Graduate Policy Committee

The Graduate Policy Committee considers University-wide policies relating to graduate education. Members of this Committee shall be appointed by the Steering Committee, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for staggered three-year terms. Each college or school shall have one representative; the Colleges of Education, Business, and Social Sciences shall have one additional representative; and the College of Arts and Sciences shall have four additional representatives. The Vice President for Academic Affairs, or his or her designee, and the Dean of Graduate Studies, or his or her designee, shall be ex-officio members; and membership shall include two graduate student representatives from different colleges or schools appointed for a one-year term by the President of Student Government.

The Committee annually elects its chairperson from the faculty representatives. The Committee makes its recommendations to the Steering Committee, which will transmit the recommendations to the Senate for action.

Fall 2005 Meeting Dates
All meetings will be held at 3:35 in 201 WES

Monday, September 12, 2005
Monday, October 17, 2005
Monday, October 24, 2005
Monday, October 31, 2005
Monday, November 7, 2005 (Anthropology program review)
Monday, November 14, 2005 (Spanish/Portuguese program review)
Monday, November 21, 2005 (Italian/German/Slavic program review)
Monday, November 28, 2005 (French program review)
Monday, December 5, 2005

Members

2003-2006
Valliere Richard Auzenne, Film
Philip Froelich, Arts and Sciences
John Geringer, Music
Gary Kleck, Criminology
Leonard LaPointe, Communications
James Orcutt, Social Sciences
Srinivas Palanki, Engineering
Lee Stepina, Business

2004-2007
Joseph Dodge, Law
Kathleen Erndl, Arts and Sciences
Jeanne Heitmeyer, Human Sciences
Dave Humphrey, Business
David Johnson, Arts and Sciences
Susan Lynn, Education
Colleen Muscha, Visual Arts and Dance
Bruce Stiftel/Ike Eberstein, Social Sciences

2005-2008
George Bates, Arts and Sciences, Chair
Bettye Anne Case, Arts and Sciences
Wendy Crook, Social Work
Eliza Dresang, Information
Peter Easton, Education
Randy Rill, Medicine
Linda Sullivan, Nursing

Ex Officio
Vice President of Academic Affairs or designee; Dean of Graduate Studies or designee; and 2 graduate students from different colleges/schools appointed annually by the President of student government