Attendance: Abraham, Klatsky, King, Perdiguero, Silky, Smith, Vanouse  

1. Election of Chair:  Don Vanouse agreed to serve as Chair for the 2005-06 year.
2. Minutes of May 6, 2005:  The minutes were approved as written.
3. Dean’s Report: Dr. King updated the Council on the following items:
   • Graduate View Book. This is in the final stages of approval.  It is hoped that it will be available for distribution for the area colleges’ graduate fairs.
   • Marketing Plan.  The Graduate Studies Office is working with various offices on campus to develop strategies for “getting the word out” on radio, TV, mail and the internet through gradschools.com.
   • Representatives from the Graduate Studies Office are scheduled to attend about a dozen graduate fairs in central NYS.
   • The MAT math is currently being revised according to the suggestions of the outside review team.
   • The MAT English is still awaiting approval of membership for an outside team.  Representatives from C&I and English will meet soon to discuss this.
   • The College is still considering 5-year combined degree programs, professional masters programs and certificate programs as graduate studies is viewed as the primary area for growth.
4. Old Business.
   1. The Technology Education Courses were distributed for approval in May.  However, since there was no one present from the Technology Department to present them, the council members agreed it would be best to table them until someone was present to provide information about the courses.
   2. Registration Issues: 9semester hour limit for non-degree students unless permission is given by the department to take more.  After discussion, the Council passed a policy on Non-Degree Students and Course Registration. It is as follows: 

An automatic block will be instituted on all non-degree graduate students trying to register for more than a cumulative total of 9 semester hours of graduate coursework.  The individual departments have the power to override that block and give permission to allow individual students to register for more than 9 semester hours by submitting a request for approval to the graduate dean.  This should be done for students only under exceptional circumstances (not just for financial aid).  A student taking courses for professional growth and not taking courses to apply to a graduate program will not be restricted to 9sh limit.  This will be monitored by the completion of a non-degree from with a statement signed by the student indicating that he/she is aware of the policy of no more than 9sh completed prior to admission and should he/she decide to apply to a program at a future date, only 9sh of course work will be applied to the program.

d.   Special Topics Course proposal format. After a brief discussion, it was agree upon by the council members to gather examples of current Special Topics Courses in order to find the current format being used.

5. New Business.

     a.  Fall 2005 Graduate Council Meeting Schedule. It is as follows:

            October 21

            November 4 and 18

            December 2

            All meetings will begin at 8:00.

b. Curriculum and Instruction Course Outlines.  The council members agreed to put these courses on the next agenda as there was no one at the meeting to speak to the courses.  J. Smith will invite Drs. Russo and Kibbey to attend the October 21 meeting.

c. Student membership on the Conflict of Interest an professional Ethics Task

Force.  It was decided that in the interest of time, the School of Business would send a student. And, the Council will look into a procedure for the future for selecting students for these responsibilities.

      6. Meeting adjourned – 9:15.