Meeting Information

Graduate Faculty Executive Committee

Friday, November 14, 2025

Time: 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Location: 52 Bascom Hall 

AGENDA

Automatic Consent 

1. (1:30) Automatic consent approvals (Dean Karpus)
   1. Minutes from October 10, 2025 Link
   2. Three-year check-in from the Master of Science in Statistics named option “Applied Statistics” Link
   3. Three-year check-in from the Master of Science in Psychology named option “Data Science in Human Behavior” Link
   4. Three-year check-in from the Capstone Certificate in Applied Engineering Management Link
   5. Three-year check-in from the MS/PhD in School Psychology Link
   6. Approval of the extension of active Graduate Faculty status for Sociology Professor Emerita Pamela Oliver through May 31, 2027 Link

Approvals

2. (1:35) Request to approve Notice of Intent for new degree PhD in Wisconsin Idea Executive Program (Barb Sramek) Link
3. (1:45) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2027 the graduate/professional Certificate in Bilingual Psychological Services:      Esperanza (Percival Matthews) Link

Program Review Response

  4.   (1:55) Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences MS named option "Research Program"/PhD/Doctoral Minor 10-year response (Beth Meyerand) Link

  5.   (2:00) Spanish MA/PhD/Doctoral Minor, Portuguese & Spanish MA/PhD, and Portuguese Doctoral Minor 10-year response (Beth Meyerand) Link

  6.   (2:05) Materials Science and Engineering MS named option “Materials Engineering” 5-year response (Beth Meyerand) Link

2025/2026 Meetings

GFEC meetings typically occur on the second Friday of the month from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. To be included on the GFEC agenda, all final item materials must be submitted three weeks before the meeting date. Contact Assistant Dean, Jenna Alsteen (jenna.alsteen@wisc.edu) for questions.

Further information on previous years' meeting schedules, agendas, and minutes are available in the Graduate School KnowledgeBase (KB).