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Graduate Council

Graduate Council Retreat 2012:
8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.  Friday, May 18, 2012     - Montpelier Room, East Campus Dining Hall

Meeting Minutes Archive
Graduate Council By-Laws, May 2011

The Graduate Council is the chief policy-formulating and advisory body for The Graduate School. Its duties are to formulate, review, and approve or recommend for approval policies and other items concerning the conduct of graduate study at James Madison University, and to provide leadership in advocating for graduate education and scholarship of the highest caliber. The Graduate Council actions are reported to the graduate faculty, to college deans and to appropriate administrators of the University.

Responsibilities of the Graduate Council:

  • Communicating policy on issues affecting graduate education;
  • Monitoring and advocating excellence in graduate education;
  • Setting the broad framework for all graduate study;
  • Making recommendation on policies with regard to graduate degrees and any changes or additions to such policies;
  • Making recommendations on procedures regarding student appeals

Specifically, Graduate Council approval is required for the following:

  • New program proposals
  • Deletion of graduate programs
  • Standards for graduate faculty
  • University-wide graduate policies
  • Graduate courses

Graduate Council Membership

The Graduate Council membership includes: a representative from each graduate program; the dean of The Graduate School, who will chair Council meetings; a representative from the JMU library system and from the Office of Academic Affairs; and two graduate students. 

Graduate Council Meeting Dates 2012 – 2013

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.          Thursday, September13, 2012            Taylor Hall 404

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.          Thursday, October 11, 2012               Taylor Hall 404

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.          Thursday, November 8, 2012             Taylor Hall 306

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.          Thursday, January 10, 2013                Taylor Hall 404

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.          Thursday, February 14, 2013              Taylor Hall 404

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.          Thursday, March 14, 2013                  Taylor Hall 404

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.          Thursday, April 11, 2013                    Moody Conference Room

8:30 – 1:30 p.m.          Friday, May 17, 2013 (Retreat)          Montpelier Room, East Campus Dining Hall 

 

News

January Symposium!

Please consider registering for the quality opportunities offered by the Center for Faculty Innovation and their authentic partners during January Symposium this year.  For more information, or to register, visit our January Symposium web page

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AWARDS!

Dr. Anne Stewart is elected to receive the 2012 Outstanding Faculty Award by the  State Council of Higher Education for Virginia!  Read more...

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Justine Schembri, a May 2011 graduate of the ISAT-Malta program is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS (Conference of Southern Graduate Schools*) Master's Thesis Award in Life Sciences.

Jason Kopp, a doctoral student in the Assessment and Measurement Ph.D. program, and graduate of the Psychological Sciences master's program, is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS Master's Thesis Award in Social Sciences, Business and Education.  Read more...

Dr. Sarah Finney, with the Center for Assessment and Research Studes and the Ph.D. progra in Assessment and Measurement is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS Outstanding Mentor Award for her work with master's and doctoral students at JMU.

*The Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (of which JMU is a member) is an organization of over 200 gradaute schools in the following 15 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

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Dr. Brenda Ryals, faculty in the Communication Sciences and Disorders progam,  is the recipient of the 2012 Jerger Career Award for Research in Audiology. Read more...

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JMU Graduate Student, Sarah DiDimenco,  is Virginia Occupational Therapy Association (VOTA)scholarship award winner ....  more.

Thesis and Dissertation submission is now electronic. Please see the thesis and dissertation page for more information.

 

Upcoming Events & Deadlines

Spring 2012

January 27- last day to withdraw from the university with cancellation of tuition and refund

January 20  - last day to submit an application to graduate in May

April 18 - comprehensive assessment results and thesis/research project/dissertation due to The Graduate School

April 27  - last day of classes

May 4 - Course completion deadline for December graduation