Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) 2026/2027 Agendas and Minutes

Introduction

1. (1:30) Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (Dean Karpus) Link

Automatic Consent

2. (1:40) Automatic consent approvals (Dean Karpus)
   1. Minutes from May 15, 2026 Link
   2. Approval of the extension of active graduate faculty status for Psychology Professor Joseph Austerweil through August 23, 2026 Link

Approvals

3. (1:45) Request to suspend admissions to the MA in Business: Arts and Creative Enterprise Leadership effective fall 2027 (Daniel Bauer) Link
4. (1:50) Request to approve new degree Master of Science in Business: Marketing effective fall 2027 (Daniel Bauer) Link
5. (2:00) Request to suspend admissions effective spring 2028 and discontinue fall 2030 the ME in Engineering named option “Sustainable Systems Engineering” (Heather Smith) Link
6. (2:05) Request to suspend admissions to the MFA in Human Ecology named option “Design Studies” effective fall 2027 (Nancy Wong) Link

Program Review

7. (2:10) MA-Journalism and Mass Communication named options “Research” and “Professional” 10-year review (Sigan Hartley) Link
8. (2:30) MEng-Engineering named option "Polymer Engineering" and Capstone Certificate in Polymer Processing & Manufacturing 5-year review (Dudley Lamming) Link
9. (2:50) MS-Civil and Environmental Engineering named option "Professional" 5-year review (Carey McAndrews) Link