GRADUATE STUDIES COLLEGE BYLAWS 11/20/70 Approved for presentation to Graduate Faculty for vote. 1/19/71 Motion to increase Social Sciences are representation from 1 to 2 defeated 1/19/71 Motion that representation foe each sub-area be reduced to one defeated. 1/19/71 Resolution passed that an appropriate committee be named to study GC representation for University's sub areas (Art. III, Section 1,b) 5/20/71 Resolution that representation from each sub-area be limited to one and amend Art. III, Section 1, changing representation to seven, one from each academic area approved. 12/2/71 Expressed opinion that it was necessary to have certain criteria for graduate faculty in order to maintain quality control (in reaction to FC objections that the definition of graduate faculty penalized graduate faculty by subjecting them to two different sets of criteria. 11/2/72 Resolution passed that "Graduate Departments shall be assigned to one of six categories by GC" 4/2/73 Approved revised Bylaws. 4/16/73 Completed work on the revised Bylaws. 5/3/73 Made final changes in Bylaws. 5/10/73 More revisions. )approved as Graduate Faculty Meeting, 1973-10-31) 10/20/82 GC to draft Bylaws revisions. 5/11/83 Approved distributing Bylaw revisions to faculty for their consideration before a graduate faculty meeting. 2/15/84 Open meeting to discuss the Bylaws revisions. 4/18/84 Agreed to a 2-year phase-in period for the reconstitution of the graduate faculty following acceptance of the revised Bylaws. 11/28/84 Discussion with Dr. Jane McIntyre, FAC Chair, concerning the FAC's recommendation to add a statement to Art. III, Sec. 1, the Powers section of the Proposed Bylaws approved by the Graduate Faculty, to provide a method whereby a graduate program could request an exception to the powers of graduate faculty members. 2/27/85 Approved FAC's recommendations: delete from Art. II, Sec. 1.b, "...who have been nominated by the chairperson of their department..."; Added statement at the end of Art. II., Sec. 1.c, addressing the issue of petitioning for graduate faculty status; and deleting the statement at the end of Art. II, Sec. 2.b. 10/25/88 Revised By-Laws to permit Urban Affairs a faculty member representative. To be approved by Grad. Faculty vote. 3/13/90 Interpreted Section 8.4.3, Art. III. Power a)Sec. 1: "Only members of the Graduate Faculty may: 4)serve as a Graduate Program Director or as a member of a program graduate studies committee." as: A faculty member may not serve as the director of a graduate program or as the chair of a department graduate committee unless he/she is a Graduate Faculty member, and that membership for other graduate committees should consist of a majority of Graduate Faculty members. 12/08/03 GC determined that Dean Tumeo would ask the Provost to designate Nursing as an Education discipline and Psychology as a Science discipline. Dean to contact the C-M Dean and ask if the Law Graduate Faculty want GC representation. 4/28/04 Approved the extension of Graduate Faculty status based on medical leave of absence. Approved addition of Law Faculty as having representation on GC. Determined that representation is by area, not be college and all reference to college be removed. Modified requirements for Graduate faculty status and removal of the two-track system. 5/12/04 Added Sec. 8.4.7 Art.VII. Research Council formalizing Research Council membership, appointment process, and reporting procedures. Approved GC By-Law revisions; will be discussed again in the fall before going to the Graduate faculty for approval. 4/1/08 Approved By-Law revisions regarding electronic ballots and addition of maternity leave. 5/6/09 Seven changes sent out for mail balloting by graduate faculty. 4/13/10 Approved that in addition to the elected representative from the graduate faculty, the Associate Dean be a voting member on the URC. 5/4/10 Amended resolution of 4/13/10 to make the Associate Dean a non-voting member on the URC. Approved a liaison, non-voting role for the Associate Vice President of Research on GC. 2/10/11 Amended Art. 8.4.6 and 8.4.8 concerning the administrative duties of the office of the Dean of Graduate Studies, moving administrative functions of Graduate Admissions to Enrollment Services division. 11/6/12 Approved grammatical changes in Art. 8.4.2 and approved final document to be sent for faculty vote. 12/13/12 Approved final document of By-Laws revision. 2/11/13 Approved establishing and Office of Research By-Laws, 8.5 separate from Graduate Faculty By-Laws. 3/18/15 Graduate Faculty By-Laws revisions approved, including revised wording for powers of 3 levels of graduate faculty status. 12/5/17 Graduate Faculty By-Laws revised to include a voting graduate student on Graduate Council.