MINUTES OF GRADUATE COUNCIL
October 12, 2000
128 Gooch

Present: Maurice Field for Frank Black, Sue Byrd, Victoria 
Seng for Frank Black, Robert Erk, Neil Graves, Karen Greenockle, 
Rhelda Barron for Richard Griffin, Kevin Hammond, Ginger Kennedy, 
Lisa LeBleu, Mike McCullough, Victoria Seng and Guests Don DeMoulin, 
B.C. DeSpain
Absent: Richard Chesteen, Ed Wheeler

Chair Sue Byrd called the meeting to order at 3:05 pm. Minutes of 
the previous meeting were approved as distributed. DeSpain announced 
that a request to reactivate the EA&S graduate program is in process.

OLD BUSINESS
1. GA application ad hoc committee report-Consensus was that the 
application and master list of GA positions be placed on the web. 
The target date is January 1.
2. Auditing graduate courses-Consensus was to add the following as a 
second sentence in the first paragraph under "Auditors" on page 341 
of 00-01 catalog: Students should be aware that if they do not meet 
the prerequisites for a course they wish to audit and the program in 
which the course is offered, the instructor will decide whether or 
not the student can audit the course. Motion to insert this sentence 
carried.

NEW BUSINESS
STUDENT REQUESTS
1. Bradley Wynne Griffin's request to exceed the maximum courseload 
for seniors taking graduate work was approved.

CURRICULAR REQUESTS
Business and Public Affairs
Motion to approve
1. Revision of prerequisites for MBA and MAc
Motion carried.

GRADUATE FACULTY APPLICATIONS
Graduate faculty status was granted as follows:
Full-William Davis
Special-Charles Smith

OTHER
1. Fall 00 statistics-Seng presented information on Fall admissions 
and enrollment.
2. Graduate recruitment strategies-Activities/strategies which are 
currently in place are attendance at graduate and/or college fairs, 
Partner in Education events, response to inquiries within 48 hours, 
two-year course rotation, radio/TV advertising, visiting both high 
school and college classrooms, presentations in Senior Seminar 
courses, response to email requests for information, visits in Oak 
Ridge, and minority scholarships. Possible additional activities 
include distributing posters listing UTM graduate programs, 
GSA-sponsored Graduate Fair, utilizing companies/plants' email lists, 
cooperating with human resource managers, Mascot, follow-up with 
non-matriculated graduate students, and electronic newsletter. Seng 
will investigate funding for revised graduate program brochures for 
AY 01-02.

Meeting adjourned at 4:30 pm.



Victoria S. Seng, Executive Secretary 
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