accept all the nominations for Regular Graduate Faculty. The approved Graduate Faculty nominations were:

Temporary. Fall 1995: Ellen Marcy--Retroactive approval for Fall 95 semester

Temporary. Spring 1996: Shawn Adams, Margaret Avard, Jerry Cantrell, Corie Delashaw, John Brooks Flippen, Maurice Richard Hackett, Roselyn LaLonde, Ellen Marcy, Elizabeth Nolan, Andrew Parkes, and Hubert Tollison

Associate: None

Regular: Alan Lennon, William Stark, Kathy Brown, Diane Dixon, Susan Girvin, Robert Masters, Glenn Melancon, and Richard M. Pearlstern

The second item of business was to discuss a program modification request for the Master of Education in Secondary Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER). The motion by Pat Dunham, seconded by James Britton, was approved unanimously to recommend the modification to the Academic Council.

 

The next item of business was to consider a new course request for the course, EDAD  5393, The School

Superintendency, and a change in course prefixes for several graduate education courses from the prefix EDUC to the prefix

EDAD. The motion made by Pat Dunham, Seconded by Connie Taylor was approved  unanimously. This was a motion to

recommend the new course and prefix changes to the Academic Council.

 

The fourth item of new business was to discuss a graduate policy that all regular Graduate Faculty be reviewed at five-year intervals by the Graduate Council. After some discussion, the Council reached a consensus that this evaluation should be conducted during the Spring 1996 semester. A draft for a regular Graduate Faculty membership evaluation was reviewed and discussed by the Council. In one part, it was suggested that the format be revised to state-- Summarize the following: (1) Professional development activities, (2) Attendance at professional meetings, taking additional courses, evaluation of instructional materials, developing and teaching a new course. Under the professional development section, it was suggested that membership in professional organizations and attendance at professional meetings be included. Part two would be continuing scholarly, scientific or creative production (publications and presentations). In addition, it was suggested that a summary of activities for the last five years only be requested and that a short listing giving specific documentation of the activities be attached.

The fifth item of business was to discuss the Graduate Colloquium, which had tentatively been scheduled for Spring 1996. As the Colloquium was discussed, it was pointed out that students should also be required to attend the presentations and that faculty be encouraged to be creative in their presentations for the Colloquium. It was recommended that the faculty be creative in terms of, perhaps, conducting debates or other scholarly activities. After discussion, a motion by Pat Dunham, seconded by Jack Testerman, was approved unanimously to reschedule the Colloquium for Spring 1997.

The sixth item of business was to examine a draft of some changes proposed for graduate faculty policies and nomination form. As statement 4, under Regular Graduate Faculty criteria, was examined, a motion by Sheila Barnes, seconded by Stephen Nolan, was approved unanimously to restate criterion 4 as "have taught a course in which students were enrolled for graduate credit as a member of the temporary graduate faculty, and". A motion was made to reword criterion 5. A motion by James Davidson, seconded by Pat Dunham, was approved unanimously to reverse the order of criterion 5. Criterion 6 was then discussed, and a motion by Connie Taylor, seconded by Jack Testerman, was approved unanimously to restate criterion 6 as "show evidence of professional development or continuing scholarly activity." As the Council examined Associate Graduate Faculty and Temporary Graduate Faculty, the consensus was to editorially change criterion 3, "under status of faculty to be consistent with that of regular graduate faculty." Finally, a statement was examined under Temporary Graduate Faculty. A motion by Pat Dunham, seconded by Robert Henderson, was approved unanimously to add a two sentence statement to clarify the current practice that faculty with a doctorate who join the SOSU faculty are eligible to be considered for regular graduate faculty after one semester as temporary graduate faculty. It was agreed that the nomination form should be changed to be more like the nomination form.

At this point, the council agreed to table all remaining items, and the meeting adjourned at 3:35 p.m.

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