South Dakota State Univ.Graduate Faculty Annual Meeting

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South Dakota State Univ. Graduate Faculty Annual Meeting 16 October 2014

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South Dakota State Univ.Graduate Faculty Annual Meeting

16 October 2014

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Agenda Graduate School Staff Approval of the Minutes Fall 2014 Enrollments Graduate Programs for Approval this AY Policy Discussion Policy for Action by Graduate Council Policy Recently Approved Policy Currently in Draft Items from the floor

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Graduate School Staff Dean, Graduate School K. Doerner Asst. to Dean N. Lounsbery Grad Services M. Ochsner Admissions Processor A. Gerlach Sen. Sec. R. McDaniel Grad Admis /Recruiter K. Johnson

Currently on Maternity Leave Address Admissions Questions to Nicole Lounsbery

130 Admin Bldg 688-4181 [email protected]

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Fall 2014 Graduate School Enrollment

Row Labels Sum of 2012 Sum of 2013 Sum of 2014A&S 224 220 234ABS 296 333 349EHS 351 332 307ENG 227 262 307GRAD 42 78 51NUR 190 181 207PHARM 21 21 21Grand Total 1351 1427 1476

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Fall 2014 Graduate School Enrollment

Sum of 2014 Column Labels Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4

Row Labels Certificates Master'sNon-Degree Ph.D.

Grand Total

A&S 146 88 234

ABS 2 231 116 349

EHS 1 293 13 307

ENG 254 53 307

GRAD 51 51

NUR 1 66 140 207

PHARM 21 21

Grand Total 4 990 51 431 1476

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Change in Graduate School Practice! Students seeking Certificates should apply for

the certificate program Use the Graduate School online application No app fee is applied (if in degree program) Programs will begin to review this applications Must apply for Certificate ‘graduation’

separately from degree graduation Goal

Improve student service Improve accuracy of student records

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Graduate Intent to Plan and Program Proposals M.S. Agricultural Education

EHS, Dr. Scott Smalley I2P approved Spring 2014 Program review at BOR in December Fall 2015

M.Ed. Education Leadership & Principal Preparation EHS and others –BHSU, NSU, USD Program approved through SDSU Summer 2015

M.S. Industrial/ Organizational Psychology A&S I2P review at BOR in December

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Graduate Council Discussion Items Graduate Assistants and Fellows

Guidelines developed into Policy Fair Labor Standards Act Affordable Care Act

With oversight by BOR Office Staff Ongoing

Presentation for detailed description Resolution:

Request for staff member to be in-house Intl Transcript Evaluator

Will be presented to UBOC with GS Annual Report

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Recently Approved  Policy: Change of Grade for -798 and -898

course Allows for I, NP, IP, NR to be changed to S without

faculty approval provided thesis/dissertation is deposited and all examinations satisfactorily completed.

U ‘unsatisfactory’ grade must be change by standard process

Policy: Graduate Faculty Policy:

Graduate Student Advisory Committee

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Policy in Development Graduate Credit Requirements

Dual credit use among degrees and certificates Added flexibility to option B and C master’s programs. Establish minimum core course requirements for

degrees and certificates

Volunteers Articulate rules for volunteer activity What can ‘GAs’ volunteer for?

How does a GRA get ‘teaching experience’? Approval process established M. Serrett and T. Greene

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Items from the Floor

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Adjourment