2008-2009

No Updates

2007-2008

Updates (as of May 16, 2008):

END OF THE YEAR UPDATE: Approved several new degrees and joint degrees
Working on establishing a policy for guarantee of continuation of funding for when advisors leave or lose funding – so grad students don’t lose out on what they’ve done
Working on an official vacation policy for grad students to guarantee a minimum amount of vacation per year
Working on getting health insurance completely paid for (survey of comparable institutions found that CWRU is the ONLY university where students pay for their health insurance)
General discussion of the faculty Mentoring Handbook with plans to review it at the first meeting in the fall

Current Members:

Katherine Crispin

Xanthe Gray

Current Documents or Flyers:

N/A

Previous Updates:

 

Update from Nov. 29, 2006

Has recently put forward a motion to establish "fellowship" courses, which, in theory, are all courses at the university. A fellowship course can be taken by any graduate student without cost to the student or advisor, provided the course is not on the student's Plan of Study and does not fulfill any graduation requirements. Courses would be taken with the permission of the student's advisor, the instructor, and the Dean of Graduate Studies and are intended to add breadth to the student's education. Courses would appear on the student's transcript, along the grade achieved, but the grade would not affect the student's GPA. The faculty senate approved the motion with some discussion as to the inclusion of professional students. At this time, professional students are not eligible for fellowship courses. Even after approval by the faculty senate, Interim President Eastwood sent the motion back for clarification of the term "graduate student." The committee has defined "graduate student" as any student falling under the jurisdiction of the School of Graduate Studies. These courses are expected to come online in August 2007.

 

Archived Documents

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