UMGSB GRADUATE COUNCIL

MINUTES

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Led by: UMBC

Administration Building, Room 611

In Attendance: Morgan Bunting, Deanna Cerquetti, Shirl Curtis, Robert Deluty, Renty Franklin, Erin Golembewski, Vandana Janeja, Anita Komlodi, Nancy Miller, lisa Morgan, Ana Oskoz, Chintan Patel, Todd Pittman, Sarah Tom, Matthew Trudeau

Welcome

Approval of Minutes from Council Meeting held on May 5, 2016

  • A motion was made to accept the minutes as submitted. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.

Announcements/plans/issues UMB

  • Krista Peters is no longer with UMB. Her replacement—Terry Bremer from Hopkins will start in November.

Announcements/plans/issues UMBC

  • None

GSA Reports

UMB

  • The GSA budget is finalized.
  • A new professional development award is being offered to attend workshops, conferences, etc.

UMBC

  • The GSA budget is finalized.
  • In the process of getting graduate school organizations registered.

Committee Reports

Long Range Planning and New Programs

  • Master of Professional Studies: Technical Management Track – Tom Moore

The new program proposed by the College of Engineering and Information Technology is targeted at technical professionals who are new to leadership positions, and who want to learn how to effectively lead technical teams without the need for additional graduate education in a technical discipline.

  • The committee recommends approval of this proposal.
  • PBC STEM Education Leadership – Susan Blunk and Tracey Irish

UMBC proposes to create a new PBC within the Master of Arts in Education to meet the need for STEM leadership in pre K-grade 6. The new certificate is designed to allow teachers to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to become STEM leaders within their schools.

  • The committee recommends approval of this proposal.
  • PBC in Integrated Product Development and Manufacturing – Neil Rothman and Allison Jones

The UMBC Mechanical Engineering Department in partnership with the Division of Professional Studies proposes a PBC program to provide practicing engineers with technical expertise in key aspects of product realization, with a focus on product development while considering organizational, logistical and technical requirements of current manufacturing processes and methods

  • The committee recommends approval of this proposal.

A motion was made to accept the committee’s recommendations for the above-mentioned proposals. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously.

Program Review

  • Systems Engineering
  • The Program Review Committee found that the Dean’s Response Letter and the post-APR report were responsive to the External Reviewer’s recommendations and positively responded and agreed to make changes proposed by the External Reviewer. However, there was no response to the external review’s comment on the program’s structure not being conducive to research.

The committee recommends approval with the expectation that a response to the comment will be received in writing. A motion was made to accept the committee’s recommendation. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously.

Graduate Faculty

The following was recommended by the committee and approved by the Graduate Council.

UMB

  • Amanda Oglesby-Sherrouse, Pharmaceutical Sciences – Regular
  • Sarah Michael, Pharmaceutical Sciences – Regular
  • Joanne Dorgan, Epidemiology and Public Health – Regular
  • Ronna Hertzano – Regular
  • Alexandre E. Medianna de Jesu, Pediatrics – Regular

UMBC

  • Amy Bhatt, Gender and Women’s Studies – Regular
  • Loren Henderson, Sociology – Regular
  • Erin Lavik, CBEE – Regular
  • Morgan Rose, Economics – Associate
  • Lauren Hamilton Edwards, School of Public Policy – Regular

New Courses

The following new courses were recommended for approval:

UMBC

- PSYC 662: Verbal Behavior / - PSYC 663: Ethics for Behavior Analysis
- BTEC 682: Drug Discovery to Market / - ENMG 680: International Project Management
- ENMG 693: Management Project / - HIST 618: The American House
-ENME 615: Product Development

Old Business

N/A

New Business

N/A

Next Meeting

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Teleconference

Led by: UMB