
Graduate Council Meeting Dates
Council meeting time will be 2:00 - 3:30 pm. (Generally the third Friday of the month).
September 16, 2011
Gilham Park Room
October 21, 2011
Gilham Park Room
November 18, 2011
Gilham Park Room
December 2011
No meeting in December--Graduate Council members are encouraged to attend the midyear Commencement
January 20, 2012
Gilham Park Room
February 24, 2012
Gilham Park Room
March 16, 2012
Gilham Park Room
April 20, 2012
Gilham Park Room
Graduate Council
The Graduate Council is the policy making body for graduate studies at the campus level. The Council is a representative body composed of full-time regular graduate or doctoral faculty members (one each) elected by each school offering graduate programs and one representative from the UMKC library. The College of Arts and Sciences elects three members, one from each of the following divisions: natural and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Members serve three (3) year terms. In addition, the Chancellor appoints five members; one from each of the following areas of research endeavor: Physical, Mathematical, and Computer Sciences; Biological and Chemical Sciences; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Humanities and Arts; and Administrative and Information Sciences. The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies serves as chair of the Council.
The Graduate Council speaks for faculty on issues related to all graduate programs except the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program. The Graduate Council consults with the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Executive Committee about areas in which the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. intersects with other graduate programs.
Graduate Council Responsibilities:
• Confirms academic unit-specific criteria for membership in the UM Doctoral Faculty and UMKC Graduate Faculty.
• Upon the recommendation of the academic units, appoints and reappoints Graduate Professorships and recommends members for the Doctoral Faculty.
• Monitors the quality of graduate programs other than the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program using periodic reviews based on reports from existing bodies, councils or committees.
• Recommends new graduate programs and graduate program reduction/termination.
• Reviews such other policy matters as are referred to it, for example, major curriculum changes.
2011-2012 Graduate Council
Graduate Council Members
Academic Unit |
Term Expires |
Faculty/Divisional Representative |
Phone |
A&S Humanities |
2013 |
Laurie Ellinghausen |
6032 |
A&S Sciences |
2012 |
Jejung Lee(Geosciences) |
6495 |
A&S Social Sciences |
2014 |
Shannon Jackson (Sociology) |
2517 |
Conservatory of Music |
2014 |
Lindsey Williams |
2354 |
School Computing & Engineering |
2013 |
Trent Guess |
1252 |
School of Biological Sciences |
2012 |
Edward Gogol |
2584 |
School of Business and Public Administration |
2014 |
Larry Garrison |
2825 |
School of Dentistry |
2012 |
Mary Walker |
2825 |
School of Education |
2014 |
Sue Vartuli |
2470 |
School of Law |
|
Jeff Thomas |
2378 |
School of Nursing |
2012 |
An-Lin Cheng |
6353 |
School of Pharmacy |
2014 |
Jianping Wang |
6440 |
School of Medicine |
2012 |
Julie Banderas |
5249 |
Graduate Council Members At-Large
Academic Unit |
Term Expires |
Faculty/Divisional Representative |
Phone |
Physical/Mathematical Science |
2013 |
Hristo Voulov (Mathematics) |
2851 |
Biological/Chemical Science |
2012 |
Hari Bhat (Pharmacology) |
5903 |
Social/Behaviorial Science |
2012 |
Lisa Terre (Psychology) |
5384 |
Humanities/Arts |
2014 |
Barry Anderson |
2988 |
Administrative/Info. Science |
201r |
Roger Pick |
2336 |
Graduate Council Ex-Officio Members
Academic Unit |
Term Expires |
Faculty/Divisional Representative |
Phone |
Dean, School of Graduate Studies |
|
Ronald A. MacQuarrie (Chair) |
1301 |
Administrative Liaison |
|
Nancy Hoover |
1731 |
Graduate Council Subcommittees
Humanities |
Social Science |
Natural Science |
|
Barry Anderson |
Larry Garrison |
Julie Banderas |