Graduate Council

2024-2025

• Suzanne Bowser, Chair
• Duane Aagard
• Kaela Hierholzer
• Joanna Trammel
• Quentin Rice
• Jay Bolin (ex officio)
• Imran Chowdry (ex officio)
• Sharon Sullivan (ex officio)

• Graduate council members will meet regularly to discuss and pre-approve changes in graduate program curriculum.

• All faculty seeking a change in any graduate course must submit the proposal to the committee chair by the Thursday before for consideration at the proceeding Tuesday committee meeting.

• For changes greater than 1-4 courses, changes must be submitted at least 1 week prior to the regularly scheduled Tuesday committee meeting.

• Faculty members who submitted the change will be notified by the day following the committee meeting of the status of their request. The status could be one of the following: still pending for further discussion among committee members, needs adjustments/clarification, declined, or approved.

• During this academic year, the Graduate Council will intentionally address and understand several aspects of the graduate program, including, but not limited to:
  • Recruitment and admissions
  • Marketing, including how Catawba College Graduate School can be more competitive
  • Graduate assistantships and the language surrounding these positions at Catawba College
  • Policies regarding graduate courses for current faculty

• The graduate committee will invite graduate program directors to provide feedback on several aspects of the information gathered.

From the proposed Graduate Committee Operating Guidelines:

1. The committee has the responsibility to approve and forward all revisions to existing graduate programs and new graduate courses and programs to the full faculty for final approval.
2. The committee is responsible for maintaining the Graduate Catalog. All changes to the catalog must be approved by the full faculty.
3. Current standing undergraduate committees shall oversee all other aspects of graduate programs that parallel similar and comparable responsibilities relative to undergraduate programs and coursework.

• Graduate Course Modification Request Form 
• Graduate Online Course Proposal Form 
• Graduate Program Modification Request Form

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