Minutes
Commission on Graduate Studies & Policies January 19, 2000
206 Sandy Hall


Present:	Dr. Julia Beamish, Dr. Greg Amacher, Dr. Annette Burr, Mr.
John Cosgriff, Dr. Ron Daniel, Dr. Klaus Elgert, Dr. Peter W. Graham,
Dr. Eileen Hitchingham, Dr. Martha Johnson, Dr. Virginia Maxwell, Dr.
Malcolm McPherson, Dr. Doug Strickland, Mr. Hunter Pittman, Dr. Richard
Veilleux, Dr. Mike Vorster, Mr. Chris Heine, Mr. Tom Ochinero and Dr.
Len Peters

Absent with Notification: Dr. Kent Nakamoto, Dr. John Eaton, Ms. Erin
Hanley and Ms. Barbara Fraticelli

Absent without Notice: Ms. Ellie Sturgis, Ms. Kathryn Young, Mr. Surya
Vakkalanka and Ms. Christina Coukos

Invited Guests: Dr. Martha Johnson, Mr. Marvin Foushee, Dr. Roger Avery,
Ms. Angie Webb and Ms. Angela Duncan

Dr. Julia Beamish, Chair, called the meeting to order. 

Announcements-Future joint meeting of Commission on Research on January
26, 3:30-5:00.

Dr. Peters stated that the meeting is related to policies that are being
discussed and developed relative to faculty owned businesses.
Appropriate approval, guidelines and procedures to assist both, the
faculty person and administrators relative as to what are the important
issues and how to maintain a relationship with an external organization
that is free of conflicts. The meeting on the 26th is a joint meeting of
the Commissions on Graduate Studies and Policies, Research, Faculty
Affairs, and Administrative and Professional Faculty Affairs. The
Commission on Research will be the commission that will be given the
responsibility for taking the first crack at it but we want the other
three commissions to take a serious look at it as well. Lori Coble is
the coordinator and has the package that needs to be circulated before
the meeting. They consulted with Pat Hyer on the most efficient way of
considering this document and making sure it went through the governance
system.

Approval of the agenda - Approved.

Approval of minutes of November 17, 1999 - Approved. 


Committee Reports:
Graduate Curriculum Committee-No report was given at this time because
the minutes of the last meeting were not sent to Dr. Maxwell. A report
will be given at the next meeting.

Graduate Student Appeals-No activity to report at this time.

Graduate Student Relations-No activity to report at this time.


Ad Hoc ETD Advisory Committee-Dr. Roger Avery pointed out the changes
that are proposed:
-Under Student and Committee Agreement, numbers 3 and 4 are to be
transposed.
-Under Review and Acceptance, there is a re-wording. Dr. Eaton will
address these changes at the next meeting.

DRSCAP-No activity to report at this time. 

Other Reports:
Graduate Student Assembly-The next GSA meeting will be January 27 at
5:30 in the Squires. The applications for the Graduate Research and
Development Program and the Travel Fund Program were due December 13 and
they have received approximately 20 applications in each category. They
are currently being reviewed and hope to make the awards by the
beginning of February. The Research Symposium will be held on March 27
in the Commonwealth Ballroom at Squires. All applications for the
Research Symposium must be received before March 10. Applications can be
found on the web under GSA.

Graduate Honor System- Mrs. Angie Webb reported that Ms. Barbara
Fraticelli sent her regards. Barbara has had surgery on her ankle and
she cannot attend. She reports that 6 cases came in at the end of the
fall semester and they are currently working on all of them.

University Library Committee-The Library Committee has met once since
this group's last meeting and Dr. Meszaros was invited by the University
Library Committee to meet with them in regard to the Library being moved
to the Academic Affairs Office and also in regards to the letter that
the University Library Committee had sent to both the Provost and
President last spring indicating a concern with overall funding of
serials acquisitions in the university libraries. Dr. Meszaros mentioned
that for the first time, the library budget has gone forward to the
Governor as a separate line item asking for special funding for the
University Library -- $2.1 million. Committee will share any future
developments as the legislative process continues.

Doug Strickland commented that David Beagle in the library has produced,
for extended campus users, an access to the library manual. Strickland
reports it is a nice contribution to the support of students in extended
campus settings.


Old Business- None reported.

Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 3:49 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:
John L. Eaton, Associate Provost for Graduate Studies