Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) 2024-2025 Agendas & Minutes

The current academic year's Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) agendas, minutes, and supporting documents can be found here.

Meeting Information

Graduate Faculty Executive Committee

Friday, December 13, 2024

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 November 8, 2024 Link
    2. Three-year check-in from the OTD in Occupational Therapy named option “Entry Level” Link
    3. Three-year check-in from the MS in Educational Psychology named option “Learning Analytics” Link
    4. Three-year check-in from the EdS in School Psychology Link
    5. Three-year check-in from the MS in Information named options “Online Program” and “Campus Program” Link
    6. Three-year check-in from the MBA in Business: General Management named option “Professional MBA” Link
    7. Three-year check-in from the DNP in Nursing Practice named option “Population Health Nursing” Link
    8. Three-year check-in from the DNP in Nursing Practice named option “Systems Leadership and Innovation” Link

Approvals

    2.   (1:35) Request to approve the new degree Master of Science in Learning Analytics effective fall 2025

                    (Jenny Asmus and David Williamson Shaffer) Link

    3.   (1:45) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2025 and discontinue effective fall 2027 the MS in

                     Educational Psychology named option “Learning Analytics” (Jenny Asmus and

                     David Williamson Shaffer) Link

    4.   (1:50) Request to substantially redirect the OTD in Occupational Therapy effective fall 2025

                    (Sharon Gartland) Link

    5.   (2:00) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2025 and discontinue effective fall 2026 the OTD in

                    Occupational Therapy named option “Entry-Level” (Sharon Gartland) Link

    6.   (2:05) Request to approve the new degree PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology effective fall 2025

                    (Sean Schoville) Link

    7.   (2:15) Request to approve the new degree Master of Science in Plant Science and Technology

                     effective fall 2025 (Jeff Endelman & Megan Ackerman-Yost) Link

    8.   (2:20) Request to approve the new degree PhD in Plant Science and Technology effective fall 2025

                    (Jeff Endelman & Megan Ackerman-Yost) Link

    9.   (2:25) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2029 the MS in

                    Agronomy (Jeff Endelman & Megan Ackerman-Yost) Link

    10. (2:26) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2032 the PhD in

                    Agronomy (Jeff Endelman & Megan Ackerman-Yost) Link

    11. (2:27) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2029 the MS in

                    Horticulture (Jeff Endelman & Megan Ackerman-Yost) Link

    12. (2:28) Request to suspend admissions effective fall 2026 and discontinue effective fall 2032 the PhD in

                    Horticulture (Jeff Endelman & Megan Ackerman-Yost) Link

Program Review Response

    13. (2:30) Biochemistry MS/PhD/Doctoral Minor 10-year response (Marcy Carlson) Link

Program Review

    14. (2:35) Nutrition and Metabolism MS/PhD 10-year review (Beth Meyerand) Link

    15. (2:55) MS in Bacteriology and Microbiology MS/PhD/Doctoral Minor 10-year review

                    (Manish Patankar) Link

Discussion

    16. (3:15) Graduate School Communication Channels (newsletters, DGS emails, outreach to faculty, etc.)

                    (Dean Karpus)

2024/2025 Meetings

September 13, 2024

Agenda/Supporting Materials

Minutes

October 11, 2024

Agenda/Supporting Materials

Minutes

November 8, 2024

Agenda/Supporting Materials

Minutes

December 13, 2024

Agenda/Supporting Materials

January 10, 2025

February 14, 2025

March 14, 2025

April 11, 2025

May 2, 2025

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).



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