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Graduate Council Meeting Dates

Council meeting time will be 2:00 - 3:30 pm. (Generally the third Friday of the month).

September 19, 2008

Brookside Room

October 17, 2008

Brookside Room

November 21, 2008

Brookside Room

December 2008

No meeting in December--Graduate Council members are encouraged to attend the midyear Commencement

January 23, 2009

Brookside Room

February 20, 2009

Brookside Room

March 20, 2009

Brookside Room

April 17, 2009

Brookside 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.

2008-2009 Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

Graduate Council Members

Academic Unit

Term Expires

Faculty/Divisional Representative

Phone

A&S Humanities

2010

 

 

A&S Sciences

2009

Andrew Holder (Chemistry)

2293

A&S Social Sciences

2008

Mathew Forstater (Economics)

5862

Conservatory of Music

2011

Lindsey Williams

2354

School Computing & Engineering

2010

 

 

School of Biological Sciences

2009

Edward Gogol

2584

School of Business and Public Administration

2010

Qing Cao

6242

School of Dentistry

2009

Mary Walker

2825

School of Education

2009

Louis Odom

2468

School of Law

 

Jeff Thomas

2378

School of Nursing

2009

Jennifer Hunter

5960

School of Pharmacy

2008

Chi Lee

2408

School of Medicine

2009

Nilofer Qureshi

1056


 

Graduate Council Members At-Large

Academic Unit

Term Expires

Faculty/Divisional Representative

Phone

Physical/Mathematical Science

2010

Bryan Becker
(Mechanical Engineering)

1255

Biological/Chemical Science

2009

Simon Friedman
(Pharmaceutical Science)

2224

Social/Behaviorial Science

2009

Kenneth Novak (Sociology)

1599

Humanities/Arts

2010

Olga Ackerly

2859

Administrative/Info. Science

2011

Sue Varuli
(School of Education)

2470


 

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

Lindsey Williams
Olga Ackerly

Qing Cao
Mathew Forstater
Ken Novak
Louis Odom
Jeff Thomas
Sue Varuli

Bryan Becker
Simon Friedman
Edward Gogol
Andrew Holder
Chi Lee
Jennifer Hunter
Nilofer Qureshi
Mary Walker


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