Meeting Information

Graduate Faculty Executive Committee

Friday, September 12, 2025

Time: 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Location: 52 Bascom Hall 

AGENDA

Introduction (Dean Karpus)

Automatic Consent 

1. (1:35) Automatic consent approvals (Dean Karpus)
   1. Minutes from May 2, 2025 Link
   2. Approval of the extension of active Graduate Faculty status for Sociology Professor Emerita Jenna Nobles through January 31, 2027 Link
   3. Approval of the extension of active Graduate Faculty status for Social Work Professor Emerita Tracy Schroepfer through December 31, 2025 Link
   4. Approval of the extension of active Graduate Faculty status for Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis Professor Emeritus Clif Conrad through August 31, 2026 Link

Approvals

2. (1:40) Request to approve new degree Master of Science in Applied and Computational Mathematics effective fall 2026. (Sebastien Roch and Jean-Luc Thiffeault) Link
3. (1:50) Request to suspend admissions effective spring 2027 and discontinue effective fall 2027 the Capstone Certificate in Powertrain Electrification. (Heather Smith) Link
4. (1:55) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2029 the Master of Science in Physics named option “Quantum Computing”. (Katerina Moloni and Alice Kwok) Link
5. (2:00) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2028 the Master of Arts in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies named option “Classics”. (Alex Dressler and Andrew Bartsch) Link
6. (2:03) Request to substantially redirect the Master of Arts in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies effective fall 2026. (Alex Dressler and Andrew Bartsch) Link
7. (2:05) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2031 the PhD in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies named option “Classics”. (Alex Dressler and Andrew Bartsch) Link
8. (2:08) Request to substantially redirect the PhD in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies effective fall 2026. (Alex Dressler and Andrew Bartsch) Link

Program Review Response

9. (2:10) Bacteriology MS & Microbiology MS/PhD/Doctoral Minor 10-year response (Marcy Carlson) Link
10. (2:15) Chemical Engineering MS/PhD/Doctoral Minor 10-year response (Beth Meyerand) Link
11. (2:20) Biomedical Data Science PhD 5-year response (Marcy Carlson) Link

Program Review

12. (2:25) MS-Biomedical Engineering named options "Accelerated Program" & "Biomedical Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship" 5-year review (Kevin Black) Link
13. (2:45) African American Studies MA/Doctoral Minor 10-year review (Emily Fletcher) Link

Discussion

  14. (3:05) Revisions to Faculty Policies & Procedures 3.06 and 3.07 (Dean Karpus) 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).