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UCPC Minutes

August 15, 2013

UpChurch Conference Room — Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT

Voting: Professors T. P. Cronan, A. J. Dowdle, V.H. Hunt, T. Martin, A. O’Leary-Kelly, T.G. Shields, F. Spiegel, Ms. M.M. Hui, Ms. J.L Bailey

Non-Voting: Professor P.R. Koski

MEMBERS ABSENT

Voting: Professors M.S. Bradley, K. Collins, P.M. Hewitt, J.T. Scott, P.R. Selvam, J.D. Wiersma

Non-Voting: Professors C.H. Adams, J. Ganson, Ms. Harwood-Rom, M.T. Miller, and L.J. Robertson

GUESTS: Professors R. Mains, S. Morris, Ms. L. Mosesso and W. Warnock

SECRETARY: Ms. T. M. Fisher


The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by Chair Patricia Koski
  1. Minutes for the June 20, 2013, Graduate Council meeting stand approved, as no changes were suggested. (The minutes of the Graduate Council may be found at http://grad.uark.edu/dean/gradcouncil/minutes/).
  2. Announcements:
    1. Professor Koski reported that, since our last meeting, the Academic Appeals Committee has heard one appeal case. Also, the materials for the August grievance case have not been received. However there may still be an appeal, so the Grievance Committee needs to keep the meeting on their schedule. The committee will be notified next week whether the meeting will be canceled.
    2. Professor Koski reported that the Graduate School and International Education has officially moved into Ozark Hall.
    3. Professor Koski reported that the Graduate Student Orientation will be next Wednesday, August 21st. She also thanked Dawn Farver for insuring that the Orientation would be successful. The Teaching Assistant Orientation will be held on Monday, August 19th.
  3. Old Business:
    1. Professors R. Mains and S. Morris presented a proposal to add a new concentration (Collaborative Music) to the M.M. degree (MUSCMM) (Attachment A and Attachment B). Following discussion, this proposal was approved and will go to the Faculty Senate in September and then to the Board of Trustees and Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
  4. New Business:
    1. Professor T. Martin presented a proposal to eliminate the accelerated option for admission into the Master of Science in Environmental Engineering (ENEGMS) program (Attachment C). Following discussion, the proposal was approved and will go to the Faculty Senate in September. No off-campus approval is required.
    2. Ms. L. Mosesso presented a proposal from the EASL (English as a Second Language) Committee to modify language requirements for international graduate students (Attachment D) and international teaching assistants (Attachment E). Following discussion, the proposal was approved and will become effective for the Fall 2014 semester.
  5. There were no graduate course changes considered.
  6. The graduate faculty recommendations contained in Attachment F were approved with the provisional addition of Ashley Douglas (Graduate School waiting on correct form).
  7. Professor Koski requested that the Council think about allowing staff with appropriate degrees and evidence of proficiency to be treated the same as faculty in order to determine the appropriate classification grouping. This item will be on the September agenda.

There being no other business, the Council adjourned at 2:36 p.m.