Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) 2025/2026 Agendas and Minutes

Meeting Information

Graduate Faculty Executive Committee

Friday, February 13, 2026

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 January 9, 2026 Link
   2. Request to change the departmental home of the Clinical Nutrition MS/Capstone Certificate from Nutritional Sciences to Food and Nutritional Sciences effective fall 2026  (Brad Bolling) Link, Link
   3. Request to change the departmental home of the Nutrition and Metabolism MS/PhD from Nutritional Sciences to Food and Nutritional Sciences effective fall 2026  (Brad Bolling) Link, Link
   4. Request to change the departmental home of the Food Science MS/PhD from Food Science to Food and Nutritional Sciences effective fall 2026  (Brad Bolling) Link, Link

Approvals

2. (1:35) Changes to policy UW-1241, Graduate School: Minimum Requirements for Admissions (Dean Karpus) Link

Program Review

3. (1:45) Art History MA/PhD/Doctoral Minor 10-year review (Samuel England) Link
4. (2:05) Geological Engineering MS/PhD/Doctoral Minor 10-year review (Tullia Dymarz) 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).