Minutes Provost's Office UHV

Academic Council Minutes, November 4, 2002

I.  General Agenda

  • Data Collection

--The provost distributed samples of admissions approval letters provided by the registrar, who had noted that student email addresses are considered directory information.  However, employer information may be a different matter.  Mr. Phillips indicated he would check into whether students’ employers could be provided for information purposes.

  • Technology

--In the absence of Joe Ferguson and Chari Norgard, there was no report on technology matters.

II.  Specific Agenda 

  • Student Appeals

--The Council considered two appeals.  One was for graduation under an earlier catalog and removal of an “I” grade.  The other was for allowing a student to use a graduate course more than ten years old.  The Council referred these to the Dean of Arts and Sciences for resolution. 

  • Faculty Development Conference Presentation Requests and Reports

--Approved a request of Dr. Mel Damodaran, for a travel grant ($400) to present at the Information Systems Education Conference 2002, in San Antonio, TX, in October. 

--Approved a request of Dr. Jeffrey Di Leo, for a travel grant ($750) to present at the Modern Language Association of America 2002 Convention, in New York City, NY, in December. 

--Approved a request of Dr. Xavier Garza Gomez, for a submission fee ($50) for publication in the Global Finance Journal

--Accepted reports on grant-funded travel from Dr. Sanjiv Behl, Jianjun Du, and Dr. Jifu Wang. 

  • Other Matters

--The provost reported than a concern expressed about responsiveness of the Human Subject Committee appeared to have been addressed. 

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11/05/02

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