Minutes of the Graduate Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5240 N. Jackson Avenue, M/S UC 43
Fresno, California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate Ext. 8-2743

February 3, 2009

Members Present: T. Skeen (Chair), K. Carey, P. English,
S. Skelton, Z. Wang, R. Yazdipour.

Members Absent: N. Mahalik (excused), S. Brown-Welty (excused),
G. Kriehn (excused).

Visitors: Marcee Varela and Georgette Mello, Division of Graduate
Studies

The meeting was called to order by Chair Skeen at 2:00 p.m. in the University
Center Room #203.

1. Minutes: MSC to approve the Minutes of December 2, 2008.
2. Agenda: MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
3. Communications and Announcements.
   Dean K. Carey stated that she had started meeting with Graduate Program
   Coordinators on all issues of importance related to each program.
   Furthermore, such information sharing meetings would continue during the
   current semester.
4. Academic Disqualification and Probation Policy.
   Discussions moved to the Academic Disqualification and Probation Policy.
   Georgette Mello shared with the committee Division of Graduate Studies
   concerns and frustrations regarding the subject.
   • She started by discussing the existing policy, along with the GPA
   thresholds that trigger either Academic Probation or Academic
   Disqualification for a student.
   • She then discussed some recent statistics relative to the issue at the
   meeting.
   • Ms. Mello listed and discussed a number of key problems and concerns
   that the Division of Graduate Studies had related to both policy and
   policy implementation.
   • Given the importance of the issues and concerns discussed, Chair
   Skeen asked Ms. Mello to submit a brief report on those issues and
   concerns to the committee for future followup and possible
   recommendation.
   At the end, the committee thanked Ms. Georgette Mello, Ms. Marcee Varela,
   and all other staff at the Division of Graduate Studies for their great service
   and diligence on all issues related to the university’s graduate programs.

MSC to adjourn at 3:05 p.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the Graduate Committee is Tuesday, February 10,
2009 at 2:00 p.m. in the University Center, Room #203.

Agenda.

1. Approval of the Minutes of 2/3/2009.
2. Approval of the Agenda.
3. Communications and Announcements.
   1. February 17, Justin Points at 2:20 p.m. (Unconfirmed)
   2. February 24, Tamyra Pierce at 2:20 p.m. Journalism/Mass Comm
      (Unconfirmed)
   3. March 3, Stefaan Delcroix Math at 2:20 p.m. (Confirmed)
   4. March 17, Thomas Attard Civil Engineering at 2:20 p.m. (Confirmed)
   5. April 14, Michelle Den Beste History Certificate at 2:20 p.m. (Confirmed)
4. Academic Disqualification and Probation Policy.

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