Graduate Council

The council shall review requests for curriculum changes in courses that may be taken for graduate credit, review and recommend approval of all proposals for new graduate programs and modifications to existing programs, review existing programs, recommend regulations and policies for the Graduate School, and assist the dean of the Graduate School in carrying out those regulations and policies.

Membership

The Graduate Council Committee shall be composed of twelve to fifteen faculty members, with at least one from each college with a graduate program; three continuing/ex-officio members; and one graduate student nominated by the Graduate Student Council. The Dean of the Graduate School, as Chair; the Associate Dean of the Graduate School, as non-voting Vice-chair; and the Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School, as non-voting Secretary, shall serve as continuing/ex-officio members of the committee.

  • Restrictions:

    • Faculty members shall be appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School from a list of nominees provided by the Senate Rules Committee. The list of nominees shall, at a minimum, exceed the number of openings by two and shall contain at least two nominees from any college without a continuing representative. Faculty members must be Level 2 members of the Graduate Faculty.

Members

Name Department Term Exp.

George Flowers, Chair

 Dean of the Graduate School Continuing

Maria Witte, Vice Chair

 Assoc. Dean of the Graduate School Continuing, Non-voting

Brandi Long, Secretary

 Exec. Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School Continuing, Non-voting

Rachael Sweeney

 College of Nursing 2025

Jitka Hilliard

 Harbert College of Business 2025

Forrest Smith

 Harrison College of Pharmacy 2025

Matthew Hoch

 College of Liberal Arts 2026

Bryan Beckingham

 Samuel Ginn College of Engineering 2026

Brian Via

 College of Forestry, Wildlife, and the Environment 2026

Nedret Billor

 College of Sciences and Mathematics 2026

Stephen Erath

 College of Human Sciences 2026

Ya-Xiong Tao

 College of Veterinary Medicine 2027

Valentina Hartarska

 College of Agriculture 2027

Jeff Kim

 College of Architecture, Design and Construction 2027

Reginald Blockett

 College of Education 2027

Kasia Leousis

 Libraries 2027

Esther Akinrinde

 Graduate Student Representative March 2025