Graduate Council

Mission

• providing rules and procedures for the effective administration and application of faculty policies and regulations
• recommending changes in, or additions to, the policies and major regulations of the Graduate School
• providing for the maintenance of high standards of graduate instruction
• considering all proposals for changes in courses carrying graduate credit and to present its recommendations to the Committee on Courses
• participating in decennial Program Review

Membership and Reporting

Membership of the Graduate Council is fixed at 14 voting members, consisting of 12 elected teaching faculty at the rank of assistant professor or above and 2 students plus the Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (ex-officio, non-voting).  Of the 12 teaching faculty, 6 shall be from the College of Arts and Sciences representing the Humanities (2), the Social Sciences (2), and the Natural Sciences (2), but no two shall be from the same CAS department; 1 from each of the professional schools/colleges which include the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, the Lundquist College of Business, the College of Education, the School of Journalism and Communication, the School of Music, and 1 at large representative from any of the professional schools/colleges. 

The elected faculty members of the Graduate Council come from departments that have graduate major programs leading to the graduate degree and are conducted under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School.  One student must be from a program leading to a master's degree and one must be from a graduate program leading to a doctoral degree.  Faculty members are elected for 3-year terms.  The Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School are empowered to appoint other ex-officio, non-voting members to represent important constituencies of graduate students and faculty as needed.

The Graduate Council reports to the University Senate.

Members of the 2012-13 Graduate Council

2012-13 Meeting Dates

Meeting Minutes

2010-11 Meeting Minutes

• October 2010
• November 2010
• January 2011
• February 2011
• March 2011
• April 2011
• May 2011

2009-10 Meeting Minutes

• October 2009
• November 2009
• January 2010
• February 2010
• March 2010
• April 2010
• May 2010

Minutes from previous years are archived and available in the Graduate School.  Please contact us for more information.