Meeting Information

Graduate Faculty Executive Committee

Friday, May 2, 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 April 11, 2025 Link
   2.  Approval of the extension of active Graduate Faculty status for French & Italian Professor Emerita Martine Debaisieux through September 30, 2025 Link
   3. Approval of the extension of active Graduate Faculty status for French & Italian Professor Emeritus Richard Goodkin through May 31, 2027 Link

Approvals

2. (1:35) Request to approve the new degree Master of Science in Quantum Computing effective fall 2026 (Katerina Moloni and Deniz Yavuz) Link
3. (1:45) Request to approve the Notice of Intent for new degree Doctor of Audiology (Margarita (Rita) Kaushanskaya) Link
4. (1:55) Request to change the name of the doctoral minor from Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies to Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies effective fall 2026 (Theresa Delgadillo) Link
5. (2:00) Request to suspend admissions effective spring 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2029 the Master of Social work named option “Part Time” (Russ Portier & Angela Willits) Link
6. (2:05) Request to suspend admissions effective spring 2028 and discontinue effective fall 2029 the Master of Social Work Advanced Standing named option “Part Time”  (Russ Portier & Angela Willits) Link
7. (2:10) Request to suspend admissions and discontinue the doctoral minor in Social Welfare effective fall 2025 (Tova Walsh) Link
8. (2:15) Request to discontinue the Capstone Certificate in Consumer Health Advocacy effective fall 2025 (Sachin Gupte) Link

Program Review Response

9. (2:20) Nutrition and Metabolism MS/PhD 10-year response (Marcy Carlson) Link
10. (2:25) School of Human Ecology 10-year response (Beth Meyerand) Link

Program Review

   11.  (2:30) Philosophy MA/PhD/Doctoral Minor 10-year review (Morgan Robertson) Link

   12.  (2:50) Mead Witter School of Music Accreditation Review for Graduate Programs (Marcy Carlson) Link

   13.  (3:10) Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis MS named option "Wisconsin Idea Principal

           Preparation" 5-year review (Carey McAndrews) Link

2024/2025 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).