GRADUATE COUNCIL
Minutes
5 October 2000The Graduate Council met on this date in the Achurch Room of Capers Hall. Members in attendance were Dr. David Allen, Dr. Michael Barrett, Dr. Mark Bebensee, Dr. John Brown, Carla DeMille, Dr. Harry Carter, Dr. John Carter, Dr. Al Finch, Pat Ezell, Dr. Angela LeClercq, Dr. Dan Ouzts, Dr. Robert Steed and Dr. Tom Thompson.
The minutes of the 14 September Council meeting were approved as distributed.
Pat Ezell asked for Council's recommendation on nominating students in the College of Graduate and Professional Studies to be candidates for the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. It was determined the College should continue to solicit nominations for Who's Who. Letters asking for nominations will go out next week to academic department heads and program coordinators.
Pat Ezell also asked the sponsors of academic honor societies open to students in the College of Graduate and Professional Studies to provide a her a brief description of the society and the requirements for membership. This will be included in the next CGPS catalog and in the Newsletter.
The Council briefly discussed the current "Open House" that has been conducted for prospective students in the CGPS. After some discussion as to the most effective time of year, and the best day, it was agreed that in the future three separate "Information Gathering Sessions" will be held. One will be held for the MBA program, one for graduate education to include the MAE programs, and one for the three joint degree programs. Pat Ezell will coordinate the "Information Gathering Sessions" with the program coordinators of these three areas.
Dr. Carter confirmed that for the year 2001 Maymester and summer sessions will operate on the following schedule.
Maymester May 14 - June 1
Summer I Day June 4 - July 6
Summer I Evening May 14 - June 28
Summer II Day July 9 - August 10
Summer II Evening July 2 - August 16We are going to look at the year 2001-2002 and see if a more efficient schedule might not be adopted.
Dr. Carter reported that members from the Commission on Higher Education would be on campus for the Mathematics and Computer Science program review, and that we hope to receive approval for the joint Master of Science in Computer and Information Science program.
Dr. Carter gave a brief report on the status of the proposed Graduate Center in the Charleston area. The Citadel is to elect two members from the Board of Visitors
to serve on the Graduate Center Board. This is an action item for the Board of Visitors meeting which will be held the week of October 10.
Dr. Carter indicated that Institutional Review Boards (IRB), grant proposals, and contracts will follow the normal procedure for approval. He will be signing off on each of these. If there is a question on use of human subjects, he will contact the initiator.
Dr. Finch raised a question concerning the closing of the Summerall and Hagood gates at 7:00p.m. each evening. He had complaints from some students in CGPS who took offense to the closing. Dr. Finch indicated this was an inconvenience to the students and an example of a lack of consideration for CGPS students. Dr. Carter reported the reasons given for closing the gates were 1) cadets were using these gates for unauthorized leave and 2) to eliminate unauthorized people from coming on campus in the evening. Dr. Carter agreed to ask two questions in an attempt to get this policy changed. He will ask 1) can the policy be changed and 2) do we need to conduct a poll to determine how students feel about the closing of the gates. If we can change the policy and need to conduct a poll of the students in CGPS, the CGPS Newsletter might be a means for conducting the poll.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully,
Pat Ezell